HL7 Europe Base and Core FHIR IG
2.0.0 - trial-use 150

HL7 Europe Base and Core FHIR IG, published by HL7 Europe. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/patrick-werner/base/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## : Body Structure Laterality - JSON Representation

Page standards status: Trial-use | Maturity Level: 2

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    {
      "resourceType" : "ValueSet",
      "id" : "siteLaterality-eu",
      "text" : {
        "status" : "generated",
        "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet siteLaterality-eu</b></p><a name=\"siteLaterality-eu\"> </a><a name=\"hcsiteLaterality-eu\"> </a><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href=\"http://www.snomed.org/\"><code>http://snomed.info/sct</code></a><span title=\"Version is not explicitly stated. No matching Code System found\"> version Not Stated (use latest from terminology server)</span><table class=\"none\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://snomed.info/id/7771000\">7771000</a></td><td>Left (qualifier value)</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://snomed.info/id/24028007\">24028007</a></td><td>Right (qualifier value)</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://snomed.info/id/51440002\">51440002</a></td><td>Right and left (qualifier value)</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>"
      },
      "extension" : [
        {
          "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
          "valueInteger" : 2
        },
        {
          "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
          "valueCode" : "trial-use"
        }
      ],
      "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/ValueSet/siteLaterality-eu",
      "version" : "2.0.0",
      "name" : "SiteLateralityEuVs",
      "title" : "Body Structure Laterality",
      "status" : "active",
      "experimental" : false,
      "date" : "2026-08-07T12:40:16+00:00",
      "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
      "contact" : [
        {
          "name" : "HL7 Europe",
          "telecom" : [
            {
              "system" : "url",
              "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "description" : "Body Structure site laterality qualifier. It indicates - for example - the body site laterality from which a laboratory specimen is collected. (based on SNOMED CT)",
      "jurisdiction" : [
        {
          "coding" : [
            {
              "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
              "code" : "150",
              "display" : "Europe"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "copyright" : "This value set includes content from SNOMED CT, which is copyright © 2002+ International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), and distributed by agreement between IHTSDO and HL7. Implementer use of SNOMED CT is not covered by this agreement",
      "compose" : {
        "include" : [
          {
            "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "concept" : [
              {
                "code" : "7771000",
                "display" : "Left (qualifier value)"
              },
              {
                "code" : "24028007",
                "display" : "Right (qualifier value)"
              },
              {
                "code" : "51440002",
                "display" : "Right and left (qualifier value)"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }