HL7 Terminology (THO)
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CodeSystem: ParticipationType

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType Version: 5.0.0
Active as of 2019-03-20 Responsible: Health Level Seven International Computable Name: ParticipationType
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.5.90

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A code specifying the meaning and purpose of every Participation instance. Each of its values implies specific constraints on the Roles undertaking the participation.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

Generated Narrative: CodeSystem v3-ParticipationType

Language: en

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

NameCodeURITypeDescription
Specializes Specializes Coding The child code is a more narrow version of the concept represented by the parent code. I.e. Every child concept is also a valid parent concept. Used to allow determination of subsumption. Must be transitive, irreflexive, antisymmetric.
Generalizes Generalizes Coding Inverse of Specializes. Only included as a derived relationship.
internalId internalId http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v3-internal-id code The internal identifier for the concept in the HL7 Access database repository.
Status status http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status code Designation of a concept's state. Normally is not populated unless the state is retired..
conductible conductible http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#rim-conductible boolean If true, indicates that ActRelationships or Participations of the specified type (and any specializations thereof) will normally conduct. For more usage information, refer to the Core Principles specification.
Name:Act:participation:Participation Name:Act:participation:Participation http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#rim-participation code Name of relationship from Act to Participation
Name:Role:participation:Participation Name:Role:participation:Participation http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#rim-Role-participation code Name of relationship from Role to Participation
Sort:Act:participation:Participation Sort:Act:participation:Participation http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#rim-Act-participation-sort code Sort key for relationship from Act to Participation
Sort:Role:participation:Participation Sort:Role:participation:Participation http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#rim-Role-participation-sort code Sort key for relationship from Role to Participation
isDocumentCharacteristic isDocumentCharacteristic http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#rim-document-characteristic boolean If true, indicates that the Act attribute or association (as represented by a typeCode for eaither ActRelationship or Pareticipation is a descriptor of the document (record) represented by the act object. If false, indicates the property is a descriptor of the action itself, actual, intended, or potential. Applies to interpretation of attributes and associations with respect to changes in the value of Act.actionNegationInd and Act.moodCode. (See descriptions of these attributes for further discussion.) For example, in an order, the id attribute [isDocumentCharacteristic = true] is an identifier of the record of the order, not an identifier of the intended event. On the other hand, the code attribute [isDocumentCharacteristic = false] describes a characteristic of the intended event.
HL7 Concept Usage Notes HL7usageNotes http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#HL7usageNotes string HL7 Concept Usage Notes
Not Selectable notSelectable http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#notSelectable boolean Indicates that the code is abstract - only intended to be used as a selector for other concepts

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:

LvlCodeDisplayDefinitioninternalIdStatusconductibleName:Act:participation:ParticipationName:Role:participation:ParticipationSort:Act:participation:ParticipationSort:Role:participation:ParticipationisDocumentCharacteristicHL7 Concept Usage NotesNot Selectable
1 PART Participation

Indicates that the target of the participation is involved in some manner in the act, but does not qualify how.

21573 active
2   _ParticipationAncillary ParticipationAncillary

Participations related, but not primary to an act. The Referring, Admitting, and Discharging practitioners must be the same person as those authoring the ControlAct event for their respective trigger events.

21110 active false ancillaryRole participation F________ F________ true
3     ADM admitter

The practitioner who is responsible for admitting a patient to a patient encounter.

16845 active false admitter admission FA_______ FA_______
3     ATND attender

The practitioner that has responsibility for overseeing a patient's care during a patient encounter.

16843 active false attender attenderOf FB_______ FB_______
3     CALLBCK callback contact

A person or organization who should be contacted for follow-up questions about the act in place of the author.

21385 active false callBackContact callBackAvailability FF_______ FF_______
3     CON consultant

An advisor participating in the service by performing evaluations and making recommendations.

10256 active false consultant consultation FE_______ FE_______
3     DIS discharger

The practitioner who is responsible for the discharge of a patient from a patient encounter.

16844 active false discharger discharge FC_______ FC_______
3     ESC escort

Only with Transportation services. A person who escorts the patient.

10250 active false escort escort FG_______ FG_______
3     REF referrer

A person having referred the subject of the service to the performer (referring physician). Typically, a referring physician will receive a report.

10264 active false referrer referral FD_______ FD_______
2   _ParticipationInformationGenerator ParticipationInformationGenerator

Parties that may or should contribute or have contributed information to the Act. Such information includes information leading to the decision to perform the Act and how to perform the Act (e.g., consultant), information that the Act itself seeks to reveal (e.g., informant of clinical history), or information about what Act was performed (e.g., informant witness).

21111 active true informationOriginator origination E________ E________ true true
3     AUT author (originator)

Definition: A party that originates the Act and therefore has responsibility for the information given in the Act and ownership of this Act.

