<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"><id value="filter-operator"/><meta><lastUpdated value="2026-03-17T09:59:53.445+11:00"/></meta><text><status value="extensions"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      
      
      
      
      <p>This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/filter-operator defines the following codes:</p>
      
      
      
      
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            <b>Display</b>
          
          
          
          
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          <td style="white-space:nowrap">=
            
            
            
            
            <a name="filter-operator-.61"> </a>
          
          
          
          
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          <td>Equals</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>The specified property of the code equals the provided value.</td>
          
          
          
          
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          <td style="white-space:nowrap">is-a
            
            
            
            
            <a name="filter-operator-is-a"> </a>
          
          
          
          
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          <td>Is A (by subsumption)</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>Includes all concept ids that have a transitive is-a relationship with the concept Id provided as the value, including the provided concept itself (include descendant codes and self).</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>The definition of is-a is that all the properties of the value are true for the specified property of the code, which means that a code has an is-a relationship with itself. To exclude the root code, use descendent-of</td>
        
        
        
        
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          <td style="white-space:nowrap">descendent-of
            
            
            
            
            <a name="filter-operator-descendent-of"> </a>
          
          
          
          
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          <td>Descendent Of (by subsumption)</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>Includes all concept ids that have a transitive is-a relationship with the concept Id provided as the value, excluding the provided concept itself i.e. include descendant codes only).</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>The definition of is-a is that all the properties of the value are true for the specified property of the code. 

Spelling note: &quot;descendant&quot; is a more correct spelling, but the spelling &quot;descendent&quot; is maintained in the code for backwards compatibility reasons</td>
        
        
        
        
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          <td style="white-space:nowrap">is-not-a
            
            
            
            
            <a name="filter-operator-is-not-a"> </a>
          
          
          
          
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          <td>Not (Is A) (by subsumption)</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>The specified property of the code does not have an is-a relationship with the provided value.</td>
          
          
          
          
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          <td style="white-space:nowrap">regex
            
            
            
            
            <a name="filter-operator-regex"> </a>
          
          
          
          
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          <td>Regular Expression</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>The specified property of the code  matches the regex specified in the provided value.</td>
          
          
          
          
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          <td style="white-space:nowrap">in
            
            
            
            
            <a name="filter-operator-in"> </a>
          
          
          
          
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          <td>In Set</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>The specified property of the code is in the set of codes or concepts specified in the provided value (comma-separated list).</td>
          
          
          
          
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          <td style="white-space:nowrap">not-in
            
            
            
            
            <a name="filter-operator-not-in"> </a>
          
          
          
          
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          <td>Not in Set</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>The specified property of the code is not in the set of codes or concepts specified in the provided value (comma-separated list).</td>
          
          
          
          
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          <td style="white-space:nowrap">generalizes
            
            
            
            
            <a name="filter-operator-generalizes"> </a>
          
          
          
          
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          <td>Generalizes (by Subsumption)</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>Includes all concept ids that have a transitive is-a relationship from the concept Id provided as the value, including the provided concept itself (i.e. include ancestor codes and self).</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>The definition of is-a is that all the properties of the value are true for the specified property of the code, which means that a code has an is-a relationship with itself. To exclude the root code, add it explicitly to as an exclude</td>
        
        
        
        
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          <td style="white-space:nowrap">exists
            
            
            
            
            <a name="filter-operator-exists"> </a>
          
          
          
          
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          <td>Exists</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>The specified property of the code has at least one value (if the specified value is true; if the specified value is false, then matches when the specified property of the code has no values).</td>
          
          
          
          
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          <td style="white-space:nowrap">child-of
            
            
            
            
            <a name="filter-operator-child-of"> </a>
          
          
          
          
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          <td>Child Of</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>Only concepts with a direct hierarchical relationship to the index code and no other concepts. This does not include the index code in the output.</td>
          
          
          
          
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          <td style="white-space:nowrap">descendent-leaf
            
            
            
