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ValueSet: Substance Category Codes

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/substance-category Version: 1.0.0
Draft as of 2020-02-24 Maturity Level: 2 Responsible: Health Level Seven International Computable Name: SubstanceCategoryCodes
Other Identifiers: urn:ietf:rfc:3986#Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)#urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.476

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Substance category codes

References

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

Logical Definition (CLD)

 

Expansion

Expansion based on codesystem Substance Category Codes v1.0.0 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 7 concepts.

CodeSystemDisplayDefinition
  allergenhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/substance-categoryAllergen

A substance that causes an allergic reaction.

  biologicalhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/substance-categoryBiological Substance

A substance that is produced by or extracted from a biological source.

  bodyhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/substance-categoryBody Substance

A substance that comes directly from a human or an animal (e.g. blood, urine, feces, tears, etc.).

  chemicalhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/substance-categoryChemical

Any organic or inorganic substance of a particular molecular identity, including -- (i) any combination of such substances occurring in whole or in part as a result of a chemical reaction or occurring in nature and (ii) any element or uncombined radical (http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/import-export/pubs/importguide.pdf).

  foodhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/substance-categoryDietary Substance

A food, dietary ingredient, or dietary supplement for human or animal.

  drughttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/substance-categoryDrug or Medicament

A substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals (Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act).

  materialhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/substance-categoryMaterial

A finished product which is not normally ingested, absorbed or injected (e.g. steel, iron, wood, plastic and paper).

Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

Level A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies
System The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)
Code The code (used as the code in the resource instance)
Display The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application
Definition An explanation of the meaning of the concept
Comments Additional notes about how to use the code

History

DateActionAuthorCustodianComment
2023-11-14reviseMarc DuteauTSMGAdd standard copyright and contact to internal content; up-476
2020-10-14reviseGrahame GrieveVocabulary WGReset Version after migration to UTG
2020-05-06reviseTed KleinVocabulary WGMigrated to the UTG maintenance environment and publishing tooling.