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CodeSystem: indirectExposureMechanism

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0253 Version: 2.0.0
Active as of 2019-12-01 Responsible: Health Level Seven International Computable Name: IndirectExposureMechanism
Other Identifiers: urn:ietf:rfc:3986#Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)#urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.18.148

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HL7-defined code system of concepts used to identify the mechanism of product transmission when the product has not been directly applied to the patient. Used in HL7 Version 2.x messaging in the PCR segment.

Underlying Master Code System for V2 table 0253 (Indirect Exposure Mechanism)

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/v2-0253 defines the following codes in a Is-A heirarchy:

CodeDisplayDefinition
B Breast milkBreast milk
P TransplacentalTransplacental
F FatherFather
X Blood productBlood product
O OtherOther

History

DateActionCustodianAuthorComment
2023-11-14reviseTSMGMarc DuteauAdd standard copyright and contact to internal content; up-476
2020-05-06reviseVocabulary WGTed KleinMigrated to the UTG maintenance environment and publishing tooling.