Definition for Code System ObservationStatus SystemObservationStatus

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          registered
            
          
          
          
        
        
          
          preliminary
            
          
          
          
        
        
          
          final
            
          
          
          The observation is complete and there are no further actions needed. Additional information
             such &quot;released&quot;, &quot;signed&quot;, etc would be represented using [Provenance](provenanc
            e.html) which provides not only the act but also the actors and dates and other related
             data. These act states would be associated with an observation status of `preliminary`
             until they are all completed and then a status of `final` would be applied.
        
        
          
          amended
            
          
          
          Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified subsequent.  This includes
             updates/new information and corrections.
        
        
          
            corrected
            
          
          
          Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified to correct an error in the
             test result.
        
        
          
          cancelled
            
          
          
          The observation is unavailable because the measurement was not started or not completed
             (also sometimes called &quot;aborted&quot;).
        
        
          
          entered-in-error
            
          
          
          The observation has been withdrawn following previous final release.  This electronic
             record should never have existed, though it is possible that real-world decisions were
             based on it. (If real-world activity has occurred, the status should be &quot;cancelled&quot;
             rather than &quot;entered-in-error&quot;.).
        
        
          
          unknown
            
          
          
          The authoring/source system does not know which of the status values currently applies
             for this observation. Note: This concept is not to be used for &quot;other&quot; - one
             of the listed statuses is presumed to apply, but the authoring/source system does not
             know which.
        
      
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
      
      
    
    
      
      
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
    
    
  
  
    
    
    
  
  
    
    
    The observation is complete and there are no further actions needed. Additional information
     such &quot;released&quot;, &quot;signed&quot;, etc would be represented using [Provenance](provenanc
    e.html) which provides not only the act but also the actors and dates and other related
     data. These act states would be associated with an observation status of `preliminary`
     until they are all completed and then a status of `final` would be applied.
  
  
    
    
    Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified subsequent.  This includes
     updates/new information and corrections.
    
      
      
      Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified to correct an error in the
       test result.
    
  
  
    
    

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    <lastUpdated value="2025-11-20T23:56:49.898+00:00"/> 
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  <text> 
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      <p class="res-header-id">
        <b> Generated Narrative: CodeSystem observation-status</b> 
      </p> 
      <a name="observation-status"> </a> 
      <a name="hcobservation-status"> </a> 
      <p> This case-sensitive code system 
        <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-status</code>  defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:
      </p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <b> Lvl</b> 
          </td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 1</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">registered
            <a name="observation-status-registered"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Registered</td> 
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The existence of the observation is registered, but there is no result yet available.</p> 
            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 1</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">specimen-in-process
            <a name="observation-status-specimen-in-process"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Specimen-in-Process</td> 
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The specimen being processed in the laboratory but no results are available yet.</p> 
            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 1</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">preliminary
            <a name="observation-status-preliminary"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Preliminary</td> 
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> This is an initial or interim observation: data may be incomplete or unverified.</p> 
            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 1</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">final
            <a name="observation-status-final"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Final</td> 
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The observation is complete and there are no further actions needed. Additional
                 information such &quot;released&quot;, &quot;signed&quot;, etc. would be represented
                 using 
                <a href="provenance.html">Provenance</a>  which provides not only the act but also the actors and dates and other related

                 data. These act states would be associated with an observation status of 
                <code> preliminary</code>  until they are all completed and then a status of                 <code> final</code>  would be applied. Also, this status applies for situations where there is a &quot;not-asked&

                quot; code for dataAbsentReason.
              </p>             </div>           </td>         </tr>         <tr>           <td> 1</td>           <td style="white-space:nowrap">amended            <a name="observation-status-amended"> </a>           </td>           <td> Amended</td>           <td>             <div>               <p> Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified. This includes updates/new

                 information and corrections.</p> 
            </div>           </td>         </tr>         <tr>           <td> 2</td>           <td style="white-space:nowrap">  corrected            <a name="observation-status-corrected"> </a>           </td>           <td> Corrected</td>           <td>             <div>               <p> Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified to correct an error

                 in the original test result(s).</p> 
            </div>           </td>         </tr>         <tr>           <td> 2</td>           <td style="white-space:nowrap">  appended            <a name="observation-status-appended"> </a>           </td>           <td> Appended</td>           <td>             <div>               <p> Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified to include additional

                 information, with no changes to the original test result(s).</p> 
            </div>           </td>         </tr>         <tr>           <td> 1</td>           <td style="white-space:nowrap">cancelled            <a name="observation-status-cancelled"> </a>           </td>           <td> Cancelled</td>           <td>             <div>               <p> The observation is unavailable because the measurement was not started or not completed

