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: VhDir Spoken Language Proficiency Code System - XML Representation

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="languageproficiency"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/vhdir/CodeSystem/languageproficiency</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">00<a name="languageproficiency-00"> </a></td><td>No proficiency</td><td>Unable to function in the spoken language.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">06<a name="languageproficiency-06"> </a></td><td>Memorized proficiency</td><td>Able to satisfy immediate needs using rehearsed utterances. Shows little real autonomy of expression, flexibility or spontaneity.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">10<a name="languageproficiency-10"> </a></td><td>Elementary proficiency</td><td>Able to satisfy minimum courtesy requirements and maintain very simple face-to-face conversations on familiar topics. A native speaker must often use slowed speech, repetition, paraphrase, or a combination of these to be understood by this individual.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">16<a name="languageproficiency-16"> </a></td><td>Elementary proficiency, plus</td><td>Can initiate and maintain predictable face-to-face conversations and satisfy limited social demands.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">20<a name="languageproficiency-20"> </a></td><td>Limited working proficiency</td><td>Able to satisfy routine social demands and limited work requirements.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">26<a name="languageproficiency-26"> </a></td><td>Limited working proficiency, plus</td><td>Able to satisfy most work requirements with language usage that is often, but not always, acceptable and effective.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">30<a name="languageproficiency-30"> </a></td><td>General professional proficiency</td><td>Able to speak the language with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations in practical, social and professional topics.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">36<a name="languageproficiency-36"> </a></td><td>General professional proficiency, plus</td><td>Is often able to use the language to satisfy professional needs in a wide range of sophisticated and demanding tasks.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">40<a name="languageproficiency-40"> </a></td><td>Advanced professional proficiency</td><td>Able to use the language fluently and accurately on all levels normally pertinent to professional needs.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">46<a name="languageproficiency-46"> </a></td><td>Advanced professional proficiency, plus</td><td>Speaking proficiency is regularly superior in all respects, usually equivalent to that of a well educated, highly articulate native speaker.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">50<a name="languageproficiency-50"> </a></td><td>Functional native proficiency</td><td>Speaking proficiency is functionally equivalent to that of a highly articulate well-educated native speaker and reflects the cultural standards of the country where the language is natively spoken.</td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/vhdir/CodeSystem/languageproficiency"/>
  <version value="0.2.0"/>
  <name value="VhDirSpokenLanguageProficiency"/>
  <title value="VhDir Spoken Language Proficiency Code System"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <date value="2018-02-21"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International - Patient Administration Work Group"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="HL7 International - Patient Administration Work Group"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/pafm"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="pafm@lists.HL7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="This code system contains codes for documenting the attributes of spoken language proficiency"/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
      <code value="US"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <copyright
             value="Used by permission of HL7 International all rights reserved Creative Commons License"/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="00"/>
    <display value="No proficiency"/>
    <definition value="Unable to function in the spoken language."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="06"/>
    <display value="Memorized proficiency"/>
    <definition
                value="Able to satisfy immediate needs using rehearsed utterances. Shows little real autonomy of expression, flexibility or spontaneity."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="10"/>
    <display value="Elementary proficiency"/>
    <definition
                value="Able to satisfy minimum courtesy requirements and maintain very simple face-to-face conversations on familiar topics. A native speaker must often use slowed speech, repetition, paraphrase, or a combination of these to be understood by this individual."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="16"/>
    <display value="Elementary proficiency, plus"/>
    <definition
                value="Can initiate and maintain predictable face-to-face conversations and satisfy limited social demands."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="20"/>
    <display value="Limited working proficiency"/>
    <definition
                value="Able to satisfy routine social demands and limited work requirements."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="26"/>
    <display value="Limited working proficiency, plus"/>
    <definition
                value="Able to satisfy most work requirements with language usage that is often, but not always, acceptable and effective."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="30"/>
    <display value="General professional proficiency"/>
    <definition
                value="Able to speak the language with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations in practical, social and professional topics."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="36"/>
    <display value="General professional proficiency, plus"/>
    <definition
                value="Is often able to use the language to satisfy professional needs in a wide range of sophisticated and demanding tasks."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="40"/>
    <display value="Advanced professional proficiency"/>
    <definition
                value="Able to use the language fluently and accurately on all levels normally pertinent to professional needs."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="46"/>
    <display value="Advanced professional proficiency, plus"/>
    <definition
                value="Speaking proficiency is regularly superior in all respects, usually equivalent to that of a well educated, highly articulate native speaker."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="50"/>
    <display value="Functional native proficiency"/>
    <definition
                value="Speaking proficiency is functionally equivalent to that of a highly articulate well-educated native speaker and reflects the cultural standards of the country where the language is natively spoken."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>