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Example CodeSystem/polymer-class (XML)

Responsible Owner: Biomedical Research and Regulation Work GroupStandards Status: Informative

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Definition for Code SystemPolymerClassExample

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="polymer-class"/> 
  <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 polymer-class</b> 
      </p> 
      <a name="polymer-class"> </a> 
      <a name="hcpolymer-class"> </a> 
      <p> This case-sensitive code system 
        <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/polymer-class</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">homopolymer
            <a name="polymer-class-homopolymer"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Homopolymer</td> 
          <td> A polymer made up of a single type of monomer.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">copolymer
            <a name="polymer-class-copolymer"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Copolymer</td> 
          <td> A polymer made up of two or more different monomers.</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/polymer-class"/> 
  <version value="6.0.0-ballot4"/> 
  <name value="PolymerClassExample"/> 
  <title value="Polymer Class"/> 
  <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="Overall type of the polymer e.g. homopolymer or copolymer."/> 
  <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/polymer-class"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="homopolymer"/> 
    <display value="Homopolymer"/> 
    <definition value="A polymer made up of a single type of monomer."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="copolymer"/> 
    <display value="Copolymer"/> 
    <definition value="A polymer made up of two or more different monomers."/> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem> 

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.