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Codesystem-allergy-intolerance-category.json

Example CodeSystem/allergy-intolerance-category (JSON)

Maturity Level : N/A
Vocabulary Responsible Owner: Patient Care Work Group Ballot Standards Status : Informative

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

Definition for 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.