Definition for Code SystemSortDirection

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="sort-direction"/> 
  <meta> 
    

    <lastUpdated value="2025-11-10T15:17:08.817+00:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p class="res-header-id">
        <b> Generated Narrative: CodeSystem sort-direction</b> 
      </p> 
      <a name="sort-direction"> </a> 
      <a name="hcsort-direction"> </a> 
      

      <p> This case-sensitive code system 
        <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/sort-direction</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">ascending
            <a name="sort-direction-ascending"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Ascending</td> 
          <td> Sort by the value ascending, so that lower values appear first.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">descending
            <a name="sort-direction-descending"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Descending</td> 
          <td> Sort by the value descending, so that lower values appear last.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="cds"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    
  
  
    

    <valueCode value="normative"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/sort-direction"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.980"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="6.0.0-ballot3"/> 
  <name value="SortDirection"/> 
  <title value="SortDirection"/> 
  

  <status value="active"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  

  <date value="2025-11-10T15:17:08+00:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 International / Clinical Decision Support"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/dss"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="The possible sort directions, ascending or descending."/> 
  <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/sort-direction"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="ascending"/> 
    <display value="Ascending"/> 
    <definition value="Sort by the value ascending, so that lower values appear first."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="descending"/> 
    <display value="Descending"/> 
    <definition value="Sort by the value descending, so that lower values appear last."/> 
  </concept> 


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CodeSystem

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