            
            <a name="filter-operator-descendent-leaf"> </a>
          
          
          
          
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          <td>Descendent Leaf</td>
          
          
          
          
          <td>Includes concept ids that have a transitive is-a relationship with the concept Id provided as the value, but which do not have any concept ids with transitive is-a relationships with themselves.</td>
          
          
          
          
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    </div></text><extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg"><valueCode value="vocab"/></extension><extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status"><valueCode value="normative"/></extension><extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm"><valueInteger value="5"/></extension><url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/filter-operator"/><identifier><system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/><value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.479"/></identifier><identifier><use value="old"/><system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/><value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.472"/></identifier><identifier><use value="old"/><system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/><value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.280"/></identifier><version value="6.0.0-ballot4"/><name value="FilterOperator"/><title value="Filter Operator"/><status value="active"/><experimental value="false"/><date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/><publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/><contact><telecom><system value="url"/><value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/></telecom><telecom><system value="email"/><value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/></telecom></contact><description value="The kind of operation to perform as a part of a property based filter."/><jurisdiction><coding><system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/><code value="001"/><display value="World"/></coding></jurisdiction><caseSensitive value="true"/><valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/filter-operator"/><content value="complete"/><concept><code value="="/><display value="Equals"/><definition value="The specified property of the code equals the provided value."/></concept><concept><code value="is-a"/><display value="Is A (by subsumption)"/><definition value="Includes all concept ids that have a transitive is-a relationship with the concept Id provided as the value, including the provided concept itself (include descendant codes and self)."/><property><code value="comments"/><valueString value="The definition of is-a is that all the properties of the value are true for the specified property of the code, which means that a code has an is-a relationship with itself. To exclude the root code, use descendent-of"/></property></concept><concept><code value="descendent-of"/><display value="Descendent Of (by subsumption)"/><definition value="Includes all concept ids that have a transitive is-a relationship with the concept Id provided as the value, excluding the provided concept itself (i.e. include descendant codes only)."/><property><code value="comments"/><valueString value="The definition of is-a is that all the properties of the value are true for the specified property of the code. &#xA;&#xA;Spelling note: &quot;descendant&quot; is a more correct spelling, but the spelling &quot;descendent&quot; is maintained in the code for backwards compatibility reasons"/></property></concept><concept><code value="is-not-a"/><display value="Not (Is A) (by subsumption)"/><definition value="The specified property of the code does not have an is-a relationship with the provided value."/></concept><concept><code value="regex"/><display value="Regular Expression"/><definition value="The specified property of the code  matches the regex specified in the provided value."/></concept><concept><code value="in"/><display value="In Set"/><definition value="The specified property of the code is in the set of codes or concepts specified in the provided value (comma-separated list)."/></concept><concept><code value="not-in"/><display value="Not in Set"/><definition value="The specified property of the code is not in the set of codes or concepts specified in the provided value (comma-separated list)."/></concept><concept><code value="generalizes"/><display value="Generalizes (by Subsumption)"/><definition value="Includes all concept ids that have a transitive is-a relationship from the concept Id provided as the value, including the provided concept itself (i.e. include ancestor codes and self)."/><property><code value="comments"/><valueString value="The definition of is-a is that all the properties of the value are true for the specified property of the code, which means that a code has an is-a relationship with itself. To exclude the root code, add it explicitly to as an exclude"/></property></concept><concept><code value="child-of"/><display value="Child Of"/><definition value="Only concepts with a direct hierarchical relationship to the index code and no other concepts. This does not include the index code in the output."/></concept><concept><code value="descendent-leaf"/><display value="Descendent Leaf"/><definition value="Includes concept ids that have a transitive is-a relationship with the concept Id provided as the value, but which do not have any concept ids with transitive is-a relationships with themselves."/></concept><concept><code value="exists"/><display value="Exists"/><definition value="The specified property of the code has at least one value (if the specified value is true; if the specified value is false, then matches when the specified property of the code has no values)."/></concept></CodeSystem>