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CodeSystem: Language Proficiency CS
Codes for documenting spoken language proficiency based on the Interagency Language Roundtable scale of abilities to communicate in a language.
This Code system is referenced in the definition of the following value sets:
This case-sensitive code system http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pdex-plan-net/CodeSystem/LanguageProficiencyCS defines the following codes:
| Code | Display | Definition |
| 00 |
No proficiency |
Unable to function in the spoken language. |
| 10 |
Elementary proficiency |
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. |
| 20 |
Limited working proficiency |
Able to satisfy routine social demands and limited work requirements. |
| 30 |
General professional proficiency |
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. |
| 40 |
Advanced professional proficiency |
Able to use the language fluently and accurately on all levels normally pertinent to professional needs. |
| 50 |
Functional native proficiency |
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. |
Description of the above table(s).