FHIR Extensions Pack
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FHIR Extensions Pack, published by HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 5.4.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhir-extensions/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

ValueSet: animal species

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/animal-species Version: 5.4.0
Standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 3 Responsible: HL7 International / Patient Administration Computable Name: AnimalSpecies
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.420, OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.409 (use: old), OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.231 (use: old)

Copyright/Legal: This value set includes content from SNOMED CT, which is copyright © 2002+ International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), and distributed by agreement between IHTSDO and HL7. Implementer use of SNOMED CT is not covered by this agreement

This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate species of animal patients.

References

Changes since version 5.3.0:

  • One or more text definitions/displays have changed

    • Logical Definition (CLD)

    Last updated: 2023-01-31 07:07:38+1100

    Profile: Shareable ValueSet

     

    Expansion

    Expansion from tx.fhir.org based on SNOMED CT International edition 01-Feb 2025

    This value set contains 10 concepts

    SystemCodeDisplay (en)JSONXML
    http://snomed.info/sct  125097000Capra hircus
    http://snomed.info/sct  125099002Ovis aries
    http://snomed.info/sct  34618005Bos taurus
    http://snomed.info/sct  425134008Meleagridinae - turkeys
    http://snomed.info/sct  47290002Gallus gallus
    http://snomed.info/sct  15778005Anser
    http://snomed.info/sct  396620009Genus Anas
    http://snomed.info/sct  388445009Equus
    http://snomed.info/sct  85626006Equus asinus
    http://snomed.info/sct  132950000Equus asinus (male) X Equus caballus (female) intragenus hybrid

    Description of the above table(s).