HL7 v2.1 Vocabulary
0.1.0 - ci-build

HL7 v2.1 Vocabulary, published by HL7/FO. 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/frankoemig/hl7.v2.terminology.v21/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## : Specimen Source Codes (2.1 - 1.0.0) - XML Representation

Active as of 2026-01-27

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    <ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="hl7VSsourceOfSpecimen"/>
      <text>
        <status value="generated"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet hl7VSsourceOfSpecimen</b></p><a name="hl7VSsourceOfSpecimen"> </a><a name="hchl7VSsourceOfSpecimen"> </a><ul><li>Include all codes defined in <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/specimenSourceCodes</code><span title="Version is explicitly stated to be 1"> version &#x1F4CD;</span></li></ul></div>
      </text>
      <url
           value="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/ValueSet/hl7VSsourceOfSpecimen"/>
      <identifier>
        <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
        <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.21.31"/>
      </identifier>
      <version value="1.0.0"/>
      <name value="Hl7VSsourceOfSpecimen"/>
      <title value="Specimen Source Codes (2.1 - 1.0.0)"/>
      <status value="active"/>
      <experimental value="true"/>
      <date value="2026-01-27T19:20:25+00:00"/>
      <publisher value="HL7/FO"/>
      <contact>
        <name value="HL7/FO"/>
        <telecom>
          <system value="url"/>
          <value value="http://www.hl7.org"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <description
                   value="Value Set of codes which specify sources for speciments for clinical testing.  These concepts are used in HL7 Version 2.x messaging in the OBR segment prior to version 2.7, and was replaced by the concepts in table 0487 Specimen Type and table"/>
      <copyright value="HL7 Inc., 2026"/>
      <compose>
        <include>
          <system
                  value="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/specimenSourceCodes"/>
          <version value="1"/>
        </include>
      </compose>
    </ValueSet>