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Definition for Code SystemObservationStatusReasonCodes
{
"resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
"id" : "observation-status-reason",
"meta" : {
"lastUpdated" : "2026-06-18T02:13:11.240+00:00"
},
"text" : {
"status" : "generated",
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem observation-status-reason</b></p><a name=\"observation-status-reason\"> </a><a name=\"hcobservation-status-reason\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/observation-status-reason</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">patient-mismatch<a name=\"observation-status-reason-patient-mismatch\"> </a></td><td>Patient Mismatch</td><td>The patient identity or subject context did not match the expected patient or subject.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">sample-mismatch<a name=\"observation-status-reason-sample-mismatch\"> </a></td><td>Sample Mismatch</td><td>The specimen, sample, or referenced result did not match the expected subject, order, container, or report.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">invalid-calibration<a name=\"observation-status-reason-invalid-calibration\"> </a></td><td>Invalid Calibration</td><td>The device, instrument, or analyzer calibration used for referenced results was invalid, expired, or otherwise unreliable.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">reagent-issue<a name=\"observation-status-reason-reagent-issue\"> </a></td><td>Reagent issue</td><td>An incorrect, invalid, expired, recalled, or otherwise unsuitable reagent or reagent lot was used or identified for referenced results.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">duplicate<a name=\"observation-status-reason-duplicate\"> </a></td><td>Duplicate</td><td>The observation duplicates another observation.</td></tr></table></div>"
},
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "oo"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
"valueCode" : "informative"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger" : 1
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/observation-status-reason",
"version" : "6.0.0-ballot4",
"name" : "ObservationStatusReasonCodes",
"title" : "Observation Status Reason Codes",
"status" : "active",
"experimental" : true,
"publisher" : "HL7 International - Orders and Observations",
"contact" : [{
"telecom" : [{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/orders/index.cfm"
}]
}],
"description" : "Codes indicating why an observation is in its current status.",
"jurisdiction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
"code" : "001",
"display" : "World"
}]
}],
"copyright" : "Copyright HL7. Licensed under creative commons public domain",
"caseSensitive" : true,
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-status-reason",
"content" : "complete",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "patient-mismatch",
"display" : "Patient Mismatch",
"definition" : "The patient identity or subject context did not match the expected patient or subject."
},
{
"code" : "sample-mismatch",
"display" : "Sample Mismatch",
"definition" : "The specimen, sample, or referenced result did not match the expected subject, order, container, or report."
},
{
"code" : "invalid-calibration",
"display" : "Invalid Calibration",
"definition" : "The device, instrument, or analyzer calibration used for referenced results was invalid, expired, or otherwise unreliable."
},
{
"code" : "reagent-issue",
"display" : "Reagent issue",
"definition" : "An incorrect, invalid, expired, recalled, or otherwise unsuitable reagent or reagent lot was used or identified for referenced results."
},
{
"code" : "duplicate",
"display" : "Duplicate",
"definition" : "The observation duplicates another observation."
}]
}
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.