<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"><id value="issue-type"/><meta><lastUpdated value="2026-04-01T17:59:15.240+00:00"/></meta><text><status value="generated"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem issue-type</b></p><a name="issue-type"> </a><a name="hcissue-type"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/issue-type</code> defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td><b>Lvl</b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">invalid<a name="issue-type-invalid"> </a></td><td>Invalid Content</td><td>Content invalid against the specification or a profile.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  structure<a name="issue-type-structure"> </a></td><td>Structural Issue</td><td>A structural issue in the content such as wrong namespace, unable to parse the content completely, invalid syntax, etc.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  required<a name="issue-type-required"> </a></td><td>Required element missing</td><td>A required element is missing.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  value<a name="issue-type-value"> </a></td><td>Element value invalid</td><td>An element or header value is invalid.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  invariant<a name="issue-type-invariant"> </a></td><td>Validation rule failed</td><td>A content validation rule failed - e.g. a schematron rule.</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">security<a name="issue-type-security"> </a></td><td>Security Problem</td><td>An authentication/authorization/permissions issue of some kind.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  login<a name="issue-type-login"> </a></td><td>Login Required</td><td>The client needs to initiate an authentication process.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  unknown<a name="issue-type-unknown"> </a></td><td>Unknown User</td><td>The user or system was not able to be authenticated (either there is no process, or the proferred token is unacceptable).</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  expired<a name="issue-type-expired"> </a></td><td>Session Expired</td><td>User session expired; a login may be required.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  forbidden<a name="issue-type-forbidden"> </a></td><td>Forbidden</td><td>The user does not have the rights to perform this action.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  suppressed<a name="issue-type-suppressed"> </a></td><td>Information  Suppressed</td><td>Some information was not or might not have been returned due to business rules, consent or privacy rules, or access permission constraints.  This information may be accessible through alternate processes.</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">processing<a name="issue-type-processing"> </a></td><td>Processing Failure</td><td>Processing issues. These are expected to be final e.g. there is no point resubmitting the same content unchanged.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  not-supported<a name="issue-type-not-supported"> </a></td><td>Content not supported</td><td>The interaction, operation, resource or profile is not supported.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  duplicate<a name="issue-type-duplicate"> </a></td><td>Duplicate</td><td>An attempt was made to create a duplicate record.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  multiple-matches<a name="issue-type-multiple-matches"> </a></td><td>Multiple Matches</td><td>Multiple matching records were found when the operation required only one match.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  not-found<a name="issue-type-not-found"> </a></td><td>Not Found</td><td>The reference provided was not found. In a pure RESTful environment, this would be an HTTP 404 error, but this code may be used where the content is not found further into the application architecture.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">    deleted<a name="issue-type-deleted"> </a></td><td>Deleted</td><td>The reference pointed to content (usually a resource) that has been deleted.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  too-long<a name="issue-type-too-long"> </a></td><td>Content Too Long</td><td>Provided content is too long (typically, this is a denial of service protection type of error).</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  code-invalid<a name="issue-type-code-invalid"> </a></td><td>Invalid Code</td><td>The code or system could not be understood, or it was not valid in the context of a particular ValueSet.code.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  extension<a name="issue-type-extension"> </a></td><td>Unacceptable Extension</td><td>An extension was found that was not acceptable, could not be resolved, or a modifierExtension was not recognized.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  too-costly<a name="issue-type-too-costly"> </a></td><td>Operation Too Costly</td><td>The operation was stopped to protect server resources; e.g. a request for a value set expansion on all of SNOMED CT.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  business-rule<a name="issue-type-business-rule"> </a></td><td>Business Rule Violation</td><td>The content/operation failed to pass some business rule and so could not proceed.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  conflict<a name="issue-type-conflict"> </a></td><td>Edit Version Conflict</td><td>Content could not be accepted because of an edit conflict (i.e. version aware updates). (In a pure RESTful environment, this would be an HTTP 409 error, but this code may be used where the conflict is discovered further into the application architecture.).</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  limited-filter<a name="issue-type-limited-filter"> </a></td><td>Limited Filter Application</td><td>Some search filters might not have applied on all results.  Data may have been included that does not meet all of the filters listed in the `self` `Bundle.link`.</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">transient<a name="issue-type-transient"> </a></td><td>Transient Issue</td><td>Transient processing issues. The system receiving the message may be able to resubmit the same content once an underlying issue is resolved.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  lock-error<a name="issue-type-lock-error"> </a></td><td>Lock Error</td><td>A resource/record locking failure (usually in an underlying database).</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  no-store<a name="issue-type-no-store"> </a></td><td>No Store Available</td><td>The persistent store is unavailable; e.g. the database is down for maintenance or similar action, and the interaction or operation cannot be processed.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  exception<a name="issue-type-exception"> </a></td><td>Exception</td><td>An unexpected internal error has occurred.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  timeout<a name="issue-type-timeout"> </a></td><td>Timeout</td><td>An internal timeout has occurred.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  incomplete<a name="issue-type-incomplete"> </a></td><td>Incomplete Results</td><td>Not all data sources typically accessed could be reached or responded in time, so the returned information might not be complete (applies to search interactions and some operations).</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  throttled<a name="issue-type-throttled"> </a></td><td>Throttled</td><td>The system is not prepared to handle this request due to load management.</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">informational<a name="issue-type-informational"> </a></td><td>Informational Note</td><td>A message unrelated to the processing success of the completed operation (examples of the latter include things like reminders of password expiry, system maintenance times, etc.).