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Codesystem-issue-severity.xml

Example CodeSystem/issue-severity (XML)

Maturity Level : N/A
Responsible Owner: FHIR Infrastructure Work Group Standards Status : Informative

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

Definition for Code System IssueSeverity SystemIssueSeverity

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>


  
  
    
  
  
    
    
      
      
        

      
      
      
        
          
            
          
          
            
          
          
            
          
        
        
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          error
            
          
          
          
        
        
          warning
            
          
          
          The issue is not important enough to cause the action to fail but may cause it to be performed
             suboptimally or in a way that is not as desired.
        
        
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    The issue is not important enough to cause the action to fail but may cause it to be performed
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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="issue-severity"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2025-11-14T20:54:02.388+00:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p class="res-header-id">
        <b> Generated Narrative: CodeSystem issue-severity</b> 
      </p> 
      <a name="issue-severity"> </a> 
      <a name="hcissue-severity"> </a> 
      <p> This case-sensitive code system 
        <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/issue-severity</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">fatal
            <a name="issue-severity-fatal"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Fatal</td> 
          <td> The issue caused the action to fail and no further checking could be performed.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">error
            <a name="issue-severity-error"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Error</td> 
          <td> The issue is sufficiently important to cause the action to fail.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">warning
            <a name="issue-severity-warning"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Warning</td> 
          <td> The issue is not important enough to cause the action to fail but may cause it
             to be performed suboptimally or in a way that is not as desired.</td> 
        </tr>         <tr>           <td style="white-space:nowrap">information            <a name="issue-severity-information"> </a>           </td>           <td> Information</td>           <td> The issue has no relation to the degree of success of the action.</td>         </tr>         <tr>           <td style="white-space:nowrap">success            <a name="issue-severity-success"> </a>           </td>           <td> Operation Successful</td>           <td> The operation completed successfully.</td>         </tr>       </table>     </div>   </text>   <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">    <valueCode value="fhir"/>   </extension>   <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">    <valueCode value="normative"/>   </extension>   <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">    <valueInteger value="5"/>   </extension>   <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/issue-severity"/>   <identifier>     <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>     <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.409"/>   </identifier>   <identifier>     <use value="old"/>     <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>     <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.398"/>   </identifier>   <identifier>     <use value="old"/>     <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>     <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.223"/>   </identifier>   <version value="6.0.0-ballot3"/>   <name value="IssueSeverity"/>   <title value="Issue Severity"/>   <status value="active"/>   <experimental value="false"/>   <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/>   <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>   <contact>     <telecom>       <system value="url"/>       <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>     </telecom>     <telecom>       <system value="email"/>       <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>     </telecom>   </contact>   <description value="How the issue affects the success of the action."/>   <jurisdiction>     <coding>       <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>       <code value="001"/>       <display value="World"/>     </coding>   </jurisdiction>   <caseSensitive value="true"/>   <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/issue-severity"/>   <content value="complete"/>   <concept>     <code value="fatal"/>     <display value="Fatal"/>     <definition value="The issue caused the action to fail and no further checking could be performed."/>   </concept>   <concept>     <code value="error"/>     <display value="Error"/>     <definition value="The issue is sufficiently important to cause the action to fail."/>   </concept>   <concept>     <code value="warning"/>     <display value="Warning"/>     <definition value="The issue is not important enough to cause the action to fail but may cause it

     to be performed suboptimally or in a way that is not as desired."/> 
  </concept>   <concept>     <code value="information"/>     <display value="Information"/>     <definition value="The issue has no relation to the degree of success of the action."/>   </concept>   <concept>     <code value="success"/>     <display value="Operation Successful"/>     <definition value="The operation completed successfully."/>   </concept> 


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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.