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: NHSN Surveillance System Codes - XML Representation
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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="CDCNHSN"/>
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This code system <code>https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/cdaportal/terminology/codesystem/cdcnhsn.html</code> defines codes, but no codes are represented here</p></div>
</text>
<url
value="https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/cdaportal/terminology/codesystem/cdcnhsn.html"/>
<identifier>
<system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
<value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.277"/>
</identifier>
<version value="3.0.1"/>
<name value="CDCNHSN"/>
<title value="NHSN Surveillance System Codes"/>
<status value="active"/>
<experimental value="false"/>
<date value="2021-03-24T00:00:00-00:00"/>
<publisher
value="U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)"/>
<contact>
<name
value="U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)"/>
<telecom>
<system value="email"/>
<value value="nhsncda@cdc.gov"/>
</telecom>
<telecom>
<system value="url"/>
<value value="https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn"/>
</telecom>
</contact>
<description
value="A set of healthcare surveillance vocabulary concepts and associated identifiers intended solely for data submissions to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). Other uses are not recommended.
The CDCNHSN code system is highly specialized to meet the needs of NHSN surveillance reporting, is undergoing changes, and is not recommended for creating value sets to be used outside of NHSN."/>
<caseSensitive value="true"/>
<content value="not-present"/>
</CodeSystem>