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Definition for Value SetDefinition Resource Types
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"resourceType" : "ValueSet",
"id" : "definition-resource-types",
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"status" : "extensions",
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet definition-resource-types</b></p><a name=\"definition-resource-types\"> </a><a name=\"hcdefinition-resource-types\"> </a><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html\"><code>http://hl7.org/fhir/fhir-types</code></a><span title=\"Version is not explicitly stated, which means it is fixed to the version provided in this specification\"> version 📦6.0.0-ballot3</span><table class=\"none\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-ActivityDefinition\">ActivityDefinition</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">ActivityDefinition</td><td>This resource allows for the definition of some activity to be performed, independent of a particular patient, practitioner, or other performance context.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-ClinicalUseDefinition\">ClinicalUseDefinition</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">ClinicalUseDefinition</td><td>A single issue - either an indication, contraindication, interaction, undesirable effect or warning for a medicinal product, medication, device or procedure.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-EventDefinition\">EventDefinition</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">EventDefinition</td><td>The EventDefinition resource provides a reusable description of when a particular event can occur.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-Measure\">Measure</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">Measure</td><td>The Measure resource provides the definition of a quality measure.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-MessageDefinition\">MessageDefinition</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">MessageDefinition</td><td>Defines the characteristics of a message that can be shared between systems, including the type of event that initiates the message, the content to be transmitted and what response(s), if any, are permitted.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-ObservationDefinition\">ObservationDefinition</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">ObservationDefinition</td><td>Set of definitional characteristics for a kind of observation or measurement produced or consumed by an orderable health care service.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-OperationDefinition\">OperationDefinition</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">OperationDefinition</td><td>A formal computable definition of an operation (on the RESTful interface) or a named query (using the search interaction).</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-PlanDefinition\">PlanDefinition</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">PlanDefinition</td><td>This resource allows for the definition of various types of plans as a sharable, consumable, and executable artifact. The resource is general enough to support the description of a broad range of clinical and non-clinical artifacts such as clinical decision support rules, order sets, protocols, drug quality specifications, and drug manufacturing process.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-Questionnaire\">Questionnaire</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">Questionnaire</td><td>A structured set of questions intended to guide the collection of answers from end-users. Questionnaires provide detailed control over order, presentation, phraseology and grouping to allow coherent, consistent data collection.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-Requirements\">Requirements</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">Requirements</td><td>The Requirements resource is used to describe an actor - a human or an application that plays a role in data exchange, and that may have obligations associated with the role the actor plays.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-SubscriptionTopic\">SubscriptionTopic</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">SubscriptionTopic</td><td>Describes a stream of resource state changes identified by trigger criteria and annotated with labels useful to filter projections from this topic.</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>"
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"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "fhir"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
"valueCode" : "normative"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger" : 5
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/definition-resource-types",
"identifier" : [{
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.1056"
}],
"version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
"name" : "DefinitionResourceTypes",
"title" : "Definition Resource Types",
"status" : "active",
"experimental" : false,
"date" : "2025-11-27T16:48:47+00:00",
"publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
"contact" : [{
"telecom" : [{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
},
{
"system" : "email",
"value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}]
}],
"description" : "All Resource Types that represent definition resources",
"jurisdiction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
"code" : "001",
"display" : "World"
}]
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"immutable" : true,
"compose" : {
"include" : [{
"system" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fhir-types",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "ActivityDefinition"
},
{
"code" : "ClinicalUseDefinition"
},
{
"code" : "EventDefinition"
},
{
"code" : "Measure"
},
{
"code" : "MessageDefinition"
},
{
"code" : "ObservationDefinition"
},
{
"code" : "OperationDefinition"
},
{
"code" : "PlanDefinition"
},
{
"code" : "Questionnaire"
},
{
"code" : "Requirements"
},
{
"code" : "SubscriptionTopic"
}]
}]
}
}
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.
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