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: ActShortStayEncounterCode - XML Representation
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<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="v3-ActShortStayEncounterCode"/>
<language value="en"/>
<text>
<status value="extensions"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href="CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html"><code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode</code></a><table class="none"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td><a href="CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html#v3-ActCode-SS">SS</a></td><td>short stay</td><td>An encounter where the patient is admitted to a health care facility for a predetermined length of time, usually less than 24 hours.</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>
</text>
<url
value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-ActShortStayEncounterCode"/>
<identifier>
<system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
<value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.1.11.20360"/>
</identifier>
<version value="2.0.0"/>
<name value="ActShortStayEncounterCode"/>
<title value="ActShortStayEncounterCode"/>
<status value="active"/>
<experimental value="false"/>
<date value="2014-03-26"/>
<description
value="**Definition:**An encounter where the patient is admitted to a health care facility for a predetermined length of time, usually less than 24 hours."/>
<compose>
<include>
<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode"/>
<concept>
<code value="SS"/>
</concept>
</include>
</compose>
</ValueSet>