Lithuanian Vital Signs Implementation Guide
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Lithuanian Vital Signs Implementation Guide, published by Lithuanian Medical Library. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.0.1 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7LT/ig-lt-vitalsigns/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

: SNOMED CT Vital Signs Extension

Draft as of 2026-04-10

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    "div" : "<div xml:lang=\"en\" lang=\"en\"><hr/><p><b>English</b></p><hr/><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem snomed-vitalsigns-extension</b></p><a name=\"snomed-vitalsigns-extension\"> </a><a name=\"hcsnomed-vitalsigns-extension\"> </a><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Language: en</p></div><p>This case-insensitive code system <code>https://tx.hl7.lt/fhir/CodeSystem/snomed-vitalsigns-extension</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">1461000205102<a name=\"snomed-vitalsigns-extension-1461000205102\"> </a></td><td>Digital thermometer (physical object)</td><td>A device used to measure temperature with digital readout.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">2331000205106<a name=\"snomed-vitalsigns-extension-2331000205106\"> </a></td><td>Non-contact infrared thermometer (physical object)</td><td>A device used to measure temperature via infrared technology that does not come into contact with the skin.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">24031000205108<a name=\"snomed-vitalsigns-extension-24031000205108\"> </a></td><td>Thermoluminescent diode thermometer (physical object)</td><td>A device used to measure temperature that uses a thermoluminescent diode.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">641000205104<a name=\"snomed-vitalsigns-extension-641000205104\"> </a></td><td>Computer aided auscultation (procedure)</td><td>A procedure that uses a computer aided device to measure blood pressure.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">911000205109<a name=\"snomed-vitalsigns-extension-911000205109\"> </a></td><td>Measurement of blood pressure using intravascular transducer (procedure)</td><td>A device that measures blood pressure intravascularly via a trandsducer.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">961000205106<a name=\"snomed-vitalsigns-extension-961000205106\"> </a></td><td>Wearing street clothes, no shoes (finding)</td><td>The subject is wearing clothing but not shoes.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">971000205103<a name=\"snomed-vitalsigns-extension-971000205103\"> </a></td><td>Wearing street clothes with shoes (finding)</td><td>The subject is wearing clothing and shoes.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">24311000205101<a name=\"snomed-vitalsigns-extension-24311000205101\"> </a></td><td>Stadiometer (physical object)</td><td>A device used to measure a subject's height.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">23861000205107<a name=\"snomed-vitalsigns-extension-23861000205107\"> </a></td><td>Capnograph sensor device (physical object)</td><td>A device that captures expelled air, either via nasal prongs or CPAP and is used to measure the number of breaths taken per minute.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">23921000205109<a name=\"snomed-vitalsigns-extension-23921000205109\"> </a></td><td>Respiration strain gauge (physical object)</td><td>A device wrapped around a subject chest that measures the number of times a subject's chest expands with each inhalation.  This counts the breaths per minute.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">24181000205106<a name=\"snomed-vitalsigns-extension-24181000205106\"> </a></td><td>Patient lift scale (physical object)</td><td>A device used to lift a patient out of or into bed and also has a scale to measure the subject's weight.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">24781000205105<a name=\"snomed-vitalsigns-extension-24781000205105\"> </a></td><td>Structure of left superficial temporal artery (body structure)</td><td>A body structure of the superficial tempral artery on the left side of the body.  Currently part of the Solor SNOMED CT extension.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">24791000205107<a name=\"snomed-vitalsigns-extension-24791000205107\"> </a></td><td>Structure of right superficial temporal artery (body structure)</td><td>A body structure of the superficial tempral artery on the right side of the body.  Currently part of the Solor SNOMED CT extension.</td></tr></table></div>"
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  "title" : "SNOMED CT Vital Signs Extension",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : true,
  "date" : "2026-04-10T05:24:00+00:00",
  "publisher" : "Lithuanian Medical Library",
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      "code" : "1461000205102",
      "display" : "Digital thermometer (physical object)",
      "definition" : "A device used to measure temperature with digital readout."
    },
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      "code" : "2331000205106",
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      "display" : "Computer aided auscultation (procedure)",
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    },
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      "display" : "Measurement of blood pressure using intravascular transducer (procedure)",
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      "code" : "961000205106",
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      "definition" : "The subject is wearing clothing but not shoes."
    },
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      "definition" : "The subject is wearing clothing and shoes."
    },
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      "display" : "Stadiometer (physical object)",
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      "code" : "23861000205107",
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      "definition" : "A device that captures expelled air, either via nasal prongs or CPAP and is used to measure the number of breaths taken per minute."
    },
    {
      "code" : "23921000205109",
      "display" : "Respiration strain gauge (physical object)",
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