FHIR R4 Symptoms Implementation Guide
1.0.0 - STU 1 International flag

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CodeSystem: Temporary Symptom Codes

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/symptoms/CodeSystem/SymptomTemporary Version: 1.0.0
Standards status: Trial-use Active as of 2026-04-02 Maturity Level: 2 Computable Name: SymptomTemporary

A code system that has codes for use in the IG that will eventually be migrated to other code systems such as LOINC or THO.

This Code system is referenced in the definition of the following value sets:

  • This CodeSystem is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)

This case-sensitive code system http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/symptoms/CodeSystem/SymptomTemporary defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinition
symptom Symptom Used to indicate the category of an observation when it is a symptom.
OTHEREVENT Other Events Used to indicate other events that were occurring at the time of the symptom onset but were not considered triggers.

Description of the above table(s).