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Definition
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Code
System
AllergyIntoleranceCategory
SystemAllergyIntoleranceCategory
{
"resourceType": "CodeSystem",
"id": "allergy-intolerance-category",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00"
"resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
"id" : "allergy-intolerance-category",
"meta" : {
"lastUpdated" : "2025-11-20T23:56:49.898+00:00"
},
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
"text" : {
"status" : "generated",
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem allergy-intolerance-category</b></p><a name=\"allergy-intolerance-category\"> </a><a name=\"hcallergy-intolerance-category\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/allergy-intolerance-category</code> 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\">food<a name=\"allergy-intolerance-category-food\"> </a></td><td>Food</td><td>Any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">medication<a name=\"allergy-intolerance-category-medication\"> </a></td><td>Medication</td><td>Substances administered to achieve a physiological effect.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">environment<a name=\"allergy-intolerance-category-environment\"> </a></td><td>Environment</td><td>Any substances that are encountered in the environment, including any substance not already classified as food, medication, or biologic.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">biologic<a name=\"allergy-intolerance-category-biologic\"> </a></td><td>Biologic</td><td>A preparation that is synthesized from living organisms or their products, especially a human or animal protein, such as a hormone or antitoxin, that is used as a diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic agent. Examples of biologic medications include: vaccines; allergenic extracts, which are used for both diagnosis and treatment (for example, allergy shots); gene therapies; cellular therapies. There are other biologic products, such as tissues, which are not typically associated with allergies.</td></tr></table></div>"
},
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status",
"valueString": "Informative"
},
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger": 3
},
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode": "pc"
}
],
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/allergy-intolerance-category",
"identifier": {
"system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.124"
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "pc"
},
"version": "3.0.2",
"name": "AllergyIntoleranceCategory",
"status": "draft",
"experimental": false,
"date": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00",
"publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
},
{
"system": "email",
"value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}
]
}
],
"description": "Category of an identified substance.",
"caseSensitive": true,
"valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/allergy-intolerance-category",
"content": "complete",
"concept": [
{
"code": "food",
"display": "Food",
"definition": "Any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body."
},
{
"code": "medication",
"display": "Medication",
"definition": "Substances administered to achieve a physiological effect."
},
{
"code": "environment",
"display": "Environment",
"definition": "Any substances that are encountered in the environment, including any substance not already classified as food, medication, or biologic."
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
"valueCode" : "normative"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger" : 3
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/allergy-intolerance-category",
"identifier" : [{
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.134"
},
{
"use" : "old",
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.124"
},
{
"use" : "old",
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.53"
}],
"version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
"name" : "AllergyIntoleranceCategory",
"title" : "Allergy Intolerance Category",
"status" : "active",
"experimental" : false,
"date" : "2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00",
"publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
"contact" : [{
"telecom" : [{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
},
{
"code": "biologic",
"display": "Biologic",
"definition": "A preparation that is synthesized from living organisms or their products, especially a human or animal protein, such as a hormone or antitoxin, that is used as a diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic agent. Examples of biologic medications include: vaccines; allergenic extracts, which are used for both diagnosis and treatment (for example, allergy shots); gene therapies; cellular therapies. There are other biologic products, such as tissues, that are not typically associated with allergies."
}
]
"system" : "email",
"value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}]
}],
"description" : "Category of an identified substance associated with allergies or intolerances.",
"jurisdiction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
"code" : "001",
"display" : "World"
}]
}],
"caseSensitive" : true,
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/allergy-intolerance-category",
"content" : "complete",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "food",
"display" : "Food",
"definition" : "Any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body."
},
{
"code" : "medication",
"display" : "Medication",
"definition" : "Substances administered to achieve a physiological effect."
},
{
"code" : "environment",
"display" : "Environment",
"definition" : "Any substances that are encountered in the environment, including any substance not already classified as food, medication, or biologic."
},
{
"code" : "biologic",
"display" : "Biologic",
"definition" : "A preparation that is synthesized from living organisms or their products, especially a human or animal protein, such as a hormone or antitoxin, that is used as a diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic agent. Examples of biologic medications include: vaccines; allergenic extracts, which are used for both diagnosis and treatment (for example, allergy shots); gene therapies; cellular therapies. There are other biologic products, such as tissues, which are not typically associated with allergies."
}]
}
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.
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