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Codesystem-adverse-event-seriousness.xml

Patient Care Work Group
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Standards Status: Informative
Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
Definition for Code SystemAdverseEventSeriousness
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="adverse-event-seriousness"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2022-05-28T13:47:40.239+11:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      
      
      
      <h2> AdverseEventSeriousness</h2> 
      
      
      
      <div> 
        
        
        
        <p> Overall seriousness of this event for the patient.</p> 

      
      
      
      </div> 
      
      
      
      <p> This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/adverse-event-seriousness defines
         the following codes:</p> 
      
      
      
      <table class="codes">
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 
            
            
            
            <b> Lvl</b> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            
            
            
            <b> Code</b> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> 
            
            
            
            <b> Display</b> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> 
            
            
            
            <b> Definition</b> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 1</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Non-serious
            
            
            
            <a name="adverse-event-seriousness-Non-serious"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Non-serious</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Non-serious.</td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 1</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Serious
            
            
            
            <a name="adverse-event-seriousness-Serious"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Serious</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Serious.</td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 2</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  SeriousResultsInDeath
            
            
            
            <a name="adverse-event-seriousness-SeriousResultsInDeath"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Results in death</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Results in death.</td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 2</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  SeriousIsLifeThreatening
            
            
            
            <a name="adverse-event-seriousness-SeriousIsLifeThreatening"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Is Life-threatening</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Is Life-threatening.</td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 2</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  SeriousResultsInHospitalization
            
            
            
            <a name="adverse-event-seriousness-SeriousResultsInHospitalization"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Requires or prolongs inpatient hospitalization</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Requires inpatient hospitalization or causes prolongation of existing hospitalization.</td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 2</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  SeriousResultsInDisability
            
            
            
            <a name="adverse-event-seriousness-SeriousResultsInDisability"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity.</td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 2</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  SeriousIsBirthDefect
            
            
            
            <a name="adverse-event-seriousness-SeriousIsBirthDefect"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Is a congenital anomaly/birth defect</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Is a congenital anomaly/birth defect.</td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 2</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  SeriousRequiresPreventImpairment
            
            
            
            <a name="adverse-event-seriousness-SeriousRequiresPreventImpairment"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Requires intervention to prevent permanent impairment</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Requires intervention to prevent permanent impairment or damage (i.e., an important medical
             event that requires medical judgement).</td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
      
      
      
      </table> 
    
    
    
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pc"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="draft"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="1"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/adverse-event-seriousness"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1253"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.3.0"/> 
  <name value="AdverseEventSeriousness"/> 
  <title value="AdverseEventSeriousness"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2021-01-17T07:06:13+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="Overall seriousness of this event for the patient."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/adverse-event-seriousness"/> 
  <hierarchyMeaning value="is-a"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Non-serious"/> 
    <display value="Non-serious"/> 
    <definition value="Non-serious."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Serious"/> 
    <display value="Serious"/> 
    <definition value="Serious."/> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="SeriousResultsInDeath"/> 
      <display value="Results in death"/> 
      <definition value="Results in death."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="SeriousIsLifeThreatening"/> 
      <display value="Is Life-threatening"/> 
      <definition value="Is Life-threatening."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="SeriousResultsInHospitalization"/> 
      <display value="Requires or prolongs inpatient hospitalization"/> 
      <definition value="Requires inpatient hospitalization or causes prolongation of existing hospitalization."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="SeriousResultsInDisability"/> 
      <display value="Results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity"/> 
      <definition value="Results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="SeriousIsBirthDefect"/> 
      <display value="Is a congenital anomaly/birth defect"/> 
      <definition value="Is a congenital anomaly/birth defect."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="SeriousRequiresPreventImpairment"/> 
      <display value="Requires intervention to prevent permanent impairment"/> 
      <definition value="Requires intervention to prevent permanent impairment or damage (i.e., an important medical
       event that requires medical judgement)."/> 
    </concept> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem>
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.