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  <id value="allergy-intolerance-category"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2026-03-31T17:06:59.649+00:00"/>
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        <b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem allergy-intolerance-category</b>
      </p>
      <a name="allergy-intolerance-category"> </a>
      <a name="hcallergy-intolerance-category"> </a>
      <p>This case-sensitive code system 
        <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/allergy-intolerance-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">food
            <a name="allergy-intolerance-category-food"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Food</td>
          <td>Any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">medication
            <a name="allergy-intolerance-category-medication"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Medication</td>
          <td>Substances administered to achieve a physiological effect.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">environment
            <a name="allergy-intolerance-category-environment"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Environment</td>
          <td>Any substances that are encountered in the environment, including any substance not already classified as food, medication, or biologic.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">biologic
            <a name="allergy-intolerance-category-biologic"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Biologic</td>
          <td>A preparation that is synthesized from living organisms or their products, especially a human or animal protein, such as a hormone or antitoxin, that is used as a diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic agent. Examples of biologic medications include: vaccines; allergenic extracts, which are used for both diagnosis and treatment (for example, allergy shots); gene therapies; cellular therapies.  There are other biologic products, such as tissues, which are not typically associated with allergies.</td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
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  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pc"/>
  </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/allergy-intolerance-category"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.134"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.124"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.53"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0-ballot4"/>
  <name value="AllergyIntoleranceCategory"/>
  <title value="Allergy Intolerance Category"/>
  <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="Category of an identified substance associated with allergies or intolerances."/>
  <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/allergy-intolerance-category"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="food"/>
    <display value="Food"/>
    <definition value="Any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="medication"/>
    <display value="Medication"/>
    <definition value="Substances administered to achieve a physiological effect."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="environment"/>
    <display value="Environment"/>
    <definition value="Any substances that are encountered in the environment, including any substance not already classified as food, medication, or biologic."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="biologic"/>
    <display value="Biologic"/>
    <definition value="A preparation that is synthesized from living organisms or their products, especially a human or animal protein, such as a hormone or antitoxin, that is used as a diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic agent. Examples of biologic medications include: vaccines; allergenic extracts, which are used for both diagnosis and treatment (for example, allergy shots); gene therapies; cellular therapies.  There are other biologic products, such as tissues, which are not typically associated with allergies."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>