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| Responsible Owner: Health Care Devices Work Group | Standards Status : Informative |
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Definition for Code SystemDeviceMetricCategory
{
"resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
"id" : "metric-category",
"meta" : {
"lastUpdated" : "2023-03-26T15:21:02.749+11:00",
"profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"]
"lastUpdated" : "2025-11-14T20:54:02.388+00:00"
},
"text" : {
"status" : "generated",
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p>This code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/metric-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\">measurement<a name=\"metric-category-measurement\"> </a></td><td>Measurement</td><td>Observations generated for this DeviceMetric are measured.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">setting<a name=\"metric-category-setting\"> </a></td><td>Setting</td><td>Observations generated for this DeviceMetric is a setting that will influence the behavior of the Device.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">calculation<a name=\"metric-category-calculation\"> </a></td><td>Calculation</td><td>Observations generated for this DeviceMetric are calculated.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">unspecified<a name=\"metric-category-unspecified\"> </a></td><td>Unspecified</td><td>The category of this DeviceMetric is unspecified.</td></tr></table></div>"
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem metric-category</b></p><a name=\"metric-category\"> </a><a name=\"hcmetric-category\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/metric-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\">measurement<a name=\"metric-category-measurement\"> </a></td><td>Measurement</td><td>Observations generated for this DeviceMetric are measured.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">setting<a name=\"metric-category-setting\"> </a></td><td>Setting</td><td>Observations generated for this DeviceMetric is a setting that will influence the behavior of the Device.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">calculation<a name=\"metric-category-calculation\"> </a></td><td>Calculation</td><td>Observations generated for this DeviceMetric are calculated.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">unspecified<a name=\"metric-category-unspecified\"> </a></td><td>Unspecified</td><td>The category of this DeviceMetric is unspecified.</td></tr></table></div>"
},
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "dev"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
"valueCode" : "trial-use"
"valueCode" : "normative"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger" : 1
"valueInteger" : 2
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/metric-category",
"identifier" : [{
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.649"
},
{
"use" : "old",
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.633"
},
{
"use" : "old",
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.338"
}],
"version" : "5.0.0",
"version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
"name" : "DeviceMetricCategory",
"title" : "Device Metric 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"
},
{
"system" : "email",
"value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}]
}],
"description" : "Describes the category of the metric.",
"jurisdiction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
"code" : "001",
"display" : "World"
}]
}],
"caseSensitive" : true,
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/metric-category",
"content" : "complete",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "measurement",
"display" : "Measurement",
"definition" : "Observations generated for this DeviceMetric are measured."
},
{
"code" : "setting",
"display" : "Setting",
"definition" : "Observations generated for this DeviceMetric is a setting that will influence the behavior of the Device."
},
{
"code" : "calculation",
"display" : "Calculation",
"definition" : "Observations generated for this DeviceMetric are calculated."
},
{
"code" : "unspecified",
"display" : "Unspecified",
"definition" : "The category of this DeviceMetric is unspecified."
}]
}
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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