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Definition
for
Value
SetUCUM
SetCommon
UCUM
Codes
for
Age
{
"resourceType": "ValueSet",
"id": "age-units",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00",
"profile": [
"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablevalueset"
]
"resourceType" : "ValueSet",
"id" : "age-units",
"meta" : {
"lastUpdated" : "2025-12-17T09:50:17.012+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: ValueSet age-units</b></p><a name=\"age-units\"> </a><a name=\"hcage-units\"> </a><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href=\"http://unitsofmeasure.org\"><code>http://unitsofmeasure.org</code></a><span title=\"Version is not explicitly stated. No matching Code System found\"> version Not Stated (use latest from terminology server)</span><table class=\"none\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td></tr><tr><td>min</td><td>min</td></tr><tr><td>h</td><td>hour</td></tr><tr><td>d</td><td>day</td></tr><tr><td>wk</td><td>week</td></tr><tr><td>mo</td><td>month</td></tr><tr><td>a</td><td>year</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>"
},
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status",
"valueString": "Informative"
},
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger": 0
}
],
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/age-units",
"identifier": [
{
"system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.19"
}
],
"version": "3.0.2",
"name": "UCUM Codes",
"status": "draft",
"experimental": true,
"date": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00",
"publisher": "FHIR Project team",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
}
]
}
],
"description": "Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes all UCUM codes",
"copyright": "The UCUM codes, UCUM table (regardless of format), and UCUM Specification are copyright © 1999-2009, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Unified Codes for Units of Measures (UCUM) Organization. All rights reserved.",
"compose": {
"include": [
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "fhir"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
"valueCode" : "normative"
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/age-units",
"identifier" : [{
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.19"
}],
"version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
"name" : "CommonUCUMCodesForAge",
"title" : "Common UCUM Codes for Age",
"status" : "active",
"experimental" : false,
"date" : "2025-12-17T09:50:17+00:00",
"publisher" : "HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure",
"contact" : [{
"telecom" : [{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"
}]
}],
"description" : "Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes all common UCUM codes used for Age - that it is, all commonly used units which have the same canonical unit as 'a' (year)",
"jurisdiction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
"code" : "001",
"display" : "World"
}]
}],
"copyright" : "The UCUM codes, UCUM table (regardless of format), and UCUM Specification are copyright © 1999-2009, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Unified Codes for Units of Measures (UCUM) Organization. All rights reserved.",
"compose" : {
"include" : [{
"system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "min",
"display" : "min"
},
{
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"concept": [
{
"code": "min",
"display": "minutes"
},
{
"code": "h",
"display": "hours"
},
{
"code": "d",
"display": "days"
},
{
"code": "wk",
"display": "weeks"
},
{
"code": "mo",
"display": "months"
},
{
"code": "a",
"display": "years"
}
]
}
]
"code" : "h",
"display" : "hour"
},
{
"code" : "d",
"display" : "day"
},
{
"code" : "wk",
"display" : "week"
},
{
"code" : "mo",
"display" : "month"
},
{
"code" : "a",
"display" : "year"
}]
}]
}
}
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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