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 Referral Source Code System

Active as of 2026-06-04

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="referral-source-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 referral-source-cs</b></p><a name="referral-source-cs"> </a><a name="hcreferral-source-cs"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/referral-source-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">SELF<a name="referral-source-cs-SELF"> </a></td><td>Self-Referral</td><td>Patient presented without a formal referral.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">COMMUNITY-HEALTH-WORKER<a name="referral-source-cs-COMMUNITY-HEALTH-WORKER"> </a></td><td>Community Health Worker</td><td>Referred by a community health worker.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">PRIMARY-HEALTH-FACILITY<a name="referral-source-cs-PRIMARY-HEALTH-FACILITY"> </a></td><td>Primary Health Facility</td><td>Referred from a level 2 or 3 health facility.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">COUNTY-HOSPITAL<a name="referral-source-cs-COUNTY-HOSPITAL"> </a></td><td>County Hospital</td><td>Referred from a county-level referral hospital.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">NATIONAL-REFERRAL-HOSPITAL<a name="referral-source-cs-NATIONAL-REFERRAL-HOSPITAL"> </a></td><td>National Referral Hospital</td><td>Referred from a national referral hospital.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">PRIVATE-FACILITY<a name="referral-source-cs-PRIVATE-FACILITY"> </a></td><td>Private Facility</td><td>Referred from a private health facility.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">NGO<a name="referral-source-cs-NGO"> </a></td><td>NGO / Faith-based Facility</td><td>Referred from an NGO or faith-based facility.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">SCREENING-PROGRAMME<a name="referral-source-cs-SCREENING-PROGRAMME"> </a></td><td>Screening Programme</td><td>Detected via a national screening programme.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">OTHER<a name="referral-source-cs-OTHER"> </a></td><td>Other</td><td>Referral source not listed above.</td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
  <url value="https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/referral-source-cs"/>
  <version value="0.1.0"/>
  <name value="ReferralSourceCS"/>
  <title value="Kenya Referral Source 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 source or origin of an oncology referral."/>
  <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="9"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="SELF"/>
    <display value="Self-Referral"/>
    <definition value="Patient presented without a formal referral."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="COMMUNITY-HEALTH-WORKER"/>
    <display value="Community Health Worker"/>
    <definition value="Referred by a community health worker."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="PRIMARY-HEALTH-FACILITY"/>
    <display value="Primary Health Facility"/>
    <definition value="Referred from a level 2 or 3 health facility."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="COUNTY-HOSPITAL"/>
    <display value="County Hospital"/>
    <definition value="Referred from a county-level referral hospital."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="NATIONAL-REFERRAL-HOSPITAL"/>
    <display value="National Referral Hospital"/>
    <definition value="Referred from a national referral hospital."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="PRIVATE-FACILITY"/>
    <display value="Private Facility"/>
    <definition value="Referred from a private health facility."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="NGO"/>
    <display value="NGO / Faith-based Facility"/>
    <definition value="Referred from an NGO or faith-based facility."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="SCREENING-PROGRAMME"/>
    <display value="Screening Programme"/>
    <definition value="Detected via a national screening programme."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="OTHER"/>
    <display value="Other"/>
    <definition value="Referral source not listed above."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>