HL7 v2.8 Vocabulary
0.2.0 - ci-build
HL7 v2.8 Vocabulary, published by HL7/FO. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.2.0 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.v28/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/ValueSet/hl7VSspecimenRole | Version: 1.1.0 | |||
| Active as of 2026-03-13 | Computable Name: Hl7VSspecimenRole | |||
| Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.21.243, urn:ietf:rfc:3986#Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)#http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/ValueSet/v2-0369 | ||||
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Value Set of codes that identify the role of a sample.
References
This value set is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)
http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/specimenRole version 📍1.1.0
Expansion performed internally based on codesystem Specimen Role (2.8 - 1.1.0) v1.1.0 (CodeSystem)
This value set contains 11 concepts
| System | Code | Display (en) | Definition | JSON | XML |
http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/specimenRole | B | Blind Sample | Blind Sample | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/specimenRole | C | Calibrator, used for initial setting of calibration | Calibrator, used for initial setting of calibration | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/specimenRole | E | Electronic QC, used with manufactured reference providing signals that simulate QC results | Electronic QC, used with manufactured reference providing signals that simulate QC results | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/specimenRole | F | Specimen used for testing proficiency of the organization performing the testing (Filler) | Specimen used for testing proficiency of the organization performing the testing (Filler) | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/specimenRole | G | Group (where a specimen consists of multiple individual elements that are not individually identified) | Group (where a specimen consists of multiple individual elements that are not individually identified) | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/specimenRole | L | Pool (aliquots of individual specimens combined to form a single specimen representing all of the components.) | Pool (aliquots of individual specimens combined to form a single specimen representing all of the components.) | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/specimenRole | O | Specimen used for testing Operator Proficiency | Specimen used for testing Operator Proficiency | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/specimenRole | P | Patient | Patient | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/specimenRole | Q | Control specimen | Control specimen | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/specimenRole | R | Replicate | Replicate (of patient sample as a control) | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/specimenRole | V | Verifying Calibrator | Verifying Calibrator, used for periodic calibration checks |
Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:
| 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). 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 |