A material in a blood collection container that facilites the separation of of blood cells from serum or plasma
\nProperties
Code | URL | Description | Type |
Specializes | 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. | Coding | |
Generalizes | Inverse of Specializes. Only included as a derived relationship. | Coding | |
internalId | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v3-internal-id | The internal identifier for the concept in the HL7 Access database repository. | code |
status | http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status | Designation of a concept's state. Normally is not populated unless the state is retired. | code |
This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ContainerSeparator defines the following codes:
Code | Display | Definition | internalId | status |
GEL | Gel | A gelatinous type of separator material. | 14055 | active |
NONE | None | No separator material is present in the container. | 14056 | active |