HL7 Terminology (THO)
4.0.0 - Publication
HL7 Terminology (THO)
4.0.0 - Publication
This page is part of the HL7 Terminology (v4.0.0: 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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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="location-physical-type"/>
<meta>
<lastUpdated value="2020-04-09T21:10:28.568+00:00"/>
<profile
value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/>
</meta>
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This code system <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type</code> 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><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">vi<a name="location-physical-type-vi"> </a></td><td>Virtual</td><td>A location that is virtual in nature, such as a conference call or virtual meeting space</td></tr></table></div>
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<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
<valueCode value="pa"/>
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<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
<valueCode value="draft"/>
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<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
<valueInteger value="1"/>
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<url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type"/>
<identifier>
<system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
<value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1108"/>
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<version value="1.0.0"/>
<name value="LocationType"/>
<title value="Location type"/>
<status value="draft"/>
<experimental value="false"/>
<date value="2022-09-14T03:23:03-06:00"/>
<publisher value="FHIR Project team"/>
<contact>
<telecom>
<system value="url"/>
<value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
</telecom>
</contact>
<description
value="This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location.
This includes several 'non physical' codes which are still considered a location."/>
<caseSensitive value="true"/>
<valueSet
value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/location-physical-type"/>
<content value="complete"/>
<concept>
<code value="si"/>
<display value="Site"/>
<definition
value="A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus."/>
</concept>
<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."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="wi"/>
<display value="Wing"/>
<definition
value="A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors."/>
</concept>
<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."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="lvl"/>
<display value="Level"/>
<definition value="A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="co"/>
<display value="Corridor"/>
<definition
value="Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="ro"/>
<display value="Room"/>
<definition
value="A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="bd"/>
<display value="Bed"/>
<definition
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."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="ve"/>
<display value="Vehicle"/>
<definition value="A means of transportation."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="ho"/>
<display value="House"/>
<definition
value="A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="ca"/>
<display value="Cabinet"/>
<definition
value="A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="rd"/>
<display value="Road"/>
<definition
value="A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="area"/>
<display value="Area"/>
<definition
value="A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode"/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="jdn"/>
<display value="Jurisdiction"/>
<definition
value="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"/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="vi"/>
<display value="Virtual"/>
<definition
value="A location that is virtual in nature, such as a conference call or virtual meeting space"/>
</concept>
</CodeSystem>
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