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The Read Codes Version 2 - XML Representation

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="rcV2"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><h2>The Read Codes Version 2</h2><div><p>The Read Codes Version 2 contains over 70,000 coded concepts arranged in a hierarchical structure.</p>
<p>Top level hierarchy sections: Disorders Findings Surgical procedures Investigations Occupations Drugs</p>
</div><p>This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/rcV2 defines many codes, but they are not represented here</p></div>
  </text>
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/rcV2"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.29"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="2.0.0"/>
  <name value="RcV2"/>
  <title value="The Read Codes Version 2"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2019-03-20T00:00:00-04:00"/>
  <publisher value="TBD - External Body"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="Paul Frosdick, NHS Information Authority"/>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="The Read Codes Version 2 contains over 70,000 coded concepts arranged in a hierarchical structure.

Top level hierarchy sections: Disorders Findings Surgical procedures Investigations Occupations Drugs"/>
  <content value="not-present"/>
</CodeSystem>