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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: 1 | Draft | Use Context: Country: World, Not Intended for Production use |
Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-category
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Version: 6.0.0-ballot2 | |||
draft as of 2024-12-10 | Computable Name: ObservationCategoryCodes | |||
Flags: Experimental | OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.403 |
This value set is used in the following places:
Observation Category codes.
Generated Narrative: ValueSet observation-category
Last updated: 2024-12-10T20:05:15.367Z
Profile: Shareable ValueSet
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category
This expansion generated 10 Dec 2024
Generated Narrative: ValueSet
Last updated: 2024-12-10T20:05:15.367Z
Profile: Shareable ValueSet
Expansion based on codesystem Observation Category Codes v1.0.1 (CodeSystem)
This value set contains 9 concepts
Code | System | Display | Definition |
social-history | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category | Social History | Social History Observations define the patient's occupational, personal (e.g., lifestyle), social, familial, and environmental history and health risk factors that may impact the patient's health. |
vital-signs | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category | Vital Signs | Clinical observations measure the body's basic functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, height, weight, body mass index, head circumference, pulse oximetry, temperature, and body surface area. |
imaging | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category | Imaging | Observations generated by imaging. The scope includes observations regarding plain x-ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI, angiography, echocardiography, and nuclear medicine. |
laboratory | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category | Laboratory | The results of observations generated by laboratories. Laboratory results are typically generated by laboratories providing analytic services in areas such as chemistry, hematology, serology, histology, cytology, anatomic pathology (including digital pathology), microbiology, and/or virology. These observations are based on analysis of specimens obtained from the patient and submitted to the laboratory. |
procedure | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category | Procedure | Observations generated by other procedures. This category includes observations resulting from interventional and non-interventional procedures excluding laboratory and imaging (e.g., cardiology catheterization, endoscopy, electrodiagnostics, etc.). Procedure results are typically generated by a clinician to provide more granular information about component observations made during a procedure. An example would be when a gastroenterologist reports the size of a polyp observed during a colonoscopy. |
survey | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category | Survey | Assessment tool/survey instrument observations (e.g., Apgar Scores, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)). |
exam | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category | Exam | Observations generated by physical exam findings including direct observations made by a clinician and use of simple instruments and the result of simple maneuvers performed directly on the patient's body. |
therapy | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category | Therapy | Observations generated by non-interventional treatment protocols (e.g. occupational, physical, radiation, nutritional and medication therapy) |
activity | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category | Activity | Observations that measure or record any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness. Not under direct supervision of practitioner such as a physical therapist. (e.g., laps swum, steps, sleep data) |
See the full registry of value sets defined as part of FHIR.
Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:
Lvl | A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. For value sets, levels are mostly used to organize codes for user convenience, but may follow code system hierarchy - see Code System for further information |
Source | The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere) |
Code | The code (used as the code in the resource instance). If the code is in italics, this indicates that the code is not selectable ('Abstract') |
Display | The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application |
Definition | An explanation of the meaning of the concept |
Comments | Additional notes about how to use the code |