Personal Health Records
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CodeSystem: Body Posture Codes

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/phr/CodeSystem/body-posture-codes Version: 1.0.0-ballot2
Standards status: Trial-use Active as of 2025-12-27 Maturity Level: 1 Computable Name: BodyPosture

Code for posture

This Code system is referenced in the definition of the following value sets:

  • This CodeSystem is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)

This case-sensitive code system http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/phr/CodeSystem/body-posture-codes defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:

LvlCodeDisplay
1 sitting Sitting
1 standing Standing
1 lyingDown Lying down
2   supine Supine
2   prone Prone
2   recumbent Recumbent
2   semiRecumbent Semi recumbent

Description of the above table(s).