HL7.TERMINOLOGY\observationType

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CodeSystem: observationType

Summary

Defining URL:

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0936

Version:

2.1.0

Name:

ObservationType

Status:

Active as of 2019-12-01

Definition:

HL7-defined code system of concepts specifying types of observations to enable systems to distinguish between observations sent along with an order, versus observations sent as the result to an order. Used in HL7 Version 2.x messaging in the OBX segment.

Publisher:

HL7, Inc

Content:

Complete: All the concepts defined by the code system are included in the code system resource

OID:

2.16.840.1.113883.18.439 (for OID based terminology systems)

Value Set:

http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v2-0936 ( is the value set for all codes in this code system)

Source Resource:

XML / JSON / Turtle

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

Hl7VSVSObservationType

Properties

Code

URL

Description

Type

status

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#status

Status of the concept

code

deprecated

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-table-deprecated

Version of HL7 in which the code was deprecated

code

v2-concComment

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-concComment

V2 Concept Comment

string

v2-concCommentAsPub

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-concCommentAsPub

V2 Concept Comment As Published

string

This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0936 defines the following codes:

Code	Display	Definition	V2 Concept Comment	V2 Concept Comment As Published
QST	Question	Question	Limited to expected responses to questions by the filler	Limited to expected responses to questions by the filler
RSLT	Result	Result
SCI	Supporting Clinical Information	Supporting Clinical Information	Placer observations not explicitly requested by the filler to provide context or supporting information	Placer observations not explicitly requested by the filler to provide context or supporting information

History

Date

Action

Author

Custodian

Comment

2020-05-06

revise

Ted Klein

Vocabulary WG

Migrated to the UTG maintenance environment and publishing tooling.