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Example CodeSystem/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning (XML)

Terminology Infrastructure Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

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Definition for Code SystemCodeSystemHierarchyMeaning

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="codesystem-hierarchy-meaning"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2024-03-27T11:56:58.316+00:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p> This case-sensitive code system 
        <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning</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">grouped-by
            <a name="codesystem-hierarchy-meaning-grouped-by"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Grouped By</td> 
          <td> No particular relationship between the concepts can be assumed, except what can
             be determined by inspection of the definitions of the elements (possible reasons
             to use this: importing from a source where this is not defined, or where various
             parts of the hierarchy have different meanings).</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">is-a
            <a name="codesystem-hierarchy-meaning-is-a"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Is-A</td> 
          <td> A hierarchy where the child concepts have an IS-A relationship with the parents
             - that is, all the properties of the parent are also true for its child concepts.
             Not that is-a is a property of the concepts, so additional subsumption relationships
             may be defined using properties.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">part-of
            <a name="codesystem-hierarchy-meaning-part-of"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Part Of</td> 
          <td> Child elements list the individual parts of a composite whole (e.g. body site).</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">classified-with
            <a name="codesystem-hierarchy-meaning-classified-with"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Classified With</td> 
          <td> Child concepts in the hierarchy may have only one parent, and there is a presumption
             that the code system is a &quot;closed world&quot; meaning all things must be in
             the hierarchy. This results in concepts such as &quot;not otherwise classified.&quot;.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="vocab"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version">
    <valueCode value="4.0.0"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="5"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.785"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <identifier> 
    <use value="old"/> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.768"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="6.0.0-cibuild"/> 
  <name value="CodeSystemHierarchyMeaning"/> 
  <title value="Code System Hierarchy Meaning"/> 
  <status value="active"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 International / Terminology Infrastructure"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/Vocab/index.cfm"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="The meaning of the hierarchy of concepts in a code system."/> 
  <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/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="grouped-by"/> 
    <display value="Grouped By"/> 
    <definition value="No particular relationship between the concepts can be assumed, except what can
     be determined by inspection of the definitions of the elements (possible reasons
     to use this: importing from a source where this is not defined, or where various
     parts of the hierarchy have different meanings)."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="is-a"/> 
    <display value="Is-A"/> 
    <definition value="A hierarchy where the child concepts have an IS-A relationship with the parents
     - that is, all the properties of the parent are also true for its child concepts.
     Not that is-a is a property of the concepts, so additional subsumption relationships
     may be defined using properties."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="part-of"/> 
    <display value="Part Of"/> 
    <definition value="Child elements list the individual parts of a composite whole (e.g. body site)."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="classified-with"/> 
    <display value="Classified With"/> 
    <definition value="Child concepts in the hierarchy may have only one parent, and there is a presumption
     that the code system is a &quot;closed world&quot; meaning all things must be in
     the hierarchy. This results in concepts such as &quot;not otherwise classified.&quot;."/> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem> 

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.