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

## : Clinical Orders Workflow Business Status Codes - JSON Representation

Page standards status: Trial-use | Maturity Level: 1

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    {
      "resourceType" : "ValueSet",
      "id" : "business-status",
      "text" : {
        "status" : "extensions",
        "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet business-status</b></p><a name=\"business-status\"> </a><a name=\"hcbusiness-status\"> </a><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href=\"CodeSystem-temp.html\"><code>http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cow/CodeSystem/temp</code></a><table class=\"none\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"CodeSystem-temp.html#temp-visit-scheduled\">visit-scheduled</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">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><a href=\"CodeSystem-temp.html#temp-specimen-collected\">specimen-collected</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">The required specimen has been collected</td><td>The specimen required to fulfil the order has been collected.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"CodeSystem-temp.html#temp-awaiting-interpretation\">awaiting-interpretation</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">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><a href=\"CodeSystem-temp.html#temp-preliminary-outcome\">preliminary-outcome</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">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><a href=\"CodeSystem-temp.html#temp-awaiting-information\">awaiting-information</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">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></table></li></ul></div>"
      },
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          "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
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          "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
          "valueInteger" : 1,
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              {
                "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
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              }
            ]
          }
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        {
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            "extension" : [
              {
                "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
                "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cow/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.uv.cow"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cow/ValueSet/business-status",
      "version" : "1.0.0-ballot",
      "name" : "BusinessStatus",
      "title" : "Clinical Orders Workflow Business Status Codes",
      "status" : "active",
      "experimental" : false,
      "date" : "2025-09-30T08:23:40+00:00",
      "publisher" : "HL7 International / Orders and Observations",
      "contact" : [
        {
          "name" : "HL7 International / Orders and Observations",
          "telecom" : [
            {
              "system" : "url",
              "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/orders"
            },
            {
              "system" : "email",
              "value" : "oo@lists.hl7.org"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "description" : "This value set is the full expansion of the COW Business Status code system.",
      "jurisdiction" : [
        {
          "coding" : [
            {
              "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
              "code" : "001",
              "display" : "World"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "compose" : {
        "include" : [
          {
            "system" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cow/CodeSystem/temp",
            "concept" : [
              {
                "code" : "visit-scheduled"
              },
              {
                "code" : "specimen-collected"
              },
              {
                "code" : "awaiting-interpretation"
              },
              {
                "code" : "preliminary-outcome"
              },
              {
                "code" : "awaiting-information"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }