HL7 Terminology
2.1.0 - Publication
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">si<a name="location-physical-type-si"> </a></td><td>Site</td><td>A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">bu<a name="location-physical-type-bu"> </a></td><td>Building</td><td>Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It might not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">wi<a name="location-physical-type-wi"> </a></td><td>Wing</td><td>A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">wa<a name="location-physical-type-wa"> </a></td><td>Ward</td><td>A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">lvl<a name="location-physical-type-lvl"> </a></td><td>Level</td><td>A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">co<a name="location-physical-type-co"> </a></td><td>Corridor</td><td>Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">ro<a name="location-physical-type-ro"> </a></td><td>Room</td><td>A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">bd<a name="location-physical-type-bd"> </a></td><td>Bed</td><td>A space that is allocated for sleeping/laying on. This is not the physical bed/trolley that may be moved about, but the space it may occupy.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">ve<a name="location-physical-type-ve"> </a></td><td>Vehicle</td><td>A means of transportation.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">ho<a name="location-physical-type-ho"> </a></td><td>House</td><td>A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">ca<a name="location-physical-type-ca"> </a></td><td>Cabinet</td><td>A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">rd<a name="location-physical-type-rd"> </a></td><td>Road</td><td>A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">area<a name="location-physical-type-area"> </a></td><td>Area</td><td>A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">jdn<a name="location-physical-type-jdn"> </a></td><td>Jurisdiction</td><td>A wide scope that covers a conceptual domain, such as a Nation (Country wide community or Federal Government - e.g. Ministry of Health), Province or State (community or Government), Business (throughout the enterprise), Nation with a business scope of an agency (e.g. CDC, FDA etc.) or a Business segment (UK Pharmacy), not just an physical boundary</td></tr></table></div>
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<title value="Location type"/>
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<date value="2021-03-06T13:53:33-07:00"/>
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<code value="si"/>
<display value="Site"/>
<definition
value="A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus."/>
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<concept>
<code value="bu"/>
<display value="Building"/>
<definition
value="Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It might not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space."/>
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<code value="wi"/>
<display value="Wing"/>
<definition
value="A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors."/>
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<concept>
<code value="wa"/>
<display value="Ward"/>
<definition
value="A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location."/>
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<concept>
<code value="lvl"/>
<display value="Level"/>
<definition value="A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure."/>
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<concept>
<code value="co"/>
<display value="Corridor"/>
<definition value="Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms."/>
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<code value="ro"/>
<display value="Room"/>
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value="A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these."/>
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<code value="bd"/>
<display value="Bed"/>
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value="A space that is allocated for sleeping/laying on. This is not the physical bed/trolley that may be moved about, but the space it may occupy."/>
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<display value="Vehicle"/>
<definition value="A means of transportation."/>
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<display value="House"/>
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value="A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside."/>
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value="A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items."/>
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<display value="Road"/>
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value="A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name."/>
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value="A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode"/>
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<display value="Jurisdiction"/>
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