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CodeSystem: AdverseEventCausalityAssessment

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/adverse-event-causality-assess Version: 1.0.0
Draft as of 2020-04-09 Maturity Level: 1 Responsible: Health Level Seven International Computable Name: AdverseEventCausalityAssessment
Other Identifiers: urn:ietf:rfc:3986#Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)#urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1254

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Codes for the assessment of whether the entity caused the event.

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

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/adverse-event-causality-assess defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinition
certain Certaini) Event or laboratory test abnormality, with plausible time relationship to drug intake; ii) Cannot be explained by disease or other drugs; iii) Response to withdrawal plausible (pharmacologically, pathologically); iv) Event definitive pharmacologically or phenomenologically (i.e. an objective and specific medical disorder or a recognized pharmacological phenomenon); or v) Re-challenge satisfactory, if necessary.
probably-likely Probably/Likelyi) Event or laboratory test abnormality, with reasonable time relationship to drug intake; ii) Unlikely to be attributed to disease or other drugs; iii) Response to withdrawal clinically reasonable; or iv) Re-challenge not required.
possible Possiblei) Event or laboratory test abnormality, with reasonable time relationship to drug intake; ii) Could also be explained by disease or other drugs; or iii) Information on drug withdrawal may be lacking or unclear.
unlikely Unlikelyi) Event or laboratory test abnormality, with a time to drug intake that makes a relationship improbable (but not impossible); or ii) Disease or other drugs provide plausible explanations.
conditional-classified Conditional/Classifiedi) Event or laboratory test abnormality; ii) More data for proper assessment needed; or iii) Additional data under examination.
unassessable-unclassifiable Unassessable/Unclassifiablei) Report suggesting an adverse reaction; ii) Cannot be judged because information is insufficient or contradictory; or iii) Data cannot be supplemented or verified.

History

DateActionCustodianAuthorComment
2023-11-14reviseTSMGMarc DuteauAdd standard copyright and contact to internal content; up-476
2020-10-14reviseVocabulary WGGrahame GrieveReset Version after migration to UTG
2020-05-06reviseVocabulary WGTed KleinMigrated to the UTG maintenance environment and publishing tooling.