Example: the report writer, the person writing the act definition, the guideline author, the placer of an order, the EKG cart (device) creating a report etc. Every Act should have an author. Authorship is regardless of mood always actual authorship.

Examples of such policies might include:

  • The author and anyone they explicitly delegate may update the report;
  • All administrators within the same clinic may cancel and reschedule appointments created by other administrators within that clinic;

A party that is neither an author nor a party who is extended authorship maintenance rights by policy, may only amend, reverse, override, replace, or follow up in other ways on this Act, whereby the Act remains intact and is linked to another Act authored by that other party.

10252 active true author origination EA_______ EA_______ true
3     INF informant

A source of reported information (e.g., a next of kin who answers questions about the patient's history). For history questions, the patient is logically an informant, yet the informant of history questions is implicitly the subject.

10254 active true informant informationGiven EC_______ EC_______ true
3     TRANS Transcriber

An entity entering the data into the originating system. The data entry entity is collected optionally for internal quality control purposes. This includes the transcriptionist for dictated text transcribed into electronic form.

21463 active true transcriber transcription EB_______ EB_______ true
4       ENT data entry person

A person entering the data into the originating system. The data entry person is collected optionally for internal quality control purposes. This includes the transcriptionist for dictated text.

10253 active true dataEnterer dataEntry EBB______ EBB______ true
3     WIT witness

Only with service events. A person witnessing the action happening without doing anything. A witness is not necessarily aware, much less approves of anything stated in the service event. Example for a witness is students watching an operation or an advanced directive witness.

10260 active true witness witness ED_______ ED_______ true
3     NOTARY notary

The entity (person or organization) who legally attests that the information present in the Act is a true replica of an original.

110260 active true notary notarization EE_______ EE_______ true
2   CST custodian

An entity (person, organization or device) that is in charge of maintaining the information of this act (e.g., who maintains the report or the master service catalog item, etc.).

10266 active true custodian custodianship G________ G________ true
2   DIR direct target

Target participant that is substantially present in the act and which is directly involved in the action (includes consumed material, devices, etc.).

10286 active true directTarget directTargetOf A________ A________
3     ALY analyte

The target of an Observation action. Links an observation to a Role whose player is the substance or most specific component entity (material, micro-organism, etc.) being measured within the subject.

Examples: A "plasma porcelain substance concentration" has analyte a Role with player substance Entity "porcelain".

UsageNotes: The Role that this participation connects to may be any Role whose player is that substance measured. Very often, the scoper may indicate the system in which the component is being measured. E.g., for "plasma porcelain" the scoper could be "Plasma".

23093 active true analyte analyzedBy AAB______ AAB______ The Role that this participation connects to may be any Role whose player is that substance measured. Very often, the scoper may indicate the system in which the component is being measured. E.g., for "plasma porcelain" the scoper could be "Plasma".
3     BBY baby

In an obstetric service, the baby.

10293 active true baby babyOf AB_______ AB_______
3     CAT catalyst

The catalyst of a chemical reaction, such as an enzyme or a platinum surface. In biochemical reactions, connects the enzyme with the molecular interaction

23094 active true catalyst catalystOf AA_______ AA_______
3     CSM consumable

Participant material that is taken up, diminished, altered, or disappears in the act.

10296 active true consumable consumedIn AE_______ AE_______
4       TPA therapeutic agent

Something incorporated in the subject of a therapy service to achieve a physiologic effect (e.g., heal, relieve, provoke a condition, etc.) on the subject. In an administration service the therapeutic agent is a consumable, in a preparation or dispense service, it is a product. Thus, consumable or product must be specified in accordance with the kind of service.

10297 retired true
3     DEV device

Participant used in performing the act without being substantially affected by the act (i.e. durable or inert with respect to that particular service).

Examples: monitoring equipment, tools, but also access/drainage lines, prostheses, pace maker, etc.

10298 active true device deviceOf AD_______ AD_______
4       NRD non-reuseable device

A device that changes ownership due to the service, e.g., a pacemaker, a prosthesis, an insulin injection equipment (pen), etc. Such material may need to be restocked after he service.

10299 active true nonReusableDevice nonReusableDeviceOf ADB______ ADB______
4       RDV reusable device

A device that does not change ownership due to the service, i.e., a surgical instrument or tool or an endoscope. The distinction between reuseable and non-reuseable must be made in order to know whether material must be re-stocked.

10300 active true reusableDevice reusableDeviceOf ADA______ ADA______
3     DON donor

In some organ transplantation services and rarely in transfusion services a donor will be a target participant in the service. However, in most cases transplantation is decomposed in three services: explantation, transport, and implantation. The identity of the donor (recipient) is often irrelevant for the explantation (implantation) service.

