ExposureMode - HL7 Terminology (THO) v5.5.0

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CodeSystem: ExposureMode

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ExposureMode		Version: 3.0.0
Active as of 2019-03-20	Responsible: Health Level Seven International	Computable Name: ExposureMode
Other Identifiers: urn:ietf:rfc:3986#Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)#urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.5.1113
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Code for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure.

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

ExposureMode

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

Code

URI

Type

Description

Specializes

Coding

The child code is a more narrow version of the concept represented by the parent code. I.e. Every child concept is also a valid parent concept. Used to allow determination of subsumption. Must be transitive, irreflexive, antisymmetric.

Generalizes

Coding

Inverse of Specializes. Only included as a derived relationship.

internalId

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v3-internal-id

code

The internal identifier for the concept in the HL7 Access database repository.

notSelectable

http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#notSelectable

boolean

Indicates that the code is abstract - only intended to be used as a selector for other concepts

status

http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status

code

Designation of a concept's state. Normally is not populated unless the state is retired.

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ExposureMode defines the following codes in a Is-A heirarchy:

Lvl	Code	Display	Definition	internalId	Not Selectable	status
1	_ExposureMode	ExposureMode	Code for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure.	22377	true	active
2	AIRBORNE	airborne	Description: Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through indirect contact via oral or nasal inhalation.	22379		active
2	CONTACT	contact	Description: Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through direct physical contact.	22381		active
2	FOODBORNE	foodborne	Description: Communication of an agent from a food source to a living subject via oral consumption.	22380		active
2	WATERBORNE	waterborne	Description: Communication of an agent to a living subject by contact and/or consumption via an aqueous medium	22378		active