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CodeSystem: observationType

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0936 Version: 2.0.0
Active as of 2019-12-01 Responsible: Health Level Seven International Computable Name: ObservationType
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.18.439

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HL7-defined code system of concepts specifying types of observations to enable systems to distinguish between observations sent along with an order, versus observations sent as the result to an order. Used in HL7 Version 2.x messaging in the OBX segment.

Underlying Master Code System for V2 table 0936 (Observation Type)

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

Generated Narrative: CodeSystem v2-0936

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

NameCodeURITypeDescription
status status http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#status code Status of the concept
deprecated deprecated http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-table-deprecated code Version of HL7 in which the code was deprecated
V2 Concept Comment v2-concComment http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-concComment string V2 Concept Comment
V2 Concept Comment As Published v2-concCommentAsPub http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-concCommentAsPub string V2 Concept Comment As Published

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0936 defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:

CodeDisplayDefinitionV2 Concept CommentV2 Concept Comment As Published
QST Question Question Limited to expected responses to questions by the filler Limited to expected responses to questions by the filler
RSLT Result Result
SCI Supporting Clinical Information Supporting Clinical Information Placer observations not explicitly requested by the filler to provide context or supporting information Placer observations not explicitly requested by the filler to provide context or supporting information

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.