Clinical Document Architecture with Australian Schema, published by Australian Digital Health Agency. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/AuDigitalHealth/cda-au-schema/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Logical Model: CS: CodedSimpleValue (V3 Data Type)

Official URL: http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/CS Version: 1.0.0
Active as of 2025-08-28 Maturity Level: 1 Responsible: HL7 Computable Name: CS

Coded data in its simplest form, where only the code is not predetermined. The code system and code system version are fixed by the context in which the CS value occurs. CS is used for coded attributes that have a single HL7-defined value set.

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NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. CS 1..* CV XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3
Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor, @code, @codeSystem, @codeSystemName, @codeSystemVersion, @displayName, @sdtcValueSet, @sdtcValueSetVersion, originalText, qualifier, translation, qualifier, translation
Base for all types and resources
Binding: This type can be bound to a value set using the CDA binding style
Instances of this logical model are not marked to be the target of a Reference
Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)
... @nullFlavor 0..1 cs Binding: CDANullFlavor (required)
... @code 0..1 cs
... @sdtcValueSet 0..1 oid XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:sdtc
XML: valueSet (urn:hl7-org:sdtc)

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Terminology Bindings

PathConformanceValueSetURI
CS.nullFlavorrequiredCDANullFlavor
http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/ValueSet/CDANullFlavor
From this IG

This structure is derived from CV

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. CS 1..* CV XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3
Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor, @code, @codeSystem, @codeSystemName, @codeSystemVersion, @displayName, @sdtcValueSet, @sdtcValueSetVersion, originalText, qualifier, translation, qualifier, translation
Base for all types and resources
Binding: This type can be bound to a value set using the CDA binding style
Instances of this logical model are not marked to be the target of a Reference
Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)
... @codeSystem 0..0
... @codeSystemName 0..0
... @codeSystemVersion 0..0
... originalText 0..0

doco Documentation for this format
NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. CS 1..* CV XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3
Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor, @code, @codeSystem, @codeSystemName, @codeSystemVersion, @displayName, @sdtcValueSet, @sdtcValueSetVersion, originalText, qualifier, translation, qualifier, translation
Base for all types and resources
Binding: This type can be bound to a value set using the CDA binding style
Instances of this logical model are not marked to be the target of a Reference
Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)
... @nullFlavor 0..1 cs Binding: CDANullFlavor (required)
... @code 0..1 cs
... @sdtcValueSet 0..1 oid XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:sdtc
XML: valueSet (urn:hl7-org:sdtc)

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

PathConformanceValueSetURI
CS.nullFlavorrequiredCDANullFlavor
http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/ValueSet/CDANullFlavor
From this IG

This structure is derived from CV

Summary

Prohibited: 5 elements

Maturity: 1

Key Elements View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. CS 1..* CV XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3
Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor, @code, @codeSystem, @codeSystemName, @codeSystemVersion, @displayName, @sdtcValueSet, @sdtcValueSetVersion, originalText, qualifier, translation, qualifier, translation
Base for all types and resources
Binding: This type can be bound to a value set using the CDA binding style
Instances of this logical model are not marked to be the target of a Reference
Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)
... @nullFlavor 0..1 cs Binding: CDANullFlavor (required)
... @code 0..1 cs
... @sdtcValueSet 0..1 oid XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:sdtc
XML: valueSet (urn:hl7-org:sdtc)

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

PathConformanceValueSetURI
CS.nullFlavorrequiredCDANullFlavor
http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/ValueSet/CDANullFlavor
From this IG

Differential View

This structure is derived from CV

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. CS 1..* CV XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3
Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor, @code, @codeSystem, @codeSystemName, @codeSystemVersion, @displayName, @sdtcValueSet, @sdtcValueSetVersion, originalText, qualifier, translation, qualifier, translation
Base for all types and resources
Binding: This type can be bound to a value set using the CDA binding style
Instances of this logical model are not marked to be the target of a Reference
Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)
... @codeSystem 0..0
... @codeSystemName 0..0
... @codeSystemVersion 0..0
... originalText 0..0

doco Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. CS 1..* CV XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3
Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor, @code, @codeSystem, @codeSystemName, @codeSystemVersion, @displayName, @sdtcValueSet, @sdtcValueSetVersion, originalText, qualifier, translation, qualifier, translation
Base for all types and resources
Binding: This type can be bound to a value set using the CDA binding style
Instances of this logical model are not marked to be the target of a Reference
Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)
... @nullFlavor 0..1 cs Binding: CDANullFlavor (required)
... @code 0..1 cs
... @sdtcValueSet 0..1 oid XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:sdtc
XML: valueSet (urn:hl7-org:sdtc)

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

PathConformanceValueSetURI
CS.nullFlavorrequiredCDANullFlavor
http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/ValueSet/CDANullFlavor
From this IG

This structure is derived from CV

Summary

Prohibited: 5 elements

Maturity: 1

 

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