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: VhDir Spoken Language Proficiency Code System - XML Representation
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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="languageproficiency"/>
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Placeholder</div>
</text>
<url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/vhdir/CodeSystem/languageproficiency"/>
<version value="0.2.0"/>
<name value="VhDirSpokenLanguageProficiency"/>
<title value="VhDir Spoken Language Proficiency Code System"/>
<status value="active"/>
<date value="2018-02-21"/>
<publisher value="HL7 International - Patient Administration Work Group"/>
<contact>
<name value="HL7 International - Patient Administration Work Group"/>
<telecom>
<system value="url"/>
<value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/pafm"/>
</telecom>
<telecom>
<system value="email"/>
<value value="pafm@lists.HL7.org"/>
</telecom>
</contact>
<description
value="This code system contains codes for documenting the attributes of spoken language proficiency"/>
<jurisdiction>
<coding>
<system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
<code value="US"/>
</coding>
</jurisdiction>
<copyright
value="Used by permission of HL7 International all rights reserved Creative Commons License"/>
<caseSensitive value="true"/>
<content value="complete"/>
<concept>
<code value="00"/>
<display value="No proficiency"/>
<definition value="Unable to function in the spoken language."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="06"/>
<display value="Memorized proficiency"/>
<definition
value="Able to satisfy immediate needs using rehearsed utterances. Shows little real autonomy of expression, flexibility or spontaneity."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="10"/>
<display value="Elementary proficiency"/>
<definition
value="Able to satisfy minimum courtesy requirements and maintain very simple face-to-face conversations on familiar topics. A native speaker must often use slowed speech, repetition, paraphrase, or a combination of these to be understood by this individual."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="16"/>
<display value="Elementary proficiency, plus"/>
<definition
value="Can initiate and maintain predictable face-to-face conversations and satisfy limited social demands."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="20"/>
<display value="Limited working proficiency"/>
<definition
value="Able to satisfy routine social demands and limited work requirements."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="26"/>
<display value="Limited working proficiency, plus"/>
<definition
value="Able to satisfy most work requirements with language usage that is often, but not always, acceptable and effective."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="30"/>
<display value="General professional proficiency"/>
<definition
value="Able to speak the language with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations in practical, social and professional topics."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="36"/>
<display value="General professional proficiency, plus"/>
<definition
value="Is often able to use the language to satisfy professional needs in a wide range of sophisticated and demanding tasks."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="40"/>
<display value="Advanced professional proficiency"/>
<definition
value="Able to use the language fluently and accurately on all levels normally pertinent to professional needs."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="46"/>
<display value="Advanced professional proficiency, plus"/>
<definition
value="Speaking proficiency is regularly superior in all respects, usually equivalent to that of a well educated, highly articulate native speaker."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="50"/>
<display value="Functional native proficiency"/>
<definition
value="Speaking proficiency is functionally equivalent to that of a highly articulate well-educated native speaker and reflects the cultural standards of the country where the language is natively spoken."/>
</concept>
</CodeSystem>