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 - JSON Representation

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

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      "id" : "us-pathology-codesystem",
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        "div" : "<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>"
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      "name" : "USPathologyCodeSystem",
      "title" : "US Pathology Code System",
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      "date" : "2025-10-02T18:42:32+00:00",
      "publisher" : "HL7 International / Orders and Observations",
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        },
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        }
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