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
| 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
https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/laterality-codes-cs version 📦0.1.0
Expansion performed internally based on codesystem Kenya Laterality Code System v0.1.0 (CodeSystem)
This value set contains 6 concepts
| System | Code | Display (en) | Definition | JSON | XML |
https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/laterality-codes-cs | LEFT | Left | Lesion / tumour is on the left side. | ||
https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/laterality-codes-cs | RIGHT | Right | Lesion / tumour is on the right side. | ||
https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/laterality-codes-cs | BILATERAL | Bilateral | Tumour affects both sides. | ||
https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/laterality-codes-cs | MIDLINE | Midline | Tumour crosses the midline. | ||
https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/laterality-codes-cs | UNILATERAL-UNSPECIFIED | Unilateral — Unspecified | One side affected; side not specified. | ||
https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/laterality-codes-cs | NOT-APPLICABLE | Not Applicable | Laterality is not applicable to this site. |