HL7 Europe Laboratory Report, published by HL7 Europe. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.2.0-ci built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/hl7-eu/laboratory/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

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ValueSet: Laboratory Specialty

Official URL: http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/ValueSet/lab-specialty-eu-lab				Version: 0.2.0-ci
Standards status: Trial-use Draft as of 2025-12-01			Maturity Level: 2	Computable Name: LabSpecialtyEuVs
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Laboratory Specialties. Notes: Note 1: This value set is based on analysis of national coding practices in 8 European countries (AT, CZ, DE, FR, IE, IT, PT, SE) and agreed by involved lab experts as a common lab specialty value set. Note 2: Many European countries are using additional laboratory specialty types, which should be mapped towards this value set. Note 3: In case of documented need, this value set could be extended.

References

• Composition: Laboratory Report
• DiagnosticReport: Laboratory Report
• Observation Results: laboratory

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