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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="degree-of-polymerisation-type"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2026-06-23T16:20:19.822+00:00"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p class="res-header-id">
        <b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem degree-of-polymerisation-type</b>
      </p>
      <a name="degree-of-polymerisation-type"> </a>
      <a name="hcdegree-of-polymerisation-type"> </a>
      <p>This case-sensitive code system 
        <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/degree-of-polymerisation-type</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">number-average
            <a name="degree-of-polymerisation-type-number-average"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Number average</td>
          <td>Number-average degree of polymerisation (Mn).</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">weight-average
            <a name="degree-of-polymerisation-type-weight-average"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Weight average</td>
          <td>Weight-average degree of polymerisation (Mw).</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">viscosity-average
            <a name="degree-of-polymerisation-type-viscosity-average"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Viscosity average</td>
          <td>Viscosity-average degree of polymerisation (Mv).</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">z-average
            <a name="degree-of-polymerisation-type-z-average"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Z-average</td>
          <td>Z-average degree of polymerisation (Mz).</td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
  </text>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="brr"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="informative"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="1"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/degree-of-polymerisation-type"/>
  <version value="6.0.0-ballot4"/>
  <name value="DegreeOfPolymerisationTypeExample"/>
  <title value="Degree of Polymerisation Type"/>
  <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>