This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v4.3.0: R4B - STU). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions . Page versions: R5 R4B R4 R3
Vocabulary Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative |
Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)
Definition for Code SystemCodeSystemHierarchyMeaning
{ "resourceType" : "CodeSystem", "id" : "codesystem-hierarchy-meaning", "meta" : { "lastUpdated" : "2022-05-28T13:47:40.239+11:00", "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"] }, "text" : { "status" : "generated", "div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>" }, "extension" : [{ "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg", "valueCode" : "vocab" }, { "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status", "valueCode" : "normative" }, { "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version", "valueCode" : "4.0.0" }, { "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm", "valueInteger" : 5 }], "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning", "identifier" : [{ "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986", "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.785" }], "version" : "4.3.0", "name" : "CodeSystemHierarchyMeaning", "title" : "CodeSystemHierarchyMeaning", "status" : "active", "experimental" : false, "date" : "2021-01-17T07:06:13+11:00", "publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)", "contact" : [{ "telecom" : [{ "system" : "url", "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir" }, { "system" : "email", "value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org" }] }], "description" : "The meaning of the hierarchy of concepts in a code system.", "caseSensitive" : true, "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning", "content" : "complete", "concept" : [{ "code" : "grouped-by", "display" : "Grouped By", "definition" : "No particular relationship between the concepts can be assumed, except what can be determined by inspection of the definitions of the elements (possible reasons to use this: importing from a source where this is not defined, or where various parts of the hierarchy have different meanings)." }, { "code" : "is-a", "display" : "Is-A", "definition" : "A hierarchy where the child concepts have an IS-A relationship with the parents - that is, all the properties of the parent are also true for its child concepts. Not that is-a is a property of the concepts, so additional subsumption relationships may be defined using properties or the [subsumes](extension-codesystem-subsumes.html) extension." }, { "code" : "part-of", "display" : "Part Of", "definition" : "Child elements list the individual parts of a composite whole (e.g. body site)." }, { "code" : "classified-with", "display" : "Classified With", "definition" : "Child concepts in the hierarchy may have only one parent, and there is a presumption that the code system is a \"closed world\" meaning all things must be in the hierarchy. This results in concepts such as \"not otherwise classified.\"." }] }
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.