10291 active true organDonor organDonation AC_______ AC_______
3     EXPAGNT ExposureAgent

Description: The entity playing the associated role is the physical (including energy), chemical or biological substance that is participating in the exposure. For example in communicable diseases, the associated playing entity is the disease causing pathogen.

22347 active true
3     EXPART ExposureParticipation

**Description:**Direct participation in an exposure act where it is unknown that the participant is the source or subject of the exposure. If the participant is known to be the contact of an exposure then the SBJ participation type should be used. If the participant is known to be the source then the EXSRC participation type should be used.

21978 active true
4       EXPTRGT ExposureTarget

Description: The entity playing the associated role is the target (contact) of exposure.

22346 active true
4       EXSRC ExposureSource

**Description:**The entity playing the associated role is the source of exposure.

21979 active true
3     PRD product

Participant material that is brought forth (produced) in the act (e.g., specimen in a specimen collection, access or drainage in a placement service, medication package in a dispense service). It does not matter whether the material produced had existence prior to the service, or whether it is created in the service (e.g., in supply services the product is taken from a stock).

10295 active true product productOf AF_______ AF_______
3     SBJ subject

The principle target on which the action happens.

Examples: The patient in physical examination, a specimen in a lab observation. May also be a patient's family member (teaching) or a device or room (cleaning, disinfecting, housekeeping).

UsageNotes: Not all direct targets are subjects. Consumables and devices used as tools for an act are not subjects. However, a device may be a subject of a maintenance action.

10287 active true subject subjectOf AA_______ AA_______ Not all direct targets are subjects. Consumables and devices used as tools for an act are not subjects. However, a device may be a subject of a maintenance action.
4       SPC specimen

The subject of non-clinical (e.g. laboratory) observation services is a specimen.

10294 active true specimen specimenOf AAA______ AAA______
2   IND indirect target

Target that is not substantially present in the act and which is not directly affected by the act, but which will be a focus of the record or documentation of the act.

19032 active true indirectTarget indirectTargetOf B________ B________
3     BEN beneficiary

Target on behalf of whom the service happens, but that is not necessarily present in the service. Can occur together with direct target to indicate that a target is both, as in the case where the patient is the indirect beneficiary of a service rendered to a family member, e.g. counseling or given home care instructions. This concept includes a participant, such as a covered party, who derives benefits from a service act covered by a coverage act.

Note that the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause. Thus, a patient who has no coverage under a policy or program may be a beneficiary of a health service while not being the beneficiary of coverage for that service.

10288 active true beneficiary beneficiaryOf BC_______ BC_______
3     CAGNT causative agent

Definition: A factor, such as a microorganism, chemical substance, or form of radiation, whose presence, excessive presence, or (in deficiency diseases) relative absence is essential, in whole or in part, for the occurrence of a condition.

Constraint: The use of this participation is limited to observations.

21639 active true
3     COV coverage target

The target participation for an individual in a health care coverage act in which the target role is either the policy holder of the coverage, or a covered party under the coverage.

14017 active true coveredParty coveredPartyOf BB_______ BB_______
3     GUAR guarantor party

The target person or organization contractually recognized by the issuer as a participant who has assumed fiscal responsibility for another personaTMs financial obligations by guaranteeing to pay for amounts owed to a particular account

*Example:*The subscriber of the patientaTMs health insurance policy signs a contract with the provider to be fiscally responsible for the patient billing account balance amount owed.

21570 active true
3     HLD holder

Participant who posses an instrument such as a financial contract (insurance policy) usually based on some agreement with the author.

16751 active true holder contractHeld BE_______ BE_______
3     RCT record target

The record target indicates whose medical record holds the documentation of this act. This is especially important when the subject of a service is not the patient himself.

10289 active true recordTarget recordTargetOf BA_______ BA_______
3     RCV receiver

The person (or organization) who receives the product of an Act.

13974 active true receiver receiverOf BD_______ BD_______
2   IRCP information recipient

A party, who may or should receive or who has recieved the Act or subsequent or derivative information of that Act. Information recipient is inert, i.e., independent of mood." Rationale: this is a generalization of a too diverse family that the definition can't be any more specific, and the concept is abstract so one of the specializations should be used.

10263 active true informationRecipient informationReceived H________ H________ true
3     NOT ugent notification contact

An information recipient to notify for urgent matters about this Act. (e.g., in a laboratory order, critical results are being called by phone right away, this is the contact to call; or for an inpatient encounter, a next of kin to notify when the patient becomes critically ill).

19057 active true notificationContact contactFor HE_______ HE_______ true
3     PRCP primary information recipient

Information recipient to whom an act statement is primarily directed. E.g., a primary care provider receiving a discharge letter from a hospitalist, a health department receiving information on a suspected case of infectious disease. Multiple of these participations may exist on the same act without requiring that recipients be ranked as primary vs. secondary.

