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

CodeSystem: Kenya Radiotherapy Beam Type Code System

Official URL: https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/rt-beam-type-cs Version: 0.1.0
Active as of 2026-06-04 Computable Name: RTBeamTypeCS

Codes for the radiation beam or source type used in treatment delivery.

This Code system is referenced in the definition of the following value sets:

This case-sensitive code system https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/rt-beam-type-cs defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinition
PHOTON-X-RAY Photon — X-ray (Linac) High-energy X-ray photons from a linear accelerator.
ELECTRON Electron Beam Electron beam from a linear accelerator.
PROTON Proton Beam Proton beam from a cyclotron or synchrotron.
NEUTRON Neutron Beam Fast neutron beam therapy.
CARBON-ION Carbon Ion Beam Heavy ion (carbon-12) therapy.
COBALT-60 Cobalt-60 Gamma Rays Gamma radiation from a Co-60 teletherapy machine.
BRACHY-HDR-IR192 Brachytherapy — HDR Ir-192 High dose rate Iridium-192 brachytherapy.
BRACHY-LDR-PD103 Brachytherapy — LDR Pd-103 Low dose rate Palladium-103 brachytherapy.
BRACHY-LDR-I125 Brachytherapy — LDR I-125 Low dose rate Iodine-125 seed brachytherapy.
BRACHY-HDR-OTHER Brachytherapy — HDR Other Other HDR brachytherapy source.

Description of the above table(s).