v2+ Vocabulary
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CodeSystem: Observation Type (2.9 - 1.0.1) (Experimental)

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/observationTypeV101 Version: 1.0.1
Active as of 2025-08-05 Computable Name: ObservationTypeV101
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.18.439

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HL7-defined code system of concepts specifying types of observations to enable systems to distinguish between observations sent along with an order, versus observations sent as the result to an order. Used in HL7 Version 2.x messaging in the OBX segment.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

NameCodeURITypeDescription
version introduced versionIntroduced http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#versionIntroduced string version when was this code introduced
version deprecated versionDeprecated http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#versionDeprecated string version when was this code deprecated
status status http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status code A code that indicates the status of the concept. Typical values are active, experimental, deprecated, and retired
comment, to suppress IG-publisher warning, to be replaced with standard later comment http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#comment string A string that provides additional detail pertinent to the use or understanding of the concept
usage usage http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#usage string usage notes for this code
modified modified http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/Property#modified dateTime date of last modification

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/v2plusvocab/CodeSystem/observationTypeV101 defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinitionversion introducedcomment, to suppress IG-publisher warning, to be replaced with standard latermodified
QST Question Question 2.8.2 Limited to expected responses to questions by the filler 2015-07-13
RSLT Result Result 2.8.2 2015-07-13
SCI Supporting Clinical Information Supporting Clinical Information 2.8.2 Placer observations not explicitly requested by the filler to provide context or supporting information 2015-07-13