# US Core Specimen Collection Method - Health eData 1 Sandbox v0.1.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **US Core Specimen Collection Method**

## ValueSet: US Core Specimen Collection Method 

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| *Official URL*:http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/us-core-specimen-collection-method | *Version*:0.1.0 | |
| Active as of 2026-06-10 | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 3 | *Computable Name*:USCoreSpecimenCollectionMethod |
| *Other Identifiers:*OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.2.48.24 | | |
| **Copyright/Legal**: This value set includes content from SNOMED CT, which is copyright © 2002+ International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), and distributed by agreement between IHTSDO and HL7. Implementer use of SNOMED CT is not covered by this agreement. | | |

 

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| This value set identifies the technique used to collect a specimen. It includes the SNOMED CT 17636008 | Specimen collection (procedure) | hierarchy together with additional SNOMED CT concepts that represent procedures producing a specimen but are classified outside that hierarchy. |

 

 **References** 

This value set is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)

### Logical Definition (CLD)

 

### Expansion

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 Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page: 

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| Level | A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies |
| System | The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere) |
| Code | The code (used as the code in the resource instance) |
| Display | The display (used in the*display*element of a[Coding](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#Coding)). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application |
| Definition | An explanation of the meaning of the concept |
| Comments | Additional notes about how to use the code |



## Resource Content

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  }],
  "version" : "0.1.0",
  "name" : "USCoreSpecimenCollectionMethod",
  "title" : "US Core Specimen Collection Method",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-06-10",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International / Cross-Group Projects",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 International / Cross-Group Projects",
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      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cgp"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "cgp@lists.HL7.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This value set identifies the technique used to collect a specimen. It includes the SNOMED CT 17636008 |Specimen collection (procedure)| hierarchy together with additional SNOMED CT concepts that represent procedures producing a specimen but are classified outside that hierarchy.",
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    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "US"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "This value set includes content from SNOMED CT, which is copyright © 2002+ International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), and distributed by agreement between IHTSDO and HL7. Implementer use of SNOMED CT is not covered by this agreement.",
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        "display" : "Nasogastric tube aspiration"
      },
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        "display" : "Clipping nails of patient"
      },
      {
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        "display" : "Aspiration"
      },
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        "display" : "Skin scraping for examination"
      },
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        "display" : "Venipuncture for blood test"
      },
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        "display" : "Autopsy examination"
      },
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      },
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      },
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      },
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        "display" : "Aspiration of Bartholin's cyst"
      },
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      },
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        "display" : "Fine needle biopsy of seminal vesicle"
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        "display" : "Prostatic massage"
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}

```
