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4.4.1.615 ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/list-order

Responsible Owner: FHIR Infrastructure Work Group

Normative

Use Context: Country: World

• Narrative
• XML
• JSON
• TTL

This value set is used in the following places:

• Resource: List.orderedBy (CodeableConcept / Preferred)
• Profile: ProfileForCatalog: Composition.section.orderedBy (CodeableConcept / Preferred)

4.4.1.615.1 Definition

Base values for the order of the items in a list resource.

4.4.1.615.2 Content Logical Definition

4.4.1.615.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 24 Nov 2025

ValueSet

Expansion performed internally based on codesystem List Order Codes v2.0.0 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 9 concepts

System	Code	Display	Definition
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/list-order	user	Sorted by User	The list was sorted by a user. The criteria the user used are not specified.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/list-order	system	Sorted by System	The list was sorted by the system. The criteria the user used are not specified; define additional codes to specify a particular order (or use other defined codes).
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/list-order	event-date	Sorted by Event Date	The list is sorted by the data of the event. This can be used when the list has items which are dates with past or future events.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/list-order	entry-date	Sorted by Item Date	The list is sorted by the date the item was added to the list. Note that the date added to the list is not explicit in the list itself.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/list-order	priority	Sorted by Priority	The list is sorted by priority. The exact method in which priority has been determined is not specified.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/list-order	alphabetic	Sorted Alphabetically	The list is sorted alphabetically by an unspecified property of the items in the list.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/list-order	category	Sorted by Category	The list is sorted categorically by an unspecified property of the items in the list.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/list-order	patient	Sorted by Patient	The list is sorted by patient, with items for each patient grouped together.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/list-order	publication-date	Sorted by Publication Date	The list is sorted by the date the item was published or made publicly available. This is distinct from when an event occurred (event-date) or when the item was added to the list (entry-date).

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