Definition for Code System ObservationRangeCategory SystemObservationRangeCategory

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      This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-range-category defines the following
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          reference
            
          
          
          
        
        
          critical
            
          
          
          
        
        
          absolute
            
          
          
          Absolute Range for Ordinal and Continuous Observations. Results outside this range are
             not possible.
        
      
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
      
      
    
    
      
      
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
    
    
  
  
    
    
    
  
  
    
    
    Absolute Range for Ordinal and Continuous Observations. Results outside this range are
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        <b> Generated Narrative: CodeSystem observation-range-category</b> 
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      <p> This case-sensitive code system 
        <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-range-category</code>  defines the following codes:
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            <b> Code</b> 
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            <b> Display</b> 
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            <b> Definition</b> 
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          <td style="white-space:nowrap">reference
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          <td> reference range</td> 
          <td> Reference (Normal) Range for Ordinal and Continuous Observations.</td> 
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          <td style="white-space:nowrap">critical
            <a name="observation-range-category-critical"> </a> 
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          <td> critical range</td> 
          <td> Critical Range for Ordinal and Continuous Observations. Results outside this range
             are critical.</td> 
        </tr>         <tr>           <td style="white-space:nowrap">absolute            <a name="observation-range-category-absolute"> </a>           </td>           <td> absolute range</td>           <td> Absolute Range for Ordinal and Continuous Observations. Results outside this range

             are not possible.</td> 
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     are critical."/> 
  </concept>   <concept>     <code value="absolute"/>     <display value="absolute range"/>     <definition value="Absolute Range for Ordinal and Continuous Observations. Results outside this range

     are not possible."/> 
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