                 (also sometimes called &quot;aborted&quot;). A data absent reason should be present
                 providing clarity as to why there is no value on an Observation instance</p> 
            </div>           </td>         </tr>         <tr>           <td> 1</td>           <td style="white-space:nowrap">entered-in-error            <a name="observation-status-entered-in-error"> </a>           </td>           <td> Entered in Error</td>           <td>             <div>               <p> The observation has been withdrawn following previous final release.  This electronic

                 record should never have existed, though it is possible that real-world decisions
                 were based on it. (If real-world activity has occurred, the status should be &quot;cancelled&
                quot; rather than &quot;entered-in-error&quot;.).</p> 
            </div>           </td>         </tr>         <tr>           <td> 1</td>           <td style="white-space:nowrap">unknown            <a name="observation-status-unknown"> </a>           </td>           <td> Unknown</td>           <td>             <div>               <p> The authoring/source system does not know which of the status values currently

                 applies for this observation. Note: This concept is not to be used for &quot;other&quot;
                 - one of the listed statuses is presumed to apply, but the authoring/source system
                 does not know which.</p> 
            </div>           </td>         </tr>         <tr>           <td> 1</td>           <td style="white-space:nowrap">cannot-be-obtained            <a name="observation-status-cannot-be-obtained"> </a>           </td>           <td> Cannot be obtained</td>           <td>             <div>               <p> The observation cannot be obtained.</p>             </div>           </td>         </tr>       </table>     </div>   </text>   <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">    <valueCode value="oo"/>   </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/observation-status"/>   <identifier>     <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>     <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.401"/>   </identifier>   <identifier>     <use value="old"/>     <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>     <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.388"/>   </identifier>   <identifier>     <use value="old"/>     <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>     <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.219"/>   </identifier>   <version value="6.0.0-ballot3"/>   <name value="ObservationStatus"/>   <title value="Observation Status"/>   <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="Codes providing the status of an observation."/>   <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/observation-status"/>   <hierarchyMeaning value="is-a"/>   <content value="complete"/>   <concept>     <code value="registered"/>     <display value="Registered"/>     <definition value="The existence of the observation is registered, but there is no result yet available."/>   </concept>   <concept>     <code value="specimen-in-process"/>     <display value="Specimen-in-Process"/>     <definition value="The specimen being processed in the laboratory but no results are available yet."/>   </concept>   <concept>     <code value="preliminary"/>     <display value="Preliminary"/>     <definition value="This is an initial or interim observation: data may be incomplete or unverified."/>   </concept>   <concept>     <code value="final"/>     <display value="Final"/>     <definition value="The observation is complete and there are no further actions needed. Additional

     information such &quot;released&quot;, &quot;signed&quot;, etc. would be represented
     using [Provenance](provenance.html) which provides not only the act but also the
     actors and dates and other related data. These act states would be associated with
     an observation status of `preliminary` until they are all completed and then a
     status of `final` would be applied. Also, this status applies for situations where
     there is a &quot;not-asked&quot; code for dataAbsentReason."/> 
  </concept>   <concept>     <code value="amended"/>     <display value="Amended"/>     <definition value="Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified. This includes updates/new

     information and corrections."/> 
    <concept>       <code value="corrected"/>       <display value="Corrected"/>       <definition value="Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified to correct an error

       in the original test result(s)."/> 
    </concept>     <concept>       <code value="appended"/>       <display value="Appended"/>       <definition value="Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified to include additional

       information, with no changes to the original test result(s)."/> 
    </concept>   </concept>   <concept>     <code value="cancelled"/>     <display value="Cancelled"/> 
    <definition value="The observation is unavailable because the measurement was not started or not completed
     (also sometimes called &quot;aborted&quot;).
  
  
    
    

     (also sometimes called &quot;aborted&quot;). A data absent reason should be present
     providing clarity as to why there is no value on an Observation instance"/> 
  </concept>   <concept>     <code value="entered-in-error"/>     <display value="Entered in Error"/> 
    <definition value="The observation has been withdrawn following previous final release.  This electronic
     record should never have existed, though it is possible that real-world decisions were
     based on it. (If real-world activity has occurred, the status should be &quot;cancelled&quot;
     rather than &quot;entered-in-error&quot;.).
  
  
    
    
    The authoring/source system does not know which of the status values currently applies
     for this observation. Note: This concept is not to be used for &quot;other&quot; - one
     of the listed statuses is presumed to apply, but the authoring/source system does not
     know which.
  

     record should never have existed, though it is possible that real-world decisions
     were based on it. (If real-world activity has occurred, the status should be &quot;cancelled&
    quot; rather than &quot;entered-in-error&quot;.)."/> 
  </concept>   <concept>     <code value="unknown"/>     <display value="Unknown"/>     <definition value="The authoring/source system does not know which of the status values currently

     applies for this observation. Note: This concept is not to be used for &quot;other&quot;
     - one of the listed statuses is presumed to apply, but the authoring/source system
     does not know which."/> 
  </concept>   <concept>     <code value="cannot-be-obtained"/>     <display value="Cannot be obtained"/>     <definition value="The observation cannot be obtained."/>   </concept> 


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