19055 active true primaryInformationRecipient informationReceived HA_______ HA_______ true
3     REFB Referred By

A participant (e.g. provider) who has referred the subject of an act (e.g. patient).

Typically, a referred by participant will provide a report (e.g. referral).

20842 active true subjectReferrer subjectReferral HC_______ HC_______ true
3     REFT Referred to

The person who receives the patient

18116 active true subjectReferredTo referral HD_______ HD_______ true
3     TRC tracker

A secondary information recipient, who receives copies (e.g., a primary care provider receiving copies of results as ordered by specialist).

10265 active true tracker tracking HB_______ HB_______ true
2   LOC location

The facility where the service is done. May be a static building (or room therein) or a moving location (e.g., ambulance, helicopter, aircraft, train, truck, ship, etc.)

10302 active true location locationOf J________ J________
3     DST destination

The destination for services. May be a static building (or room therein) or a movable facility (e.g., ship).

10304 active true destination destinationOf JC_______ JC_______
3     ELOC entry location

A location where data about an Act was entered.

13973 active true dataEntryLocation dataEntryLocationOf JD_______ JD_______
3     ORG origin

The location of origin for services. May be a static building (or room therein) or a movable facility (e.g., ship).

10303 active true origin originOf JA_______ JA_______
3     RML remote

Some services take place at multiple concurrent locations (e.g., telemedicine, telephone consultation). The location where the principal performing actor is located is taken as the primary location (LOC) while the other location(s) are considered "remote."

10306 active true remoteLocation remoteLocationOf JE_______ JE_______
3     VIA via

For services, an intermediate location that specifies a path between origin an destination.

10305 active true via viaOf JB_______ JB_______
2   PRF performer

Definition: A person, non-person living subject, organization or device that who actually and principally carries out the action. Device should only be assigned as a performer in circumstances where the device is performing independent of human intervention. Need not be the principal responsible actor.

Exampe: A surgery resident operating under supervision of attending surgeon, a search and rescue dog locating survivors, an electronic laboratory analyzer or the laboratory discipline requested to perform a laboratory test. The performer may also be the patient in self-care, e.g. fingerstick blood sugar. The traditional order filler is a performer. This information should accompany every service event.

Note: that existing HL7 designs assign an organization as the playing entity of the Role that is the performer. These designs should be revised in subsequent releases to make this the scooping entity for the role involved.

10248 active true performer performance D________ D________
3     DIST distributor

Distributes material used in or generated during the act.

19063 active true distributer distributed DC_______ DC_______
3     PPRF primary performer

The principal or primary performer of the act.

19064 active true primaryPerformer performance DA_______ DA_______
3     SPRF secondary performer

A person assisting in an act through his substantial presence and involvement This includes: assistants, technicians, associates, or whatever the job titles may be.

19065 active true secondaryPerformer performance DB_______ DB_______
2   RESP responsible party

The person or organization that has primary responsibility for the act. The responsible party is not necessarily present in an action, but is accountable for the action through the power to delegate, and the duty to review actions with the performing actor after the fact. This responsibility may be ethical, legal, contractual, fiscal, or fiduciary in nature.

Example: A person who is the head of a biochemical laboratory; a sponsor for a policy or government program.

17931 active true responsibleParty responsibleFor C________ C________ true
2   VRF verifier

A person who verifies the correctness and appropriateness of the service (plan, order, event, etc.) and hence takes on accountability.

10259 active true verifier verification I________ I________ true
3     AUTHEN authenticator

A verifier who attests to the accuracy of an act, but who does not have privileges to legally authenticate the act. An example would be a resident physician who sees a patient and dictates a note, then later signs it. Their signature constitutes an authentication.

19072 active true authenticator authenticated IB_______ IB_______ true
3     LA legal authenticator

A verifier who legally authenticates the accuracy of an act. An example would be a staff physician who sees a patient and dictates a note, then later signs it. Their signature constitutes a legal authentication.

19073 active true legalAuthenticator legallyAuthenticated IA_______ IA_______ true

History

DateActionCustodianAuthorComment
2023-11-14reviseTSMGMarc DuteauAdd standard copyright and contact to internal content; up-476
2023-01-17reviseSDMarc DuteauAdding Witness and Notary terms to the Personal and Legal Relationship Value SEt; up-326
2022-10-18reviseTSMGMarc DuteauFixing missing metadata; up-349
2022-02-17 00:00:32+1100reviseVocabulary WGGrahame GrievePopulate Missing caseSensitive property; UP-286
2020-10-25reviseModeling and Methodology WGLloyd McKenzieFixes for valid coremif generation
2020-05-06reviseVocabulary WGTed KleinMigrated to the UTG maintenance environment and publishing tooling.