Kenya National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) FHIR Implementation Guide
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Kenya National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) FHIR Implementation Guide, published by Digital Health Agency (DHA), Kenya. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/IntelliSOFT-Consulting/nccpFHIRIG/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

: Kenya Laterality Code System

Active as of 2026-06-04

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="laterality-codes-cs"/>
  <language value="en"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem laterality-codes-cs</b></p><a name="laterality-codes-cs"> </a><a name="hclaterality-codes-cs"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/laterality-codes-cs</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">LEFT<a name="laterality-codes-cs-LEFT"> </a></td><td>Left</td><td>Lesion / tumour is on the left side.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">RIGHT<a name="laterality-codes-cs-RIGHT"> </a></td><td>Right</td><td>Lesion / tumour is on the right side.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">BILATERAL<a name="laterality-codes-cs-BILATERAL"> </a></td><td>Bilateral</td><td>Tumour affects both sides.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">MIDLINE<a name="laterality-codes-cs-MIDLINE"> </a></td><td>Midline</td><td>Tumour crosses the midline.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">UNILATERAL-UNSPECIFIED<a name="laterality-codes-cs-UNILATERAL-UNSPECIFIED"> </a></td><td>Unilateral — Unspecified</td><td>One side affected; side not specified.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">NOT-APPLICABLE<a name="laterality-codes-cs-NOT-APPLICABLE"> </a></td><td>Not Applicable</td><td>Laterality is not applicable to this site.</td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
  <url
       value="https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/laterality-codes-cs"/>
  <version value="0.1.0"/>
  <name value="LateralityCodesCS"/>
  <title value="Kenya Laterality Code System"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2026-06-04T14:49:30+00:00"/>
  <publisher value="Digital Health Agency (DHA), Kenya"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="Digital Health Agency (DHA), Kenya"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="https://dha.go.ke"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="info@dha.go.ke"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <contact>
    <name value="Digital Health Agency Kenya – FHIR Team"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="info@dha.go.ke"/>
      <use value="work"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="https://dha.go.ke"/>
      <use value="work"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="Codes indicating the side of the body affected by the malignancy or treatment."/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
      <code value="KE"/>
      <display value="Kenya"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <count value="6"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="LEFT"/>
    <display value="Left"/>
    <definition value="Lesion / tumour is on the left side."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="RIGHT"/>
    <display value="Right"/>
    <definition value="Lesion / tumour is on the right side."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="BILATERAL"/>
    <display value="Bilateral"/>
    <definition value="Tumour affects both sides."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="MIDLINE"/>
    <display value="Midline"/>
    <definition value="Tumour crosses the midline."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="UNILATERAL-UNSPECIFIED"/>
    <display value="Unilateral — Unspecified"/>
    <definition value="One side affected; side not specified."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="NOT-APPLICABLE"/>
    <display value="Not Applicable"/>
    <definition value="Laterality is not applicable to this site."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>