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: Body Posture Codes

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="body-posture-codes"/>
  <language value="en"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem body-posture-codes</b></p><a name="body-posture-codes"> </a><a name="hcbody-posture-codes"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/phr/CodeSystem/body-posture-codes</code> defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td><b>Lvl</b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">sitting<a name="body-posture-codes-sitting"> </a></td><td>Sitting</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">standing<a name="body-posture-codes-standing"> </a></td><td>Standing</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">lyingDown<a name="body-posture-codes-lyingDown"> </a></td><td>Lying down</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  supine<a name="body-posture-codes-supine"> </a></td><td>Supine</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  prone<a name="body-posture-codes-prone"> </a></td><td>Prone</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  recumbent<a name="body-posture-codes-recumbent"> </a></td><td>Recumbent</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">  semiRecumbent<a name="body-posture-codes-semiRecumbent"> </a></td><td>Semi recumbent</td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
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             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pe"/>
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        <valueCanonical
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      </extension>
    </valueCode>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/phr/CodeSystem/body-posture-codes"/>
  <version value="1.0.0-ballot2"/>
  <name value="BodyPosture"/>
  <title value="Body Posture Codes"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2025-12-27T21:39:37+00:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International / Patient Empowerment"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="HL7 International / Patient Empowerment"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value
             value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/patientempowerment"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="Code for posture"/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
      <code value="001"/>
      <display value="World"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <hierarchyMeaning value="is-a"/>
  <compositional value="false"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <count value="7"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="sitting"/>
    <display value="Sitting"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="standing"/>
    <display value="Standing"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="lyingDown"/>
    <display value="Lying down"/>
    <concept>
      <code value="supine"/>
      <display value="Supine"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="prone"/>
      <display value="Prone"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="recumbent"/>
      <display value="Recumbent"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="semiRecumbent"/>
      <display value="Semi recumbent"/>
    </concept>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>