HL7 Terminology
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CodeSystem: Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM)

Summary

Defining URL:http://unitsofmeasure.org
Version:3.0.0
Name:UCUM
Title:Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM)
Status:Active as of 2020-11-03
Definition:

The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business. The purpose is to facilitate unambiguous electronic communication of quantities together with their units. The focus is on electronic communication, as opposed to communication between humans. A typical application of The Unified Code for Units of Measure are electronic data interchange (EDI) protocols, but there is nothing that prevents it from being used in other types of machine communication.

Publisher:LOINC and Health Data Standards, Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
Copyright:

The UCUM codes, UCUM table (regardless of format), and UCUM Specification are copyright 1999-2009, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Unified Codes for Units of Measures (UCUM) Organization. All rights reserved. https://ucum.org/trac/wiki/TermsOfUse

Content:Not Present: None of the concepts defined by the code system are included in the code system resource
OID:2.16.840.1.113883.6.8 (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 code system http://unitsofmeasure.org defines many codes, but they are not represented here

History

DateActionCustodianAuthorComment
2020-11-03createHL7 Terminology Authority (HTA)Reuben DanielsAdded Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) entry aligned with the HTA.