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: Location type - JSON Representation

Draft as of 2023-11-17 Maturity Level: 1

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{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "location-physical-type",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2020-04-09T21:10:28.568+00:00",
    "profile" : [
      🔗 "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"
    ]
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type</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\">si<a name=\"location-physical-type-si\"> </a></td><td>Site</td><td>A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">bu<a name=\"location-physical-type-bu\"> </a></td><td>Building</td><td>Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It might not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">wi<a name=\"location-physical-type-wi\"> </a></td><td>Wing</td><td>A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">wa<a name=\"location-physical-type-wa\"> </a></td><td>Ward</td><td>A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">lvl<a name=\"location-physical-type-lvl\"> </a></td><td>Level</td><td>A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">co<a name=\"location-physical-type-co\"> </a></td><td>Corridor</td><td>Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">ro<a name=\"location-physical-type-ro\"> </a></td><td>Room</td><td>A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">bd<a name=\"location-physical-type-bd\"> </a></td><td>Bed</td><td>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.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">ve<a name=\"location-physical-type-ve\"> </a></td><td>Vehicle</td><td>A means of transportation.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">ho<a name=\"location-physical-type-ho\"> </a></td><td>House</td><td>A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">ca<a name=\"location-physical-type-ca\"> </a></td><td>Cabinet</td><td>A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">rd<a name=\"location-physical-type-rd\"> </a></td><td>Road</td><td>A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">area<a name=\"location-physical-type-area\"> </a></td><td>Area</td><td>A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">jdn<a name=\"location-physical-type-jdn\"> </a></td><td>Jurisdiction</td><td>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 boundary</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">vi<a name=\"location-physical-type-vi\"> </a></td><td>Virtual</td><td>A location that is virtual in nature, such as a conference call or virtual meeting space</td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
      "valueCode" : "pa"
    },
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
      "valueInteger" : 1
    }
  ],
  "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type",
  "identifier" : [
    {
      "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
      "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1108"
    }
  ],
  "version" : "2.0.0",
  "name" : "LocationType",
  "title" : "Location type",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2023-11-17T03:23:21-07:00",
  "publisher" : "Health Level Seven International",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "http://hl7.org"
        },
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "hq@HL7.org"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location.\r\rThis includes several 'non physical' codes which are still considered a location.",
  "copyright" : "This material derives from the HL7 Terminology (THO). THO is copyright ©1989+ Health Level Seven International and is made available under the CC0 designation. For more licensing information see: https://terminology.hl7.org/license",
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "valueSet" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/location-physical-type",
  "content" : "complete",
  "concept" : [
    {
      "code" : "si",
      "display" : "Site",
      "definition" : "A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus."
    },
    {
      "code" : "bu",
      "display" : "Building",
      "definition" : "Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It might not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space."
    },
    {
      "code" : "wi",
      "display" : "Wing",
      "definition" : "A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors."
    },
    {
      "code" : "wa",
      "display" : "Ward",
      "definition" : "A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location."
    },
    {
      "code" : "lvl",
      "display" : "Level",
      "definition" : "A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure."
    },
    {
      "code" : "co",
      "display" : "Corridor",
      "definition" : "Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms."
    },
    {
      "code" : "ro",
      "display" : "Room",
      "definition" : "A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these."
    },
    {
      "code" : "bd",
      "display" : "Bed",
      "definition" : "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."
    },
    {
      "code" : "ve",
      "display" : "Vehicle",
      "definition" : "A means of transportation."
    },
    {
      "code" : "ho",
      "display" : "House",
      "definition" : "A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside."
    },
    {
      "code" : "ca",
      "display" : "Cabinet",
      "definition" : "A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items."
    },
    {
      "code" : "rd",
      "display" : "Road",
      "definition" : "A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name."
    },
    {
      "code" : "area",
      "display" : "Area",
      "definition" : "A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode"
    },
    {
      "code" : "jdn",
      "display" : "Jurisdiction",
      "definition" : "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 boundary"
    },
    {
      "code" : "vi",
      "display" : "Virtual",
      "definition" : "A location that is virtual in nature, such as a conference call or virtual meeting space"
    }
  ]
}