CH Core (R4)
7.0.0-ballot - ballot
CH Core (R4)
7.0.0-ballot - ballot
CH Core (R4), published by HL7 Switzerland. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 7.0.0-ballot built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/hl7ch/ch-core/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
| Active as of 2026-10-21 |
JSON representation of the ch-core-range-with-emed-units data type profile.
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background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-ch-core-range-with-emed-units-definitions.html#Range\">Range</a><a name=\"Range\"> </a></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"/><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"/><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#Range\">Range</a></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"/></tr>\r\n<tr class=\"xhtRowBorder0 xhtRowOdd\"><td style=\"background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0 xhtCellNoWrap\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_datatype.gif\" alt=\"\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <span style=\"position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; padding: 0; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0); white-space: nowrap; border: 0\" class=\"sr-only\">Range.</span><a href=\"StructureDefinition-ch-core-range-with-emed-units-definitions.html#Range.low\">low</a><a name=\"Range.low\"> </a></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"/><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><span class=\"xhtPieceDeEmphasized\">0</span><span class=\"xhtPieceDeEmphasized\">..</span><span class=\"xhtPieceDeEmphasized\">1</span></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><a href=\"StructureDefinition-ch-core-quantity-with-emed-units.html\" title=\"Quantity\">CHCoreQuantityWithEmedUnits</a></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><span class=\"xhtPieceDeEmphasized\">Low limit</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr class=\"xhtRowBorder0 xhtRowEven\"><td style=\"background-image: url(tbl_bck00.png)\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0 xhtCellNoWrap\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_datatype.gif\" alt=\"\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <span style=\"position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; padding: 0; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0); white-space: nowrap; border: 0\" class=\"sr-only\">Range.</span><a href=\"StructureDefinition-ch-core-range-with-emed-units-definitions.html#Range.high\">high</a><a name=\"Range.high\"> </a></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"/><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><span class=\"xhtPieceDeEmphasized\">0</span><span class=\"xhtPieceDeEmphasized\">..</span><span class=\"xhtPieceDeEmphasized\">1</span></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><a href=\"StructureDefinition-ch-core-quantity-with-emed-units.html\" title=\"Quantity\">CHCoreQuantityWithEmedUnits</a></td><td style=\"\" class=\"hierarchy xhtCellBorder0\"><span class=\"xhtPieceDeEmphasized\">High limit</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr><td colspan=\"5\" class=\"hierarchy\"><br/><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,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\" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/> Documentation for this format</a></td></tr></table></div>"
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"version" : "7.0.0-ballot",
"name" : "CHCoreRangeWithEmedUnits",
"title" : "CH Core Range with EMED Units",
"status" : "active",
"date" : "2026-10-21T12:34:06+00:00",
"publisher" : "HL7 Switzerland",
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