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Definition for Value SetCommon UCUM Codes for Distance
{
"resourceType" : "ValueSet",
"id" : "distance-units",
"meta" : {
"lastUpdated" : "2024-11-01T23:20:35.588+00:00",
"profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablevalueset"]
},
"text" : {
"status" : "generated",
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet distance-units</b></p><a name=\"distance-units\"> </a><a name=\"hcdistance-units\"> </a><a name=\"distance-units-en-US\"> </a><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href=\"http://unitsofmeasure.org\"><code>http://unitsofmeasure.org</code></a><table class=\"none\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td></tr><tr><td>nm</td><td>nanometers</td></tr><tr><td>um</td><td>micrometers</td></tr><tr><td>mm</td><td>millimeters</td></tr><tr><td>m</td><td>meters</td></tr><tr><td>km</td><td>kilometers</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>"
},
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "fhir"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
"valueCode" : "trial-use"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger" : 5
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units",
"identifier" : [{
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.62"
}],
"version" : "6.0.0-ballot2",
"name" : "CommonUCUMCodesForDistance",
"title" : "Common UCUM Codes for Distance",
"status" : "draft",
"experimental" : true,
"date" : "2024-11-01T23:20:35+00:00",
"publisher" : "HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure",
"contact" : [{
"telecom" : [{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"
}]
}],
"description" : "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)",
"jurisdiction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
"code" : "001",
"display" : "World"
}]
}],
"copyright" : "The UCUM codes, UCUM table (regardless of format), and UCUM Specification are copyright © 1999-2009, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Unified Codes for Units of Measures (UCUM) Organization. All rights reserved.",
"compose" : {
"include" : [{
"system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "nm",
"display" : "nanometers"
},
{
"code" : "um",
"display" : "micrometers"
},
{
"code" : "mm",
"display" : "millimeters"
},
{
"code" : "m",
"display" : "meters"
},
{
"code" : "km",
"display" : "kilometers"
}]
}]
}
}
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.