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4.4.1.288 ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units

FHIR Infrastructure icon Work Group  Maturity Level: 5 Trial Use Use Context: Country: World
Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units Version: 6.0.0-ballot3
draft as of 2025-10-25 Computable Name: CommonUCUMCodesForDistance
Flags: OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.62

This value set is used in the following places:

4.4.1.288.1 Definition

Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes all common UCUM codes used for distance - that it is, all commonly used units which have the same canonical unit as 'm' (meter)

4.4.1.288.2 Content Logical Definition

Generated Narrative: ValueSet distance-units

Last updated: 2025-10-25T19:00:56.407Z

Profile: Shareable ValueSet

  • Include these codes as defined in http://unitsofmeasure.org icon version Not Stated (use latest from terminology server)
    CodeDisplay
    nmnanometers
    ummicrometers
    mmmillimeters
    mmeters
    kmkilometers

 

4.4.1.288.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 25 Oct 2025

ValueSet

Expansion from tx.fhir.org based on codesystem UCUM version 2.2

This value set contains 5 concepts

SystemCodeDisplay
http://unitsofmeasure.org   nm nm
http://unitsofmeasure.org   um um
http://unitsofmeasure.org   mm mm
http://unitsofmeasure.org   m m
http://unitsofmeasure.org   km km

 

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