HL7 Terminology (THO)
3.0.0 - Publication
This page is part of the HL7 Terminology (v3.0.0: 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
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</div></td></tr><tr><td>Publisher</td><td>ASHSP</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>2.16.840.1.113883.6.234</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>URI</td><td>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ahfs</td><td>true</td></tr></table></div>
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