HL7 - Version 2.5


Table 0174: Nature of Service/Test/Observation

Interpretation: Untersuchungsart
OID Table: 2.16.840.1.113883.12.174
Codesystem OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.18.90 Version 1
Value Set OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.21.102
Binding: example
Expansion: all codes from codesystem
Vocabulary Domain: tbd
Table Type: User
Case insensitive: Falsch
Section 8.8.8.18

Value Description German Interpretation Comment Chapter
P Profile or battery consisting of many independent atomic observations (e.g., SMA12, electrolytes), usually done at one instrument on one specimen Batterieanordnung

F Functional procedure that may consist of one or more interrelated measures (e.g., glucose tolerance test, creatinine clearance), usually done at different times and/or on different specimens


A Atomic service/test/observation (test code or treatment code)


S Superset--a set of batteries or procedures ordered under a single code unit but processed as separate batteries (e.g., routines = CBC, UA, electrolytes)


C Single observation calculated via a rule or formula from other independent observations (e.g., Alveolar--arterial ratio, cardiac output) Berechnetes Einzelergebnis

Comments made by the German HL7 User Group:

Untersuchungsart

Used Within the following Data Elements

00603 Nature of Service/Test/Observation / Art der Untersuchung gemäß Tabelle 174 (8.8.8.18)