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| Vocabulary Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Ballot Status: Informative |
Definition for Code System LocationType
{
"resourceType": "CodeSystem",
"id": "location-physical-type",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+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-ballot-status",
"valueString": "Informative"
},
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger": 1
},
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode": "pa"
}
],
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/location-physical-type",
"identifier": {
"system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.320"
},
"version": "3.0.2",
"name": "LocationType",
"status": "draft",
"experimental": true,
"publisher": "FHIR Project team",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
}
]
}
],
"description": "This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location.",
"caseSensitive": true,
"valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/location-physical-type",
"content": "complete",
"concept": [
{
"code": "si",
"display": "Site",
"definition": "A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus."
},
{
"code": "bu",
"display": "Building",
"definition": "Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It may not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space."
},
{
"code": "wi",
"display": "Wing",
"definition": "A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors."
},
{
"code": "wa",
"display": "Ward",
"definition": "A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location."
},
{
"code": "lvl",
"display": "Level",
"definition": "A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure."
},
{
"code": "co",
"display": "Corridor",
"definition": "Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms."
},
{
"code": "ro",
"display": "Room",
"definition": "A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these."
},
{
"code": "bd",
"display": "Bed",
"definition": "A space that is allocated for sleeping/laying on. This is not the physical bed/trolley that may be moved about, but the space it may occupy."
},
{
"code": "ve",
"display": "Vehicle",
"definition": "A means of transportation."
},
{
"code": "ho",
"display": "House",
"definition": "A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside."
},
{
"code": "ca",
"display": "Cabinet",
"definition": "A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items."
},
{
"code": "rd",
"display": "Road",
"definition": "A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name."
},
{
"code": "area",
"display": "Area",
"definition": "A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode"
},
{
"code": "jdn",
"display": "Jurisdiction",
"definition": "A wide scope that covers a conceptual domain, such as a Nation (Country wide community or Federal Government - e.g. Ministry of Health), Province or State (community or Government), Business (throughout the enterprise), Nation with a business scope of an agency (e.g. CDC, FDA etc.) or a Business segment (UK Pharmacy), not just an physical boundry"
}
]
}
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.