</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">success<a name="issue-type-success"> </a></td><td>Operation Successful</td><td>The operation completed successfully.</td></tr></table></div></text><extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg"><valueCode value="fhir"/></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="5"/></extension><url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/issue-type"/><identifier><system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/><value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.411"/></identifier><identifier><use value="old"/><system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/><value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.400"/></identifier><identifier><use value="old"/><system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/><value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.224"/></identifier><version value="6.0.0-ballot4"/><name value="IssueType"/><title value="Issue Type"/><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="A code that describes the type of issue."/><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/issue-type"/><hierarchyMeaning value="is-a"/><content value="complete"/><concept><code value="invalid"/><display value="Invalid Content"/><definition value="Content invalid against the specification or a profile."/><concept><code value="structure"/><display value="Structural Issue"/><definition value="A structural issue in the content such as wrong namespace, unable to parse the content completely, invalid syntax, etc."/></concept><concept><code value="required"/><display value="Required element missing"/><definition value="A required element is missing."/></concept><concept><code value="value"/><display value="Element value invalid"/><definition value="An element or header value is invalid."/></concept><concept><code value="invariant"/><display value="Validation rule failed"/><definition value="A content validation rule failed - e.g. a schematron rule."/></concept></concept><concept><code value="security"/><display value="Security Problem"/><definition value="An authentication/authorization/permissions issue of some kind."/><concept><code value="login"/><display value="Login Required"/><definition value="The client needs to initiate an authentication process."/></concept><concept><code value="unknown"/><display value="Unknown User"/><definition value="The user or system was not able to be authenticated (either there is no process, or the proferred token is unacceptable)."/></concept><concept><code value="expired"/><display value="Session Expired"/><definition value="User session expired; a login may be required."/></concept><concept><code value="forbidden"/><display value="Forbidden"/><definition value="The user does not have the rights to perform this action."/></concept><concept><code value="suppressed"/><display value="Information  Suppressed"/><definition value="Some information was not or might not have been returned due to business rules, consent or privacy rules, or access permission constraints.  This information may be accessible through alternate processes."/></concept></concept><concept><code value="processing"/><display value="Processing Failure"/><definition value="Processing issues. These are expected to be final e.g. there is no point resubmitting the same content unchanged."/><concept><code value="not-supported"/><display value="Content not supported"/><definition value="The interaction, operation, resource or profile is not supported."/></concept><concept><code value="duplicate"/><display value="Duplicate"/><definition value="An attempt was made to create a duplicate record."/></concept><concept><code value="multiple-matches"/><display value="Multiple Matches"/><definition value="Multiple matching records were found when the operation required only one match."/></concept><concept><code value="not-found"/><display value="Not Found"/><definition value="The reference provided was not found. In a pure RESTful environment, this would be an HTTP 404 error, but this code may be used where the content is not found further into the application architecture."/><concept><code value="deleted"/><display value="Deleted"/><definition value="The reference pointed to content (usually a resource) that has been deleted."/></concept></concept><concept><code value="too-long"/><display value="Content Too Long"/><definition value="Provided content is too long (typically, this is a denial of service protection type of error)."/></concept><concept><code value="code-invalid"/><display value="Invalid Code"/><definition value="The code or system could not be understood, or it was not valid in the context of a particular ValueSet.code."/></concept><concept><code value="extension"/><display value="Unacceptable Extension"/><definition value="An extension was found that was not acceptable, could not be resolved, or a modifierExtension was not recognized."/></concept><concept><code value="too-costly"/><display value="Operation Too Costly"/><definition value="The operation was stopped to protect server resources; e.g. a request for a value set expansion on all of SNOMED CT."/></concept><concept><code value="business-rule"/><display value="Business Rule Violation"/><definition value="The content/operation failed to pass some business rule and so could not proceed."/></concept><concept><code value="conflict"/><display value="Edit Version Conflict"/><definition value="Content could not be accepted because of an edit conflict (i.e. version aware updates). (In a pure RESTful environment, this would be an HTTP 409 error, but this code may be used where the conflict is discovered further into the application architecture.)."/></concept><concept><code value="limited-filter"/><display value="Limited Filter Application"/><definition value="Some search filters might not have applied on all results.  Data may have been included that does not meet all of the filters listed in the `self` `Bundle.link`."/></concept></concept><concept><code value="transient"/><display value="Transient Issue"/><definition value="Transient processing issues. The system receiving the message may be able to resubmit the same content once an underlying issue is resolved."/><concept><code value="lock-error"/><display value="Lock Error"/><definition value="A resource/record locking failure (usually in an underlying database)."/></concept><concept><code value="no-store"/><display value="No Store Available"/><definition value="The persistent store is unavailable; e.g. the database is down for maintenance or similar action, and the interaction or operation cannot be processed."/></concept><concept><code value="exception"/><display value="Exception"/><definition value="An unexpected internal error has occurred."/></concept><concept><code value="timeout"/><display value="Timeout"/><definition value="An internal timeout has occurred."/></concept><concept><code value="incomplete"/><display value="Incomplete Results"/><definition value="Not all data sources typically accessed could be reached or responded in time, so the returned information might not be complete (applies to search interactions and some operations)."/></concept><concept><code value="throttled"/><display value="Throttled"/><definition value="The system is not prepared to handle this request due to load management."/></concept></concept><concept><code value="informational"/><display value="Informational Note"/><definition value="A message unrelated to the processing success of the completed operation (examples of the latter include things like reminders of password expiry, system maintenance times, etc.)."/></concept><concept><code value="success"/><display value="Operation Successful"/><definition value="The operation completed successfully."/></concept></CodeSystem>