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CodeSystem: specialtyType

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0265 Version: 2.0.0
Active as of 2019-12-01 Responsible: Health Level Seven International Computable Name: SpecialtyType
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.18.159

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Code system of concepts used to identify the specialty of the care professional who is supported when using this location definition. Used in HL7 Version 2.x messaging in the LDP segment.

Underlying Master Code System for V2 table 0265 (Specialty Type)

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

NameCodeURITypeDescription
Status status http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status code A code that indicates the status of the concept
deprecated v2-table-deprecated http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v2-table-deprecated code Version of HL7 in which the code was deprecated

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0265 defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:

CodeDisplayDefinitionStatus
AMB Ambulatory Ambulatory active
PSY Psychiatric Psychiatric active
PPS Pediatric psychiatric Pediatric psychiatric active
REH Rehabilitation Rehabilitation active
PRE Pediatric rehabilitation Pediatric rehabilitation active
ISO Isolation Isolation active
OBG Obstetrics, gynecology Obstetrics, gynecology active
PIN Pediatric/neonatal intensive care Pediatric/neonatal intensive care active
INT Intensive care Intensive care active
SUR Surgery Surgery active
PSI Psychiatric intensive care Psychiatric intensive care active
EDI Education Education active
CAR Coronary/cardiac care Coronary/cardiac care active
NBI Newborn, nursery, infants Newborn, nursery, infants active
CCR Critical care Critical care active
PED Pediatrics Pediatrics active
EMR Emergency Emergency active
OBS Observation Observation active
WIC Walk-in clinic Walk-in clinic active
PHY General/family practice General/family practice active
ALC Allergy Allergy active
FPC Family planning Family planning active
CHI Chiropractic Chiropractic active
CAN Cancer Cancer active
NAT Naturopathic Naturopathic active
OTH Other specialty Other specialty active

History

DateActionAuthorCustodianComment
2023-11-14reviseMarc DuteauTSMGAdd standard copyright and contact to internal content; up-476
2020-05-06reviseTed KleinVocabulary WGMigrated to the UTG maintenance environment and publishing tooling.