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<id value="variable-handling"/>
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>This code system
<code>http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handling</code> defines the following codes:
</p>
<table class="codes">
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">
<b>Code</b>
</td>
<td>
<b>Display</b>
</td>
<td>
<b>Definition</b>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">continuous
<a name="variable-handling-continuous"> </a>
</td>
<td>continuous variable</td>
<td>A continuous variable is one for which, within the limits the variable ranges, any value is possible (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000251).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">dichotomous
<a name="variable-handling-dichotomous"> </a>
</td>
<td>dichotomous variable</td>
<td>A dichotomous variable is a categorical variable which is defined to have only 2 categories or possible values (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000090).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">ordinal
<a name="variable-handling-ordinal"> </a>
</td>
<td>ordinal variable</td>
<td>An ordinal variable is a categorical variable where the discrete possible values are ordered or correspond to an implicit ranking (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000228).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">polychotomous
<a name="variable-handling-polychotomous"> </a>
</td>
<td>polychotomous variable</td>
<td>A polychotomous variable is a categorical variable which is defined to have minimally 2 categories or possible values. (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000087). Suggestion to limit code use to situations when neither dichotomous nor ordinal variables apply.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</text>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
<valueCode value="informative"/>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
<valueInteger value="5"/>
</extension>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/package-source">
<extension url="packageId">
<valueId value="hl7.fhir.uv.xver-r5.r4"/>
</extension>
<extension url="version">
<valueString value="0.0.1-snapshot-2"/>
</extension>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
<valueCode value="cds"/>
</extension>
<url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handling"/>
<version value="5.0.0"/>
<name value="EvidenceVariableHandling"/>
<title value="Evidence Variable Handling"/>
<status value="active"/>
<experimental value="false"/>
<date value="2021-01-05T09:01:24+10:00"/>
<publisher value="Clinical Decision Support"/>
<contact>
<name value="Clinical Decision Support"/>
<telecom>
<system value="url"/>
<value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/dss"/>
</telecom>
</contact>
<description
value="The handling of the variable in statistical analysis for exposures or outcomes (E.g. Dichotomous, Continuous, Descriptive)."/>
<jurisdiction>
<coding>
<system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
<code value="001"/>
<display value="World"/>
</coding>
</jurisdiction>
<caseSensitive value="true"/>
<valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/variable-handling"/>
<content value="complete"/>
<concept>
<code value="continuous"/>
<display value="continuous variable"/>
<definition
value="A continuous variable is one for which, within the limits the variable ranges, any value is possible (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000251)."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="dichotomous"/>
<display value="dichotomous variable"/>
<definition
value="A dichotomous variable is a categorical variable which is defined to have only 2 categories or possible values (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000090)."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="ordinal"/>
<display value="ordinal variable"/>
<definition
value="An ordinal variable is a categorical variable where the discrete possible values are ordered or correspond to an implicit ranking (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000228)."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="polychotomous"/>
<display value="polychotomous variable"/>
<definition
value="A polychotomous variable is a categorical variable which is defined to have minimally 2 categories or possible values. (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000087). Suggestion to limit code use to situations when neither dichotomous nor ordinal variables apply."/>
</concept>
</CodeSystem>