National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services (NDH) Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Patient Administration. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0-ballot built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhir-us-ndh/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
This case-sensitive code system http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/CodeSystem/HealthcareServiceReferralMethodCS defines the following codes:
Code
Display
Definition
ccda
CCDA
CCDA with endpoints
elec
Secure Messaging
Referrals may be accepted via a secure messaging system. To determine the types of secure messaging systems supported,
refer to the identifiers collection. Callers will need to understand the specific identifier system used to know that they are able to transmit messages.
electronic-referral
Electronic Referral
Referrals may be accepted via Electronic Referral endpoints
electronic-scheduling
Electronic Scheduling
Referrals may be accepted via Electronic Scheduling endpoints
fax
Fax
Referrals may be accepted by fax.
phone
Phone
Referrals may be accepted over the phone from a practitioner.
mail
Mail
Referrals may be accepted via regular postage or hand delivered.
semail
Secure Email
Referrals may be accepted via a secure email. To send please encrypt with the services public key.