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ValueSet: language preference type value set

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/language-preference-type Version: 5.4.0
Standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 3 Responsible: HL7 International / Patient Administration Computable Name: LanguagePreferenceType
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.1022

This value set defines the set of codes for describing the type or mode of the patient's preferred language.

References

Changes since version 5.3.0:

  • No changes

    • Logical Definition (CLD)

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

    Profile: Shareable ValueSet

    • Include these codes as defined in http://hl7.org/fhir/language-preference-type version 📦5.4.0
      CodeDisplayDefinition
      verbalverbalThe patient prefers to verbally communicate with the associated language.
      writtenwrittenThe patient prefers to communicate in writing with the associated language.

     

    Expansion

    Expansion performed internally based on codesystem language preference type code system v5.4.0 (CodeSystem)

    This value set contains 2 concepts

    SystemCodeDisplay (en)DefinitionJSONXML
    http://hl7.org/fhir/language-preference-type  verbalverbalThe patient prefers to verbally communicate with the associated language.
    http://hl7.org/fhir/language-preference-type  writtenwrittenThe patient prefers to communicate in writing with the associated language.

    Description of the above table(s).