This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/reaction-event-certainty
defines the following codes:
Code | Display | Definition |
unlikely | Unlikely | There is a low level of clinical certainty that the reaction was caused by the identified substance. |
likely | Likely | There is a high level of clinical certainty that the reaction was caused by the identified substance. |
confirmed | Confirmed | There is a very high level of clinical certainty that the reaction was due to the identified substance, which may include clinical evidence by testing or rechallenge. |
unknown | Unknown | The clinical certainty that the reaction was caused by the identified substance is unknown. It is an explicit assertion that certainty is not known. |