<status value="active"/><experimental value="true"/><date value="2026-06-19"/><publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/><contact><telecom><system value="url"/><value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/></telecom><telecom><system value="email"/><value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/></telecom></contact><description value="The type of degree of polymerisation, e.g. number-average, weight-average."/><jurisdiction><coding><system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/><code value="001"/><display value="World"/></coding></jurisdiction><caseSensitive value="true"/><valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/degree-of-polymerisation-type"/><content value="complete"/><concept><code value="number-average"/><display value="Number average"/><definition value="Number-average degree of polymerisation (Mn)."/></concept><concept><code value="weight-average"/><display value="Weight average"/><definition value="Weight-average degree of polymerisation (Mw)."/></concept><concept><code value="viscosity-average"/><display value="Viscosity average"/><definition value="Viscosity-average degree of polymerisation (Mv)."/></concept><concept><code value="z-average"/><display value="Z-average"/><definition value="Z-average degree of polymerisation (Mz)."/></concept></CodeSystem>

Generated Narrative: CodeSystem degree-of-polymerisation-type

This case-sensitive code system http://hl7.org/fhir/degree-of-polymerisation-type defines the following codes:

Code	Display	Definition
number-average	Number average	Number-average degree of polymerisation (Mn).
weight-average	Weight average	Weight-average degree of polymerisation (Mw).
viscosity-average	Viscosity average	Viscosity-average degree of polymerisation (Mv).
z-average	Z-average	Z-average degree of polymerisation (Mz).