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

ValueSet: Kenya Laterality Value Set

Official URL: https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/ValueSet/nccp-laterality-codes-vs Version: 0.1.0
Active as of 2026-06-04 Computable Name: LateralityCodesVS

Codes indicating the side of the body affected by a malignancy.

References

Logical Definition (CLD)

 

Expansion

Expansion performed internally based on codesystem Kenya Laterality Code System v0.1.0 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 6 concepts

SystemCodeDisplay (en)DefinitionJSONXML
https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/laterality-codes-cs  LEFTLeftLesion / tumour is on the left side.
https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/laterality-codes-cs  RIGHTRightLesion / tumour is on the right side.
https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/laterality-codes-cs  BILATERALBilateralTumour affects both sides.
https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/laterality-codes-cs  MIDLINEMidlineTumour crosses the midline.
https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/laterality-codes-cs  UNILATERAL-UNSPECIFIEDUnilateral — UnspecifiedOne side affected; side not specified.
https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/laterality-codes-cs  NOT-APPLICABLENot ApplicableLaterality is not applicable to this site.

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