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: Specimen Tracking Events - XML Representation

Draft as of 2026-06-02

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<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="specimen-tracking-events"/>
  <text>
    <status value="extensions"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet specimen-tracking-events</b></p><a name="specimen-tracking-events"> </a><a name="hcspecimen-tracking-events"> </a><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href="http://tx.fhir.org/r4"><code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0003</code></a><span title="Version is explicitly stated to be 2.9"> version &#x1F4CD;2.9</span><table class="none"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td>S39</td><td>Specimen Collection Successful</td><td>Describes the event when specimen collection was successful</td></tr><tr><td>S40</td><td>Specimen Collection Unsuccessful</td><td>Describes the event when specimen collection was not successful and provides a means to document the reason</td></tr><tr><td>S41</td><td>Specimen Departed</td><td>Describes the event when a specimen has been moved from a location</td></tr><tr><td>S42</td><td>Specimen Arrived</td><td>Describes the event when a specimen has been moved to a location</td></tr><tr><td>S43</td><td>Specimen Accepted</td><td>Describes the event when a specimen has been accepted on the receiver side of a specimen movement</td></tr><tr><td>S44</td><td>Specimen Rejected</td><td>Describes the event when a specimen has been rejected by the receiver side of a specimen movement</td></tr><tr><td>S45</td><td>Specimen Re-identified</td><td>Describes the event when a specimen has been assigned an identifier</td></tr><tr><td>S46</td><td>Specimen De-identified</td><td>Describes the event when a specimen identifier has been removed to anonymize it</td></tr><tr><td>S47</td><td>Specimen Sent to Archive</td><td>Describes the event when a specimen has been moved into storage</td></tr><tr><td>S48</td><td>Specimen Retrieved from Archive</td><td>Describes the event when a specimen has been moved out of storage</td></tr><tr><td>S49</td><td>Specimen Disposed of</td><td>Describes the event when a specimen has been permanently disposed of</td></tr><tr><td>S50</td><td>Specimen Procedure Step Successful , with Derived Specimen(s)</td><td>Describes the event when one or more specimen(s) has(ve) been created from one or more specimen(s)</td></tr><tr><td>S51</td><td>Specimen Procedure Step Successful, no Derived Specimen(s)</td><td>Describes the event when a specimen has been successfully processed without producing any child specimen(s)</td></tr><tr><td>S52</td><td>Specimen Procedure Step Unsuccessful</td><td>Describes the event when a specimen could not be successfully processed and provides a means to document the reason</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>
  </text>
  <url
       value="https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/ValueSet/specimen-tracking-events"/>
  <version value="2.0.4"/>
  <name value="SpecimenTrackingEvents"/>
  <title value="Specimen Tracking Events"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2026-06-02T10:31:56+00:00"/>
  <publisher value="NHS North West Genomics"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="https://www.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/contact-us"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="- [IHE Specimen Event Tracking](https://wiki.ihe.net/index.php/Specimen_Event_Tracking)"/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
      <code value="GB"/>
      <display value="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0003"/>
      <version value="2.9"/>
      <concept>
        <code value="S39"/>
        <display value="Specimen Collection Successful"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="S40"/>
        <display value="Specimen Collection Unsuccessful"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="S41"/>
        <display value="Specimen Departed"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="S42"/>
        <display value="Specimen Arrived"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="S43"/>
        <display value="Specimen Accepted"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="S44"/>
        <display value="Specimen Rejected"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="S45"/>
        <display value="Specimen Re-identified"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="S46"/>
        <display value="Specimen De-identified"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="S47"/>
        <display value="Specimen Sent to Archive"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="S48"/>
        <display value="Specimen Retrieved from Archive"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="S49"/>
        <display value="Specimen Disposed of"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="S50"/>
        <display
                 value="Specimen Procedure Step Successful , with Derived Specimen(s)"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="S51"/>
        <display
                 value="Specimen Procedure Step Successful, no Derived Specimen(s)"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="S52"/>
        <display value="Specimen Procedure Step Unsuccessful"/>
      </concept>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>