Kenya Emergency FHIR Implementation Guide
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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

: Emergency Diagnosis Staging Category - JSON Representation

Active as of 2026-07-20

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{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "em-diagnosis-category",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem em-diagnosis-category</b></p><a name=\"em-diagnosis-category\"> </a><a name=\"hcem-diagnosis-category\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/em-diagnosis-category</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\">chief-complaint<a name=\"em-diagnosis-category-chief-complaint\"> </a></td><td>Chief complaint</td><td>The caller- or patient-reported reason for the emergency, captured before clinical assessment.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">working-diagnosis<a name=\"em-diagnosis-category-working-diagnosis\"> </a></td><td>Working diagnosis</td><td>A single leading diagnosis suspected by the emergency team during assessment or treatment.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">differential-diagnosis<a name=\"em-diagnosis-category-differential-diagnosis\"> </a></td><td>Differential diagnosis</td><td>One of several diagnoses under active consideration during assessment or treatment.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">discharge-diagnosis<a name=\"em-diagnosis-category-discharge-diagnosis\"> </a></td><td>Discharge diagnosis</td><td>The diagnosis assigned when the emergency encounter or episode is closed.</td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "url" : "https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/em-diagnosis-category",
  "version" : "0.1.0",
  "name" : "EMDiagnosisCategoryCS",
  "title" : "Emergency Diagnosis Staging Category",
  "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" : "Diagnostic stage represented by an emergency Condition instance, from initial\nchief complaint through discharge diagnosis.",
  "jurisdiction" : [
    {
      "coding" : [
        {
          "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
          "code" : "KE",
          "display" : "Kenya"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "content" : "complete",
  "count" : 4,
  "concept" : [
    {
      "code" : "chief-complaint",
      "display" : "Chief complaint",
      "definition" : "The caller- or patient-reported reason for the emergency, captured before clinical assessment."
    },
    {
      "code" : "working-diagnosis",
      "display" : "Working diagnosis",
      "definition" : "A single leading diagnosis suspected by the emergency team during assessment or treatment."
    },
    {
      "code" : "differential-diagnosis",
      "display" : "Differential diagnosis",
      "definition" : "One of several diagnoses under active consideration during assessment or treatment."
    },
    {
      "code" : "discharge-diagnosis",
      "display" : "Discharge diagnosis",
      "definition" : "The diagnosis assigned when the emergency encounter or episode is closed."
    }
  ]
}