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CodeSystem: pan-Canadian LOINC Observation Code Database

Official URL: https://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/CodeSystem/pCLOCD Version: 3.0.1
Active as of 2019-03-20 Responsible: Canada Health Infoway Computable Name: Pclocd
Other Identifiers: urn:ietf:rfc:3986#Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)#urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.2.20.5.1

The pan Canadian LOINC Observation Code Database (pCLOCD) is the Canadian version of the LOINC(tm) database. It was created using the LOINC(tm) records and attributes that were constrained for Canadian use and supplemented to specifically meet Canadian requirements. It contains the core LOINC(tm) attributes as required by Regenstrief copyright rules. The LOINC(tm) Component has been customized to meet Canadian requirements and is displayed as the pan Canadian Component Name. This component name is the basis for the pan Canadian Display Name. Core attributes are include both English and Canadian French.

This code system contains supplemental “X” codes defined in the pCLOCD that do not yet exist in the LOINC code system.

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

  • This CodeSystem is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)

This case-insensitive code system https://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/CodeSystem/pCLOCD defines codes, but no codes are represented here


History

DateActionAuthorCustodianComment
2022-07-22reviseJessica BotaTSMGAdd default value of TRUE for code systems missing caseSensitive element unless otherwise specified; UP-322
2020-07-13reviseJoel FrancisHTAChange the pCLOCD external Code System and Naming System entries to be aligned with what the HTA and the terminology owners wish it to be.