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: Observation Sub-Type (2.9 - 1.1.0) - XML Representation

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="observationSubtypeV110"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><ul><li>Include all codes defined in <a href="CodeSystem-observationSubtypeV110.html"><code>http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/observationSubtypeV110</code></a></li></ul></div>
  </text>
  <extension
             url="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/StructureDefinition/codesystem-v2versionCreated">
    <valueString value="2.9"/>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/StructureDefinition/codesystem-versionHistory">
    <valueString value="generate correct history somehow"/>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/StructureDefinition/codesystem-tableNo">
    <valueString value="0937"/>
  </extension>
  <url
       value="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/observationSubtypeV110"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.18.440"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="1.1.0"/>
  <name value="ObservationSubtypeV110"/>
  <title value="Observation Sub-Type (2.9 - 1.1.0)"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="true"/>
  <date value="2025-08-05T15:14:51+02:00"/>
  <description
               value="HL7-defined code system of concepts specifying the observation sub-type.  Used in HL7 Version 2.x messaging in the OBX segment."/>
  <copyright value="HL7 Inc., 2024"/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <property>
    <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
    <uri
         value="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#versionIntroduced"/>
    <description value="version when was this code introduced"/>
    <type value="string"/>
  </property>
  <property>
    <code value="versionDeprecated"/>
    <uri
         value="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#versionDeprecated"/>
    <description value="version when was this code deprecated"/>
    <type value="string"/>
  </property>
  <property>
    <code value="status"/>
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status"/>
    <description
                 value="A code that indicates the status of the concept. Typical values are active, experimental, deprecated, and retired"/>
    <type value="code"/>
  </property>
  <property>
    <code value="comment"/>
    <uri
         value="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#comment"/>
    <description
                 value="A string that provides additional detail pertinent to the use or understanding of the concept"/>
    <type value="string"/>
  </property>
  <property>
    <code value="usage"/>
    <uri
         value="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#usage"/>
    <description value="usage notes for this code"/>
    <type value="string"/>
  </property>
  <property>
    <code value="modified"/>
    <uri
         value="http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#modified"/>
    <description value="date of last modification"/>
    <type value="dateTime"/>
  </property>
  <concept>
    <code value="AOE"/>
    <display value="Ask at Order Entry"/>
    <definition value="Ask at Order Entry"/>
    <property>
      <code value="comment"/>
      <valueString
                   value="Sub-type of QST (Question) - OBX-5 value is answer to an Ask at Order Entry question"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="modified"/>
      <valueDateTime value="2015-07-13"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
      <valueString value="2.8.2"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="ASC"/>
    <display value="Ask at Specimen Collection"/>
    <definition value="Ask at Specimen Collection"/>
    <property>
      <code value="comment"/>
      <valueString
                   value="Sub-type of QST (Question)  - OBX-5 value is answer to an Ask at Specimen Collection question"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="modified"/>
      <valueDateTime value="2015-07-13"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
      <valueString value="2.8.2"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="MCS"/>
    <display value="Micro Culture Status"/>
    <definition
                value="Sub-type of RSLT (Result) This term identifies observations that give overall culture outcome, when no specific organism is being named."/>
    <property>
      <code value="comment"/>
      <valueString value="Examples are: no growth, normal flora"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="modified"/>
      <valueDateTime value="2022-08-25"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
      <valueString value="2.9"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="MID"/>
    <display value="Micro Isolate Descriptor"/>
    <definition
                value="Sub-type of RSLT (Result) This term identifies any other observations about the isolate."/>
    <property>
      <code value="comment"/>
      <valueString value="Examples: catalase positive, hemolytic, etc."/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="modified"/>
      <valueDateTime value="2022-08-25"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
      <valueString value="2.9"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="MIG"/>
    <display value="Micro Isolate Growth Quantity"/>
    <definition
                value="Sub-type of RSLT (Result) This term identifies growth levels of an isolate – can be numeric or categorical."/>
    <property>
      <code value="comment"/>
      <valueString
