Release 4

Codesystem-observation-status.json

Clinical Decision Support Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

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Definition for Code System ObservationStatus

{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "observation-status",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2021-01-21T15:34:20.265+00:00"
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "cds"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "normative"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 5
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version",
    "valueCode" : "4.0.0"
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-status",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.401"
  }],
  "version" : "4.0.1",
  "name" : "ObservationStatus",
  "title" : "ObservationStatus",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2021-01-21T15:34:20+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Codes providing the status of an observation.",
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-status",
  "content" : "complete",
  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "registered",
    "display" : "Registered",
    "definition" : "The existence of the observation is registered, but there is no result yet available."
  },
  {
    "code" : "preliminary",
    "display" : "Preliminary",
    "definition" : "This is an initial or interim observation: data may be incomplete or unverified."
  },
  {
    "code" : "final",
    "display" : "Final",
    "definition" : "The observation is complete and there are no further actions needed. Additional information such \"released\", \"signed\", etc would be represented using [Provenance](provenance.html) which provides not only the act but also the actors and dates and other related data. These act states would be associated with an observation status of `preliminary` until they are all completed and then a status of `final` would be applied."
  },
  {
    "code" : "amended",
    "display" : "Amended",
    "definition" : "Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified subsequent.  This includes updates/new information and corrections.",
    "concept" : [{
      "code" : "corrected",
      "display" : "Corrected",
      "definition" : "Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified to correct an error in the test result."
    }]
  },
  {
    "code" : "cancelled",
    "display" : "Cancelled",
    "definition" : "The observation is unavailable because the measurement was not started or not completed (also sometimes called \"aborted\")."
  },
  {
    "code" : "entered-in-error",
    "display" : "Entered in Error",
    "definition" : "The observation has been withdrawn following previous final release.  This electronic record should never have existed, though it is possible that real-world decisions were based on it. (If real-world activity has occurred, the status should be \"cancelled\" rather than \"entered-in-error\".)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "unknown",
    "display" : "Unknown",
    "definition" : "The authoring/source system does not know which of the status values currently applies for this observation. Note: This concept is not to be used for \"other\" - one of the listed statuses is presumed to apply, but the authoring/source system does not know which."
  }]
}

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.