This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/location-physical-type defines the following codes:
|
Code
|
Display
|
Definition
|
| si
|
Site |
A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus. |
| bu
|
Building |
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. |
| wi
|
Wing |
A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors. |
| wa
|
Ward |
A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location. |
| lvl
|
Level |
A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure. |
| co
|
Corridor |
Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms. |
| ro
|
Room |
A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these. |
| bd
|
Bed |
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. |
| ve
|
Vehicle |
A means of transportation. |
| ho
|
House |
A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside. |
| ca
|
Cabinet |
A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items. |
| rd
|
Road |
A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name. |
| area
|
Area |
A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode |
| jdn
|
Jurisdiction |
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 |