Clinical Order Workflows
1.0.0-ballot - STU 1 Ballot

Clinical Order Workflows, published by HL7 International / Orders and Observations. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0-ballot built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhir-cow-ig/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## : Temp Clinical Order Workflow Example Codes - JSON Representation

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      "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
      "id" : "temp",
      "text" : {
        "status" : "generated",
        "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem temp</b></p><a name=\"temp\"> </a><a name=\"hctemp\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cow/CodeSystem/temp</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\">visit-scheduled<a name=\"temp-visit-scheduled\"> </a></td><td>The patient is scheduled for the requested consultation or procedure</td><td>The patient visit that is the (partial) fulfillment of the request has been scheduled</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">visit-complete<a name=\"temp-visit-complete\"> </a></td><td>The visit with the patient for the requested consultation or procedure is complete</td><td>The patient visit that is the (partial) fulfillment of the request has been completed</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">specimen-collected<a name=\"temp-specimen-collected\"> </a></td><td>The required specimen has been collected</td><td>The specimen required to fulfil the order has been collected.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">awaiting-interpretation<a name=\"temp-awaiting-interpretation\"> </a></td><td>The observations for the requested consultation or procedure is awaiting interpretation</td><td>This code may be appropriate when the fulfillment of the request involves interpretation step that is shifted in time.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">preliminary-outcome<a name=\"temp-preliminary-outcome\"> </a></td><td>The initial outcome of the request fulfillment</td><td>This code may be appropriate when there are preliminary results or when more than one of the requested services need to be performed.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">awaiting-information<a name=\"temp-awaiting-information\"> </a></td><td>The Fulfiller needs more information in order to proceed with the fulfillment of the request</td><td>This code may be appropriate when the Fulfiller needs more information in order to accept the request, or in order to take the next step for a request which in progress.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">new-order<a name=\"temp-new-order\"> </a></td><td>The message is about a new order being placed</td><td>This code is to be used when a new order is communicated for fulfillment for the first time. Any subsequent messages about this order will use the order-update code.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">order-update<a name=\"temp-order-update\"> </a></td><td>The message is an update to an existing order</td><td>The state of the order fulfillment is tracked via the Task resource. This value indicates that this message is an update (including completion) for an already existing order.</td></tr></table></div>"
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      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cow/CodeSystem/temp",
      "version" : "1.0.0-ballot",
      "name" : "COWTempCodeSystem",
      "title" : "Temp Clinical Order Workflow Example Codes",
      "status" : "active",
      "experimental" : false,
      "date" : "2025-09-30T09:54:13+00:00",
      "publisher" : "HL7 International / Orders and Observations",
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          "name" : "HL7 International / Orders and Observations",
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              "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/orders"
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      ],
      "description" : "This code system contains codes for Task.businessStatus and MessageHeader event code. These are example codes, not intended to be used as is",
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        {
          "code" : "visit-scheduled",
          "display" : "The patient is scheduled for the requested consultation or procedure",
          "definition" : "The patient visit that is the (partial) fulfillment of the request has been scheduled"
        },
        {
          "code" : "visit-complete",
          "display" : "The visit with the patient for the requested consultation or procedure is complete",
          "definition" : "The patient visit that is the (partial) fulfillment of the request has been completed"
        },
        {
          "code" : "specimen-collected",
          "display" : "The required specimen has been collected",
          "definition" : "The specimen required to fulfil the order has been collected."
        },
        {
          "code" : "awaiting-interpretation",
          "display" : "The observations for the requested consultation or procedure is awaiting interpretation",
          "definition" : "This code may be appropriate when the fulfillment of the request involves interpretation step that is shifted in time."
        },
        {
          "code" : "preliminary-outcome",
          "display" : "The initial outcome of the request fulfillment",
          "definition" : "This code may be appropriate when there are preliminary results or when more than one of the requested services need to be performed."
        },
        {
          "code" : "awaiting-information",
          "display" : "The Fulfiller needs more information in order to proceed with the fulfillment of the request",
          "definition" : "This code may be appropriate when the Fulfiller needs more information in order to accept the request, or in order to take the next step for a request which in progress."
        },
        {
          "code" : "new-order",
          "display" : "The message is about a new order being placed",
          "definition" : "This code is to be used when a new order is communicated for fulfillment for the first time. Any subsequent messages about this order will use the order-update code."
        },
        {
          "code" : "order-update",
          "display" : "The message is an update to an existing order",
          "definition" : "The state of the order fulfillment is tracked via the Task resource. This value indicates that this message is an update (including completion) for an already existing order."
        }
      ]
    }