HL7 Terminology
2.0.0 - Publication

This page is part of the HL7 Terminology (v2.0.0: Release) based on FHIR R4. The current version which supercedes this version is 5.2.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

CodeSystem: The Read Codes Four Byte Set:

Summary

Defining URL:http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/rcFB
Version:2.0.0
Name:RcFB
Title:The Read Codes Four Byte Set:
Status:Active as of 2019-03-20T00:00:00-04:00
Definition:

The Read Codes Four Byte Set consists of 4 alphanumeric characters. This version contains approximately 40,000 codes arranged in a hierarchical structure.

Top level hierarchy sections: Disorders Findings Surgical procedures Investigations Occupations Drugs

Publisher:TBD - External Body
Content:Not Present: None of the concepts defined by the code system are included in the code system resource
OID:2.16.840.1.113883.6.28 (for OID based terminology systems)
Source Resource:XML / JSON / Turtle

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 code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/rcFB defines many codes, but they are not represented here