Release 4

Codesystem-linkage-type.xml

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Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

Definition for Code System LinkageType

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="linkage-type"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2021-01-21T15:34:20.265+00:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> LinkageType</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> Used to distinguish different roles a resource can play within a set of linked resources.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/linkage-type defines the following codes:</p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">source
            <a name="linkage-type-source"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Source of Truth</td> 
          <td> The resource represents the &quot;source of truth&quot; (from the perspective of this
             Linkage resource) for the underlying event/condition/etc.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">alternate
            <a name="linkage-type-alternate"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Alternate Record</td> 
          <td> The resource represents an alternative view of the underlying event/condition/etc.  The
             resource may still be actively maintained, even though it is not considered to be the
             source of truth.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">historical
            <a name="linkage-type-historical"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Historical/Obsolete Record</td> 
          <td> The resource represents an obsolete record of the underlying event/condition/etc.  It
             is not expected to be actively maintained.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pc"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="trial-use"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="0"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/linkage-type"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.315"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.0.1"/> 
  <name value="LinkageType"/> 
  <title value="LinkageType"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2021-01-21T15:34:20+00:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="Used to distinguish different roles a resource can play within a set of linked resources."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/linkage-type"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="source"/> 
    <display value="Source of Truth"/> 
    <definition value="The resource represents the &quot;source of truth&quot; (from the perspective of this
     Linkage resource) for the underlying event/condition/etc."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="alternate"/> 
    <display value="Alternate Record"/> 
    <definition value="The resource represents an alternative view of the underlying event/condition/etc.  The
     resource may still be actively maintained, even though it is not considered to be the
     source of truth."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="historical"/> 
    <display value="Historical/Obsolete Record"/> 
    <definition value="The resource represents an obsolete record of the underlying event/condition/etc.  It
     is not expected to be actively maintained."/> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem> 

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.