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: x_BasicConfidentialityKind - XML Representation

Active as of 2014-03-26

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<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="v3-xBasicConfidentialityKind"/>
  <language value="en"/>
  <text>
    <status value="extensions"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet v3-xBasicConfidentialityKind</b></p><a name="v3-xBasicConfidentialityKind"> </a><a name="hcv3-xBasicConfidentialityKind"> </a><a name="v3-xBasicConfidentialityKind-en-US"> </a><div style="display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%"><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Language: en</p></div><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href="CodeSystem-v3-Confidentiality.html"><code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-Confidentiality</code></a><table class="none"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td><a href="CodeSystem-v3-Confidentiality.html#v3-Confidentiality-N">N</a></td><td style="color: #cccccc">normal</td><td>Privacy metadata indicating the level of protection required to safeguard personal and healthcare information, which if disclosed without authorization, would present a considerable risk of harm to an individual's reputation and sense of privacy.<br/><br/>*Usage Note:* The level of protection afforded normatively confidential information is dictated by the prevailing normative privacy policies, which are intended to engender patient trust in their healthcare providers.<br/><br/>Privacy policies mandating normative levels of protection, which preempt less protective privacy policies when the information is used in the delivery and management of healthcare. May be pre-empted by jurisdictional law (e.g., for public health reporting or emergency treatment).<br/><br/>Confidentiality code total order hierarchy: Normal (N) is less protective than *V* and *R*, and subsumes all other protection levels (i.e., *M, L, and U*).<br/><br/>**Map:**Partial Map to ISO 13606-4 Sensitivity Level (3) Clinical Care when purpose of use is treatment: Default for normal clinical care access (i.e., most clinical staff directly caring for the patient should be able to access nearly all of the EHR). Maps to normal confidentiality for treatment information but not to ancillary care, payment and operations.<br/><br/>**Examples:** <br/><br/>n the US, this includes what HIPAA identifies as protected health information (PHI) under 45 CFR Section 160.103.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="CodeSystem-v3-Confidentiality.html#v3-Confidentiality-R">R</a></td><td style="color: #cccccc">restricted</td><td>Privacy metadata indicating the level of protection required to safeguard potentially stigmatizing information, which if disclosed without authorization, would present a high risk of harm to an individual's reputation and sense of privacy.<br/><br/>*Usage Note:* The level of protection afforded restricted confidential information is dictated by specially protective organizational or jurisdictional privacy policies, including at an authorized individual's request, intended to engender patient trust in providers of sensitive services.<br/><br/>Privacy policies mandating additional levels of protection by restricting information access preempt less protective privacy policies when the information is used in the delivery and management of healthcare. May be pre-empted by jurisdictional law (e.g., for public health reporting or emergency treatment).<br/><br/>Confidentiality code total order hierarchy: Restricted (R) is less protective than *V*, and subsumes all other protection levels (i.e., *N, M, L, and U*).<br/><br/>**Examples:** <br/><br/>Includes information that is additionally protected such as sensitive conditions mental health, HIV, substance abuse, domestic violence, child abuse, genetic disease, and reproductive health; or sensitive demographic information such as a patient's standing as an employee or a celebrity. May be used to indicate proprietary or classified information that is not related to an individual (e.g., secret ingredients in a therapeutic substance; or the name of a manufacturer).</td></tr><tr><td><a href="CodeSystem-v3-Confidentiality.html#v3-Confidentiality-V">V</a></td><td style="color: #cccccc">very restricted</td><td>Privacy metadata indicating the level of protection required under atypical cicumstances to safeguard potentially damaging or harmful information, which if disclosed without authorization, would (1) present an extremely high risk of harm to an individual's reputation, sense of privacy, and possibly safety; or (2) impact an individual's or organization's legal matters.<br/><br/>*Usage Note:* The level of protection afforded very restricted confidential information is dictated by specially protective privacy or legal policies intended to ensure that under atypical circumstances additional protections limit access to only those with a high 'need to know' and the information is kept in highest confidence..<br/><br/>Privacy and legal policies mandating the highest level of protection by stringently restricting information access, preempt less protective privacy policies when the information is used in the delivery and management of healthcare including legal proceedings related to healthcare. May be pre-empted by jurisdictional law (e.g., for public health reporting or emergency treatment but only under limited circumstances).<br/><br/>Confidentiality code total order hierarchy: Very Restricted (V) is the highest protection level and subsumes all other protection levels s (i.e., *R, N, M, L, and UI*).<br/><br/>**Examples:** <br/><br/>Includes information about a victim of abuse, patient requested information sensitivity, and taboo subjects relating to health status that must be discussed with the patient by an attending provider before sharing with the patient. May also include information held under a legal hold or attorney-client privilege.</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>
  </text>
  <url
       value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-xBasicConfidentialityKind"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.1.11.16926"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="3.0.0"/>
  <name value="XBasicConfidentialityKind"/>
  <title value="x_BasicConfidentialityKind"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2014-03-26"/>
  <publisher value="Health Level Seven International"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="hq@HL7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="**Description:** Used to enumerate the typical confidentiality constraints placed upon a clinical document.

*Usage Note:*x\_BasicConfidentialityKind is a subset of Confidentiality codes that are used as metadata indicating the receiver responsibility to comply with normally applicable jurisdictional privacy law or disclosure authorization; that the receiver may not disclose this information except as directed by the information custodian, who may be the information subject; or that the receiver may not disclose this information except as directed by the information custodian, who may be the information subject."/>
  <copyright
             value="This material derives from the HL7 Terminology THO. THO is copyright ©1989+ Health Level Seven International and is made available under the CC0 designation. For more licensing information see: https://terminology.hl7.org/license.html"/>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system
              value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-Confidentiality"/>
      <concept>
        <code value="N"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="R"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="V"/>
      </concept>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>