Clinical Quality Language Specification
2.0.0-ballot - R2 STU 1 (Ballot)

Clinical Quality Language Specification, published by Clinical Decision Support WG. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2.0.0-ballot built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/cql/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## : CQL Message Characteristic Codes - XML Representation

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    <CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="cql-message-characteristic-codes"/>
      <text>
        <status value="generated"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem cql-message-characteristic-codes</b></p><a name="cql-message-characteristic-codes"> </a><a name="hccql-message-characteristic-codes"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://cql.hl7.org/CodeSystem/cql-message-characteristic-codes</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">category<a name="cql-message-characteristic-codes-category"> </a></td><td>Category</td><td><div><p>The language area, possible values are codes in the <a href="CodeSystem-cql-message-category-codes.html">CQL Message Category Codes</a> code system.</p>
    </div></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">severity<a name="cql-message-characteristic-codes-severity"> </a></td><td>Severity</td><td><div><p>Severity of the issue, possible values are codes in the <a href="CodeSystem-cql-message-severity-codes.html">CQL Message Severity Codes</a> code system.</p>
    </div></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">source<a name="cql-message-characteristic-codes-source"> </a></td><td>Source</td><td><div><p>The source of the issue, providing information about where the issue is originating and how it might be addressed, possible values are codes in the <a href="CodeSystem-cql-message-source-codes.html">CQL Message Source Codes</a> code system.</p>
    </div></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">example<a name="cql-message-characteristic-codes-example"> </a></td><td>Example Message</td><td><div><p>An example message providing a sample of what kinds of actual messages will be returned with this code.</p>
    </div></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">notes<a name="cql-message-characteristic-codes-notes"> </a></td><td>Notes</td><td><div><p>Notes about the message, especially how to address the issue being identified.</p>
    </div></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">spec-link<a name="cql-message-characteristic-codes-spec-link"> </a></td><td>Specification Link</td><td><div><p>A URL to the point in the specification where this message is defined.</p>
    </div></td></tr></table></div>
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      </extension>
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                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
        <valueCode value="trial-use"/>
      </extension>
      <extension
                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
        <valueInteger value="2"/>
      </extension>
      <url
           value="http://cql.hl7.org/CodeSystem/cql-message-characteristic-codes"/>
      <version value="2.0.0-ballot"/>
      <name value="CQLMessageCharacteristicCodes"/>
      <title value="CQL Message Characteristic Codes"/>
      <status value="active"/>
      <experimental value="false"/>
      <date value="2025-10-24T16:45:25+00:00"/>
      <publisher value="Clinical Decision Support WG"/>
      <contact>
        <telecom>
          <system value="url"/>
          <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/dss/index.cfm"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <description
                   value="Codes for characteristics of messages returned by applications that process Clinical Quality Language."/>
      <caseSensitive value="true"/>
      <valueSet value="http://cql.hl7.org/ValueSet/cql-message-characteristic"/>
      <content value="complete"/>
      <concept>
        <code value="category"/>
        <display value="Category"/>
        <definition
                    value="The language area, possible values are codes in the [CQL Message Category Codes](CodeSystem-cql-message-category-codes.html) code system."/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="severity"/>
        <display value="Severity"/>
        <definition
                    value="Severity of the issue, possible values are codes in the [CQL Message Severity Codes](CodeSystem-cql-message-severity-codes.html) code system."/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="source"/>
        <display value="Source"/>
        <definition
                    value="The source of the issue, providing information about where the issue is originating and how it might be addressed, possible values are codes in the [CQL Message Source Codes](CodeSystem-cql-message-source-codes.html) code system."/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="example"/>
        <display value="Example Message"/>
        <definition
                    value="An example message providing a sample of what kinds of actual messages will be returned with this code."/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="notes"/>
        <display value="Notes"/>
        <definition
                    value="Notes about the message, especially how to address the issue being identified."/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="spec-link"/>
        <display value="Specification Link"/>
        <definition
                    value="A URL to the point in the specification where this message is defined."/>
      </concept>
    </CodeSystem>