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: Surface Codes - XML Representation

Draft as of 2023-11-17 Maturity Level: 1

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="FDI-surface"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2020-04-09T21:10:28.568+00:00"/>
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             value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/>
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  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/FDI-surface</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">M<a name="FDI-surface-M"> </a></td><td>Mesial</td><td>The surface of a tooth that is closest to the midline (middle) of the face.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">O<a name="FDI-surface-O"> </a></td><td>Occlusal</td><td>The chewing surface of posterior teeth.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">I<a name="FDI-surface-I"> </a></td><td>Incisal</td><td>The biting edge of anterior teeth.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">D<a name="FDI-surface-D"> </a></td><td>Distal</td><td>The surface of a tooth that faces away from the midline of the face.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">B<a name="FDI-surface-B"> </a></td><td>Buccal</td><td>The surface of a posterior tooth facing the cheeks.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">V<a name="FDI-surface-V"> </a></td><td>Ventral</td><td>The surface of a tooth facing the lips.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">L<a name="FDI-surface-L"> </a></td><td>Lingual</td><td>The surface of a tooth facing the tongue.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">MO<a name="FDI-surface-MO"> </a></td><td>Mesioclusal</td><td>The Mesioclusal surfaces of a tooth.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">DO<a name="FDI-surface-DO"> </a></td><td>Distoclusal</td><td>The Distoclusal surfaces of a tooth.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">DI<a name="FDI-surface-DI"> </a></td><td>Distoincisal</td><td>The Distoincisal surfaces of a tooth.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">MOD<a name="FDI-surface-MOD"> </a></td><td>Mesioclusodistal</td><td>The Mesioclusodistal surfaces of a tooth.</td></tr></table></div>
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    <valueInteger value="1"/>
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  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/FDI-surface"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1154"/>
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  <version value="1.0.0"/>
  <name value="SurfaceCodes"/>
  <title value="Surface Codes"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2023-11-17T03:23:21-07:00"/>
  <publisher value="Health Level Seven International"/>
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      <value value="http://hl7.org"/>
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    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="hq@HL7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="This value set includes a smattering of FDI tooth surface codes."/>
  <copyright
             value="This material derives from the HL7 Terminology (THO). THO is copyright ©1989+ Health Level Seven International and is made available under the CC0 designation. For more licensing information see: https://terminology.hl7.org/license"/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/surface"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="M"/>
    <display value="Mesial"/>
    <definition
                value="The surface of a tooth that is closest to the midline (middle) of the face."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="O"/>
    <display value="Occlusal"/>
    <definition value="The chewing surface of posterior teeth."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="I"/>
    <display value="Incisal"/>
    <definition value="The biting edge of anterior teeth."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="D"/>
    <display value="Distal"/>
    <definition
                value="The surface of a tooth that faces away from the midline of the face."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="B"/>
    <display value="Buccal"/>
    <definition value="The surface of a posterior tooth facing the cheeks."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="V"/>
    <display value="Ventral"/>
    <definition value="The surface of a tooth facing the lips."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="L"/>
    <display value="Lingual"/>
    <definition value="The surface of a tooth facing the tongue."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="MO"/>
    <display value="Mesioclusal"/>
    <definition value="The Mesioclusal surfaces of a tooth."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="DO"/>
    <display value="Distoclusal"/>
    <definition value="The Distoclusal surfaces of a tooth."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="DI"/>
    <display value="Distoincisal"/>
    <definition value="The Distoincisal surfaces of a tooth."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="MOD"/>
    <display value="Mesioclusodistal"/>
    <definition value="The Mesioclusodistal surfaces of a tooth."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>