Cancer Pathology Data Sharing
2.0.0 - STU 2

Cancer Pathology Data Sharing, published by HL7 International / Orders and Observations. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/cancer-reporting/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## : US Pathology Code System - XML Representation

Page standards status: Trial-use | Maturity Level: 2

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    <CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="us-pathology-codesystem"/>
      <text>
        <status value="generated"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem us-pathology-codesystem</b></p><a name="us-pathology-codesystem"> </a><a name="hcus-pathology-codesystem"> </a><p>This case-insensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/us/cancer-reporting/CodeSystem/us-pathology-codesystem</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">SECTION<a name="us-pathology-codesystem-SECTION"> </a></td><td>Section</td><td>Major divisions within the protocol (e.g., 'SPECIMEN,' 'TUMOR') that organize related content. Sections do not have values but contain references to Questions through hasMember relationships.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">QUESTION<a name="us-pathology-codesystem-QUESTION"> </a></td><td>Question</td><td>Individual data elements which store captured responses. Questions reference their parent Section through derivedFrom relationships and contain value elements.</td></tr></table></div>
      </text>
      <extension
                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
        <valueCode value="oo"/>
      </extension>
      <extension
                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
        <valueInteger value="2">
          <extension
                     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom">
            <valueCanonical
                            value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/cancer-reporting/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.cancer-reporting"/>
          </extension>
        </valueInteger>
      </extension>
      <extension
                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
        <valueCode value="trial-use">
          <extension
                     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom">
            <valueCanonical
                            value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/cancer-reporting/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.cancer-reporting"/>
          </extension>
        </valueCode>
      </extension>
      <url
           value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/cancer-reporting/CodeSystem/us-pathology-codesystem"/>
      <version value="2.0.0"/>
      <name value="USPathologyCodeSystem"/>
      <title value="US Pathology Code System"/>
      <status value="active"/>
      <experimental value="false"/>
      <date value="2025-10-02T18:42:32+00:00"/>
      <publisher value="HL7 International / Orders and Observations"/>
      <contact>
        <name value="HL7 International / Orders and Observations"/>
        <telecom>
          <system value="url"/>
          <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/orders"/>
        </telecom>
        <telecom>
          <system value="email"/>
          <value value="ord@lists.HL7.org"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <name value="College of American Pathologists"/>
        <telecom>
          <system value="url"/>
          <value value="https://www.cap.org/"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <description value="US Pathology Code System"/>
      <jurisdiction>
        <coding>
          <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
          <code value="US"/>
        </coding>
      </jurisdiction>
      <caseSensitive value="false"/>
      <content value="complete"/>
      <count value="2"/>
      <concept>
        <code value="SECTION"/>
        <display value="Section"/>
        <definition
                    value="Major divisions within the protocol (e.g., 'SPECIMEN,' 'TUMOR') that organize related content. Sections do not have values but contain references to Questions through hasMember relationships."/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="QUESTION"/>
        <display value="Question"/>
        <definition
                    value="Individual data elements which store captured responses. Questions reference their parent Section through derivedFrom relationships and contain value elements."/>
      </concept>
    </CodeSystem>