HL7 Terminology
2.1.0 - Publication

This page is part of the HL7 Terminology (v2.1.0: 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

: The Read Codes Version 2 - XML Representation

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<NamingSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="rcV2"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><h3>Summary</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td>Defining URL</td><td>http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/rcV2</td></tr><tr><td>Name</td><td>RcV2</td></tr><tr><td>Status</td><td>active</td></tr><tr><td>Definition</td><td><div><p>The Read Codes Version 2 contains over 70,000 coded concepts arranged in a hierarchical structure.</p>
<p>Top level hierarchy sections: Disorders Findings Surgical procedures Investigations Occupations Drugs</p>
</div></td></tr><tr><td>Publisher</td><td>National Health Service (UK)</td></tr></table><h3>Identifiers</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Value</b></td><td><b>Preferred</b></td></tr><tr><td>OID</td><td>2.16.840.1.113883.6.29</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>URI</td><td>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/rcV2</td><td>true</td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/extension-title">
    <valueString value="The Read Codes Version 2"/>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-NamingSystem.url">
    <valueUri value="http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/rcV2"/>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://terminology.hl7.org/StructureDefinition/ext-namingsystem-version">
    <valueString value="2.1.0"/>
  </extension>
  <name value="RcV2"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <kind value="codesystem"/>
  <date value="2019-03-20T00:00:00-04:00"/>
  <publisher value="National Health Service (UK)"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="Paul Frosdick, NHS Information Authority"/>
  </contact>
  <responsible value="National Health Service (UK)"/>
  <description
               value="The Read Codes Version 2 contains over 70,000 coded concepts arranged in a hierarchical structure.

Top level hierarchy sections: Disorders Findings Surgical procedures Investigations Occupations Drugs"/>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="oid"/>
    <value value="2.16.840.1.113883.6.29"/>
    <preferred value="true"/>
  </uniqueId>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="uri"/>
    <value value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/rcV2"/>
    <preferred value="true"/>
  </uniqueId>
</NamingSystem>