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<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>