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CodeSystem: specimenComponent

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0372 Version: 2.0.0
Active as of 2019-12-01 Responsible: Health Level Seven International Computable Name: SpecimenComponent
Other Identifiers: id: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)#urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.18.230

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Code system of concepts that identify the specimen component, e.g., supernatant, sediment, etc. Used in the Interaction Specimen Container Detail (SAC) segment in HL7 Version 2.x messaging.

Underlying Master Code System for V2 table 0372 (Specimen Component)

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

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

CodeURITypeDescription
statushttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#statuscodeStatus of the concept
deprecatedhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-table-deprecatedcodeVersion of HL7 in which the code was deprecated

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0372 defines the following codes in a Is-A heirarchy:

CodeDisplayDefinition
SUP SupernatantSupernatant
SED SedimentSediment
BLD Whole blood, homogeneousWhole blood, homogeneous
BSEP Whole blood, separatedWhole blood, separated
PRP Platelet rich plasmaPlatelet rich plasma
PPP Platelet poor plasmaPlatelet poor plasma
SER Serum, NOS (not otherwise specified)Serum, NOS (not otherwise specified)
PLAS Plasma, NOS (not otherwise specified)Plasma, NOS (not otherwise specified)

History

DateActionAuthorCustodianComment
2023-11-14reviseMarc DuteauTSMGAdd standard copyright and contact to internal content; up-476
2020-05-06reviseTed KleinVocabulary WGMigrated to the UTG maintenance environment and publishing tooling.