Release 4B

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4.3.14.516 Code System http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-rating

Clinical Decision Support

Work Group

Maturity Level: 1

Trial Use

Use Context: Any

This is a code system defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL:

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-rating

Version:

4.3.0

Name:

EvidenceCertaintyRating

Title:

EvidenceCertaintyRating

Definition:

The assessment of quality, confidence, or certainty.

Committee:

Clinical Decision Support

Work Group

OID:

2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1415 (for OID based terminology systems)

Source Resource

XML / JSON

This Code system is used in the following value sets:

ValueSet: StatisticCertaintyRating (The relative quality of the statistic.)
ValueSet: EvidenceCertaintyRating (The assessment of quality, confidence, or certainty.)

4.3.14.516.1 Content

This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-rating defines the following codes:

Code	Display	Definition
high	High quality	High quality evidence.
moderate	Moderate quality	Moderate quality evidence.
low	Low quality	Low quality evidence.
very-low	Very low quality	Very low quality evidence.
no-concern	no serious concern	no serious concern.
serious-concern	serious concern	serious concern.
very-serious-concern	very serious concern	very serious concern.
extremely-serious-concern	extremely serious concern	extremely serious concern.
present	present	possible reason for increasing quality rating was checked and found to be present.
absent	absent	possible reason for increasing quality rating was checked and found to be absent.
no-change	no change to rating	no change to quality rating.
downcode1	reduce rating: -1	reduce quality rating by 1.
downcode2	reduce rating: -2	reduce quality rating by 2.
downcode3	reduce rating: -3	reduce quality rating by 3.
upcode1	increase rating: +1	increase quality rating by 1.
upcode2	increase rating: +2	increase quality rating by 2.

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Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

Level

A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. See Code System for further information.

Source

The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)

Code

The code (used as the code in the resource instance). If the code is in italics, this indicates that the code is not selectable ('Abstract')

Display

The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application

Definition

An explanation of the meaning of the concept

Comments

Additional notes about how to use the code