Molecular Definition Implementation Guide for Molecular Data Types
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Molecular Definition Implementation Guide for Molecular Data Types, published by HL7 International / Clinical Genomics. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0-ballot1 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/molecular-definition-data-types/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

ValueSet: Molecule Type ValueSet (Experimental)

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/molecular-definition-data-types/ValueSet/molecule-type Version: 1.0.0-ballot1
Standards status: Informative Draft as of 2026-03-24 Computable Name: MoleculeTypeVS

Molecule type terms that describe various genomic molucles, e.g., DNA or RNA.

References

Logical Definition (CLD)

 

Expansion

Expansion performed internally based on codesystem Molecule Type v1.0.0-ballot1 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 3 concepts

SystemCodeDisplay (en)DefinitionJSONXML
http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/molecular-definition-data-types/CodeSystem/molecule-type  dnaDNA sequenceDNA sequence (assumed double stranded, written as single stranded by convention)
http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/molecular-definition-data-types/CodeSystem/molecule-type  rnaRNA sequenceRNA sequence (assumed single stranded, written as single stranded by convention) may use cDNA or RNA encoding for T/U
http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/molecular-definition-data-types/CodeSystem/molecule-type  aaAA sequenceAmino Acid sequence

Description of the above table(s).