Definition for Code SystemDegreeOfPolymerisationTypeExample

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  <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>