2nd DSTU Draft For Comment

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1.22.2.1.551 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/spec-uslab-type

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Codes to describe the Specimen

Detailed Descriptions: XML or JSON.

This value set does not contain a fixed number of concepts

1.22.2.1.551.1 USLabSpecimenType

USLab Specimen Collection Source Site: all SNOMED CT descendents of Specimen Heirarchy (123038009)

Copyright Statement: This value set includes content from SNOMED CT, which is copyright © 2002+ International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), and distributed by agreement between IHTSDO and HL7. Implementer use of SNOMED CT is not covered by this agreement

This value set includes codes defined in other code systems, using the following rules:

  • Include codes from http://snomed.info/sct where concept is-a 123038009


This value set could not be expanded by the publication tooling: Error sending HTTP Post/Put Payload

This value set is used in the following places:

The OID for the value set is 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.551 (OIDs are not used in FHIR, but may be used in v3, or OID based terminology systems).

See the full registry of value sets defined as part of FHIR.