Kenya Emergency FHIR Implementation Guide, published by Digital Health Agency (DHA), Kenya. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/IntelliSOFT-Consulting/Kenya-Emmergency-FHIR-IG/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

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: Emergency Clinical Acuity - JSON Representation

Active as of 2026-07-20

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{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "em-clinical-acuity",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem em-clinical-acuity</b></p><a name=\"em-clinical-acuity\"> </a><a name=\"hcem-clinical-acuity\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/em-clinical-acuity</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\">red<a name=\"em-clinical-acuity-red\"> </a></td><td>Red - Immediate</td><td>The patient requires immediate life-saving intervention.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">orange<a name=\"em-clinical-acuity-orange\"> </a></td><td>Orange - Very urgent</td><td>The patient requires very urgent clinical intervention.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">yellow<a name=\"em-clinical-acuity-yellow\"> </a></td><td>Yellow - Urgent</td><td>The patient requires urgent clinical intervention.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">green<a name=\"em-clinical-acuity-green\"> </a></td><td>Green - Routine</td><td>The patient is stable and can safely wait for clinical intervention.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">blue<a name=\"em-clinical-acuity-blue\"> </a></td><td>Blue - Non-urgent</td><td>The patient has a non-urgent condition.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">black<a name=\"em-clinical-acuity-black\"> </a></td><td>Black - Deceased or expectant</td><td>The patient is deceased or classified as expectant under the applicable mass-casualty protocol.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">unknown<a name=\"em-clinical-acuity-unknown\"> </a></td><td>Unknown</td><td>Clinical acuity has not been established.</td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "url" : "https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/em-clinical-acuity",
  "version" : "0.1.0",
  "name" : "EMClinicalAcuityCS",
  "title" : "Emergency Clinical Acuity",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-07-20T11:03:05+00:00",
  "publisher" : "Digital Health Agency (DHA), Kenya",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "name" : "Digital Health Agency (DHA), Kenya",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "https://dha.go.ke"
        },
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "info@dha.go.ke"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name" : "Digital Health Agency Kenya – FHIR Team",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "info@dha.go.ke",
          "use" : "work"
        },
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "https://dha.go.ke",
          "use" : "work"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "Clinical acuity assigned by an emergency practitioner after patient\nassessment. This terminology is distinct from dispatch priority.",
  "jurisdiction" : [
    {
      "coding" : [
        {
          "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
          "code" : "KE",
          "display" : "Kenya"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "content" : "complete",
  "count" : 7,
  "concept" : [
    {
      "code" : "red",
      "display" : "Red - Immediate",
      "definition" : "The patient requires immediate life-saving intervention."
    },
    {
      "code" : "orange",
      "display" : "Orange - Very urgent",
      "definition" : "The patient requires very urgent clinical intervention."
    },
    {
      "code" : "yellow",
      "display" : "Yellow - Urgent",
      "definition" : "The patient requires urgent clinical intervention."
    },
    {
      "code" : "green",
      "display" : "Green - Routine",
      "definition" : "The patient is stable and can safely wait for clinical intervention."
    },
    {
      "code" : "blue",
      "display" : "Blue - Non-urgent",
      "definition" : "The patient has a non-urgent condition."
    },
    {
      "code" : "black",
      "display" : "Black - Deceased or expectant",
      "definition" : "The patient is deceased or classified as expectant under the applicable mass-casualty protocol."
    },
    {
      "code" : "unknown",
      "display" : "Unknown",
      "definition" : "Clinical acuity has not been established."
    }
  ]
}