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Definition
for
Code
System
ResponseType
SystemResponseType
{
"resourceType": "CodeSystem",
"id": "response-code",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00"
"resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
"id" : "response-code",
"meta" : {
"lastUpdated" : "2025-11-14T20:54:02.388+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 response-code</b></p><a name=\"response-code\"> </a><a name=\"hcresponse-code\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/response-code</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\">ok<a name=\"response-code-ok\"> </a></td><td>OK</td><td>The message was accepted and processed without error.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">transient-error<a name=\"response-code-transient-error\"> </a></td><td>Transient Error</td><td>Some internal unexpected error occurred - wait and try again. Note - this is usually used for things like database unavailable, which may be expected to resolve, though human intervention may be required.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">fatal-error<a name=\"response-code-fatal-error\"> </a></td><td>Fatal Error</td><td>The message was rejected because of a problem with the content. There is no point in re-sending without change. The response narrative SHALL describe the issue.</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": "inm"
}
],
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/response-code",
"identifier": {
"system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.368"
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "inm"
},
"version": "3.0.2",
"name": "ResponseType",
"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": "The kind of response to a message",
"caseSensitive": true,
"valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/response-code",
"content": "complete",
"concept": [
{
"code": "ok",
"display": "OK",
"definition": "The message was accepted and processed without error."
},
{
"code": "transient-error",
"display": "Transient Error",
"definition": "Some internal unexpected error occurred - wait and try again. Note - this is usually used for things like database unavailable, which may be expected to resolve, though human intervention may be required."
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
"valueCode" : "normative"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger" : 4
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/response-code",
"identifier" : [{
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.381"
},
{
"use" : "old",
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.368"
},
{
"use" : "old",
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.203"
}],
"version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
"name" : "ResponseType",
"title" : "Response Type",
"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": "fatal-error",
"display": "Fatal Error",
"definition": "The message was rejected because of a problem with the content. There is no point in re-sending without change. The response narrative SHALL describe the issue."
}
]
"system" : "email",
"value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}]
}],
"description" : "The kind of response to a message.",
"jurisdiction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
"code" : "001",
"display" : "World"
}]
}],
"caseSensitive" : true,
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/response-code",
"content" : "complete",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "ok",
"display" : "OK",
"definition" : "The message was accepted and processed without error."
},
{
"code" : "transient-error",
"display" : "Transient Error",
"definition" : "Some internal unexpected error occurred - wait and try again. Note - this is usually used for things like database unavailable, which may be expected to resolve, though human intervention may be required."
},
{
"code" : "fatal-error",
"display" : "Fatal Error",
"definition" : "The message was rejected because of a problem with the content. There is no point in re-sending without change. The response narrative SHALL describe the issue."
}]
}
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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