DSTU2

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A.?? Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/uslab-units

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL:

http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/uslab-units

Name:

UCUM Codes

Definition:

UCUM Codes for units of measure. This value set includes all UCUM codes

OID:

2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.0 (for OID based terminology systems)

Copyright:

The UCUM codes, UCUM table (regardless of format), and UCUM Specification are copyright © 1999-2009, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Unified Codes for Units of Measures (UCUM) Organization. All rights reserved.

Source Resource

XML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

Extension http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-allowedUnits: Units to use for measured value ((Required))

A.??.1 Content Logical Definition

This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

Include all codes defined in http://unitsofmeasure.org

A.??.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 24 Oct 2015

This value set contains 0 concepts

Code

System

Display

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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. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies

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)

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