observationType - HL7 Terminology (THO) v6.1.0

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CodeSystem: observationType

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0936		Version: 2.0.0
Active as of 2019-12-01	Responsible: Health Level Seven International	Computable Name: ObservationType
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.18.439
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HL7-defined code system of concepts specifying types of observations to enable systems to distinguish between observations sent along with an order, versus observations sent as the result to an order. Used in HL7 Version 2.x messaging in the OBX segment.

Underlying Master Code System for V2 table 0936 (Observation Type)

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

Hl7VSVSObservationType

Generated Narrative: CodeSystem v2-0936

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

Name

Code

URI

Type

Description

status

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#status

code

Status of the concept

deprecated

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-table-deprecated

code

Version of HL7 in which the code was deprecated

V2 Concept Comment

v2-concComment

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-concComment

string

V2 Concept Comment

V2 Concept Comment As Published

v2-concCommentAsPub

http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-concCommentAsPub

string

V2 Concept Comment As Published

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0936 defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:

Code	Display	Definition	V2 Concept Comment	V2 Concept Comment As Published
QST	Question	Question	Limited to expected responses to questions by the filler	Limited to expected responses to questions by the filler
RSLT	Result	Result
SCI	Supporting Clinical Information	Supporting Clinical Information	Placer observations not explicitly requested by the filler to provide context or supporting information	Placer observations not explicitly requested by the filler to provide context or supporting information