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## : US Core Specimen Collection Method - XML Representation

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        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet us-core-specimen-collection-method</b></p><a name="us-core-specimen-collection-method"> </a><a name="hcus-core-specimen-collection-method"> </a><p>This value set includes codes based on the following rules:</p><ul><li>Include codes from<a href="http://www.snomed.org/"><code>http://snomed.info/sct</code></a><span title="Version is not explicitly stated. No matching Code System found"> version Not Stated (use latest from terminology server)</span> where concept  is-a 17636008 (Specimen collection)</li><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href="http://www.snomed.org/"><code>http://snomed.info/sct</code></a><span title="Version is not explicitly stated. 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