                   value="Examples: &lt;10,000 CFU, &gt;100,00 CFU, Few, Moderate, Many, etc."/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="modified"/>
      <valueDateTime value="2022-08-25"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
      <valueString value="2.9"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="MIN"/>
    <display value="Micro Isolate Name"/>
    <definition
                value="Sub-type of RSLT (Result) This term identifies observations that name a specific organism either at the species or the genus level."/>
    <property>
      <code value="comment"/>
      <valueString
                   value="Examples are: Genus Serratia, Neisseria meningitidis, Escherichia coli O157:H7, but also identification on a culture plate like presumptive Proteus species."/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="modified"/>
      <valueDateTime value="2022-08-25"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
      <valueString value="2.9"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="MIR"/>
    <display value="Micro Isolate Related"/>
    <definition value="Micro Isolate Related"/>
    <property>
      <code value="comment"/>
      <valueString
                   value="Sub-type of RSLT (Result) - qualifies the result as an isolate."/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="status"/>
      <valueCode value="inactive"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="modified"/>
      <valueDateTime value="2017-12-05"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
      <valueString value="2.8.2"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="MIRM"/>
    <display value="Micro Isolate Related Modifier"/>
    <definition value="Micro Isolate Related Modifier"/>
    <property>
      <code value="comment"/>
      <valueString
                   value="Sub-type of RSLT (Result) - result is a modifier of the isolate (e.g., Few, Some, etc.)"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="status"/>
      <valueCode value="inactive"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="modified"/>
      <valueDateTime value="2017-12-05"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
      <valueString value="2.8.2"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="MNIR"/>
    <display value="Micro Non-Isolate Related"/>
    <definition value="Micro Non-Isolate Related"/>
    <property>
      <code value="comment"/>
      <valueString
                   value="Sub-type of RSLT (Result) - qualifies result as microbiology not related to any isolate (e.g., gram stain observations)"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="status"/>
      <valueCode value="inactive"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="modified"/>
      <valueDateTime value="2017-12-05"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
      <valueString value="2.8.2"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="MOD"/>
    <display value="Micro Other Descriptor"/>
    <definition
                value="Sub-type of RSLT (Result) This term identifies observations that do not fit the culture status, but is not at the isolate level."/>
    <property>
      <code value="modified"/>
      <valueDateTime value="2022-08-25"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
      <valueString value="2.9"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="MSS"/>
    <display value="Micro Sample Stain"/>
    <definition
                value="Sub-type of RSLT (Result) This term identifies observations on gram stains (and other stains or smears) on the clinical sample."/>
    <property>
      <code value="comment"/>
      <valueString
                   value="Examples are: many gram positive rods, acid fast bacteria seen, etc."/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="modified"/>
      <valueDateTime value="2017-12-05"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
      <valueString value="2.9"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="SUP"/>
    <display value="Supplemental Result"/>
    <definition value="Supplemental Result"/>
    <property>
      <code value="comment"/>
      <valueString
                   value="Sub-type of RSLT (Result) - result coming over is additional material, for example points on a graph, an image, raw instrument data, links to related observations, etc."/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="modified"/>
      <valueDateTime value="2015-07-13"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
      <valueString value="2.8.2"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="SUR"/>
    <display value="Susceptibility Related"/>
    <definition value="Susceptibility Related"/>
    <property>
      <code value="comment"/>
      <valueString
                   value="Sub-type of RSLT (Result) - result value is for micro susceptibility/sensitivity"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="modified"/>
      <valueDateTime value="2015-07-13"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
      <valueString value="2.8.2"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="UNSP"/>
    <display value="Unspecified"/>
    <definition value="Unspecified"/>
    <property>
      <code value="comment"/>
      <valueString
                   value="Sub-type of RSLT (Result) - result falls outside of the other sub-types."/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="modified"/>
      <valueDateTime value="2015-07-13"/>
    </property>
    <property>
      <code value="versionIntroduced"/>
      <valueString value="2.8.2"/>
    </property>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>