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: Document Relationship Type

Active as of 2026-06-01 Maturity Level: 3

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="document-relationship-type"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2023-03-26T15:21:02.749+11:00"/>
    <profile
             value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/>
  </meta>
  <language value="en"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem document-relationship-type</b></p><a name="document-relationship-type"> </a><a name="hcdocument-relationship-type"> </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">Last updated: 2023-03-26 15:21:02+1100</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Profile: <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/shareablecodesystem.html">Shareable CodeSystem</a></p></div><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/document-relationship-type</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">replaces<a name="document-relationship-type-replaces"> </a></td><td>Replaces</td><td>This document logically replaces or supersedes the target document.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">transforms<a name="document-relationship-type-transforms"> </a></td><td>Transforms</td><td>This document was generated by transforming the target document (e.g. format or language conversion).</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">signs<a name="document-relationship-type-signs"> </a></td><td>Signs</td><td>This document is a signature of the target document.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">appends<a name="document-relationship-type-appends"> </a></td><td>Appends</td><td>This document adds additional information to the target document.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">incorporates<a name="document-relationship-type-incorporates"> </a></td><td>Incorporates</td><td>This document embeds the content from the (source) target document.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">summarizes<a name="document-relationship-type-summarizes"> </a></td><td>Summarizes</td><td>This document summarizes the content from the (source) target document.</td></tr></table></div>
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    <valueCode value="oo"/>
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             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="3"/>
  </extension>
  <url
       value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/document-relationship-type"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.245"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.240"/>
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    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.133"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="1.0.0"/>
  <name value="DocumentRelationshipType"/>
  <title value="Document Relationship Type"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2026-06-01"/>
  <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="The type of relationship between documents."/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
      <code value="001"/>
      <display value="World"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <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"/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet
            value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/document-relationship-type"/>
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  <concept>
    <code value="replaces"/>
    <display value="Replaces"/>
    <definition
                value="This document logically replaces or supersedes the target document."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="transforms"/>
    <display value="Transforms"/>
    <definition
                value="This document was generated by transforming the target document (e.g. format or language conversion)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="signs"/>
    <display value="Signs"/>
    <definition value="This document is a signature of the target document."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="appends"/>
    <display value="Appends"/>
    <definition
                value="This document adds additional information to the target document."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="incorporates"/>
    <display value="Incorporates"/>
    <definition
                value="This document embeds the content from the (source) target document."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="summarizes"/>
    <display value="Summarizes"/>
    <definition
                value="This document summarizes the content from the (source) target document."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>