<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"><id value="sort-direction"/><meta><lastUpdated value="2026-03-31T18:55:04.283+00:00"/></meta><text><status value="generated"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem sort-direction</b></p><a name="sort-direction"> </a><a name="hcsort-direction"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/sort-direction</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">ascending<a name="sort-direction-ascending"> </a></td><td>Ascending</td><td>Sort by the value ascending, so that lower values appear first.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">descending<a name="sort-direction-descending"> </a></td><td>Descending</td><td>Sort by the value descending, so that lower values appear last.</td></tr></table></div></text><extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg"><valueCode value="cds"/></extension><extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status"><valueCode value="normative"/></extension><url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/sort-direction"/><identifier><system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/><value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.980"/></identifier><version value="6.0.0-ballot4"/><name value="SortDirection"/><title value="SortDirection"/><status value="active"/><experimental value="false"/><date value="2026-03-31T18:55:04+00:00"/><publisher value="HL7 International / Clinical Decision Support"/><contact><telecom><system value="url"/><value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/></telecom><telecom><system value="email"/><value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/></telecom></contact><contact><telecom><system value="url"/><value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/dss"/></telecom></contact><description value="The possible sort directions, ascending or descending."/><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/sort-direction"/><content value="complete"/><concept><code value="ascending"/><display value="Ascending"/><definition value="Sort by the value ascending, so that lower values appear first."/></concept><concept><code value="descending"/><display value="Descending"/><definition value="Sort by the value descending, so that lower values appear last."/></concept></CodeSystem>