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
| Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/molecular-definition-data-types/ValueSet/strand-orientation | Version: 1.0.0-ballot1 | ||||
| Standards status: Informative Draft as of 2026-03-24 | Computable Name: StrandOrientationVS | ||||
Strand orientation terms of various molecular sequences.
References
http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/molecular-definition-data-types/CodeSystem/strand-orientation version 📦1.0.0-ballot1
Expansion performed internally based on codesystem Strand Orientation v1.0.0-ballot1 (CodeSystem)
This value set contains 2 concepts
| System | Code | Display (en) | Definition | JSON | XML |
http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/molecular-definition-data-types/CodeSystem/strand-orientation | forward | Forward strand | 5' to 3' for nucleotides or N-to-C for amino acids; also known as positive/plus strand. Single stranded sequences are conventionally represented in forward direction. | ||
http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/molecular-definition-data-types/CodeSystem/strand-orientation | reverse | Reverse strand | 3' to 5' orientation; also known as negative/minus strand. Applicable only to double stranded sequences. |