HL7 Terminology (THO)
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CodeSystem: NHSN Surveillance System Codes

Official URL: https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/cdaportal/terminology/codesystem/cdcnhsn.html Version: 3.0.1
Active as of 2021-03-24 Responsible: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Computable Name: CDCNHSN
Other Identifiers: urn:ietf:rfc:3986#Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)#urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.277

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.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

  • This CodeSystem is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)

This case-sensitive code system https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/cdaportal/terminology/codesystem/cdcnhsn.html defines codes, but no codes are represented here

History

DateActionCustodianAuthorComment
2022-07-22reviseTSMGJessica BotaAdd default value of TRUE for code systems missing caseSensitive element unless otherwise specified; UP-322