<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"><id value="specimen-status"/><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 specimen-status</b></p><a name="specimen-status"> </a><a name="hcspecimen-status"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/specimen-status</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">available<a name="specimen-status-available"> </a></td><td>Available</td><td>The physical specimen is present and in good condition.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">unavailable<a name="specimen-status-unavailable"> </a></td><td>Unavailable</td><td>There is no physical specimen because it is either lost, destroyed or consumed.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">unsatisfactory<a name="specimen-status-unsatisfactory"> </a></td><td>Unsatisfactory</td><td>The specimen cannot be used because of a quality issue such as a broken container, contamination, or too old.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">entered-in-error<a name="specimen-status-entered-in-error"> </a></td><td>Entered in Error</td><td>The specimen was entered in error and therefore nullified.</td></tr></table></div></text><extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg"><valueCode value="oo"/></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="3"/></extension><url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/specimen-status"/><identifier><system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/><value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.472"/></identifier><identifier><use value="old"/><system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/><value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.465"/></identifier><identifier><use value="old"/><system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/><value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.426"/></identifier><version value="6.0.0-ballot4"/><name value="SpecimenStatus"/><title value="Specimen Status"/><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="Codes providing the status/availability of a specimen."/><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/specimen-status"/><content value="complete"/><concept><code value="available"/><display value="Available"/><definition value="The physical specimen is present and in good condition."/></concept><concept><code value="unavailable"/><display value="Unavailable"/><definition value="There is no physical specimen because it is either lost, destroyed or consumed."/></concept><concept><code value="unsatisfactory"/><display value="Unsatisfactory"/><definition value="The specimen cannot be used because of a quality issue such as a broken container, contamination, or too old."/></concept><concept><code value="entered-in-error"/><display value="Entered in Error"/><definition value="The specimen was entered in error and therefore nullified."/></concept></CodeSystem>