EvidenceDirectness - HL7 Terminology (THO) v5.5.0

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CodeSystem: EvidenceDirectness

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/directness			Version: 2.0.0
Draft as of 2020-04-09	Maturity Level: 0	Responsible: Health Level Seven International	Computable Name: EvidenceDirectness
Other Identifiers: urn:ietf:rfc:3986#Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)#urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1459
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The quality of how direct the match is.

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

EvidenceDirectness

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/directness defines the following codes:

Code	Display	Definition
low	Low quality match between observed and intended variable	Low matching quality between observed and intended variable, so very serious concern for indirectness in evidence interpretation.
moderate	Moderate quality match between observed and intended variable	Moderate matching quality between observed and intended variable, so serious concern for indirectness in evidence interpretation.
high	High quality match between observed and intended variable	High matching quality between observed and intended variable, so little concern for indirectness in evidence interpretation.
exact	Exact match between observed and intended variable	Exact matching quality between observed and intended variable, so no concern for indirectness in evidence interpretation.