{"caseSensitive":true,"concept":[{"code":"reference","definition":"Reference (Normal) Range for Ordinal and Continuous Observations.","display":"reference range"},{"code":"critical","definition":"Critical Range for Ordinal and Continuous Observations. Results outside this range are critical.","display":"critical range"},{"code":"absolute","definition":"Absolute Range for Ordinal and Continuous Observations. Results outside this range are not possible.","display":"absolute range"}],"contact":[{"telecom":[{"system":"url","value":"http://hl7.org/fhir"},{"system":"email","value":"fhir@lists.hl7.org"}]}],"content":"complete","date":"2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00","description":"Codes identifying the category of observation range.","experimental":false,"extension":[{"url":"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg","valueCode":"oo"},{"url":"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status","valueCode":"normative"},{"url":"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm","valueInteger":1}],"id":"observation-range-category","identifier":[{"system":"urn:ietf:rfc:3986","value":"urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1334"}],"jurisdiction":[{"coding":[{"code":"001","display":"World","system":"http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"}]}],"meta":{"lastUpdated":"2026-03-18T20:57:50.446+00:00"},"name":"ObservationRangeCategory","publisher":"HL7 (FHIR Project)","resourceType":"CodeSystem","status":"active","text":{"div":"<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem observation-range-category</b></p><a name=\"observation-range-category\"> </a><a name=\"hcobservation-range-category\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-range-category</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\">reference<a name=\"observation-range-category-reference\"> </a></td><td>reference range</td><td>Reference (Normal) Range for Ordinal and Continuous Observations.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">critical<a name=\"observation-range-category-critical\"> </a></td><td>critical range</td><td>Critical Range for Ordinal and Continuous Observations. Results outside this range are critical.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">absolute<a name=\"observation-range-category-absolute\"> </a></td><td>absolute range</td><td>Absolute Range for Ordinal and Continuous Observations. Results outside this range are not possible.</td></tr></table></div>","status":"generated"},"title":"Observation Range Category","url":"http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-range-category","valueSet":"http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-range-category","version":"6.0.0-ballot4"}