ObservationInterpretationNormalityCriticallyAbnormal

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ValueSet: ObservationInterpretationNormalityCriticallyAbnormal

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-ObservationInterpretationNormalityCriticallyAbnormal	Version: 3.0.0	Highlight text changes?
	Responsible: Health Level Seven International	Computable Name: ObservationInterpretationNormalityCriticallyAbnormal
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.1.11.10211
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Interpretation of a critical (or "alert") degree of abnormality. Concepts in this category are mutually exclusive, i.e., at most one is allowed.

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This value set contains 3 concepts

Level	System	Code	Display (en)	Definition	JSON	XML
1	`http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation`	AA	Critical abnormal	The result or observation value is outside a reference range or expected norm at a level at which immediate action should be considered for patient safety (as defined for the respective test procedure). [Note: Typically applies to non-numeric results. Analogous to critical/panic limits for numeric results.]
2	`http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation`	HH	Critical high	The result for a quantitative observation is above a reference level at which immediate action should be considered for patient safety (as defined for the respective test procedure). Synonym: Above upper panic limits.
2	`http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation`	LL	Critical low	The result for a quantitative observation is below a reference level at which immediate action should be considered for patient safety (as defined for the respective test procedure). Synonym: Below lower panic limits.