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4.4.1.625 4.4.1.686 Value Set ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/container-material

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Responsible Owner: Orders and Observations Work Group

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Use Context : Any Country: World

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project. Summary

• Defining URL: Narrative http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/container-material
• XML Version:
• 4.0.1 JSON
• Name: TTL ContainerMaterials

Committee:

Official URL : Title: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/container-material Types of material for specimen containers Definition:				This value set includes SNOMED CT codes for materials that specimen containers are made of Version : 6.0.0-ballot3
active as of 2025-11-14				Orders and Observations Computable Name : ContainerMaterials Work Group
OID: Flags :				2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.1400 (for OID based terminology systems) Copyright: This resource includes content from SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) which is copyright of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO). Implementers of these specifications must have the appropriate SNOMED CT Affiliate license - for more information contact http://www.snomed.org/snomed-ct/get-snomed-ct or info@snomed.org Source Resource XML / JSON : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.1400

This value set is used in the following places:

• Resource: SpecimenDefinition.typeTested.container.material (CodeableConcept / Example )

4.4.1.625.1 4.4.1.686.1 Content Logical Definition

This value set includes SNOMED CT codes from the following code systems: for materials that specimen containers are made of

4.4.1.686.2 Content Logical Definition

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4.4.1.686.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 14 Nov 2025

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Lvl	A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. For value sets, levels are mostly used to organize codes for user convenience, but may follow code system hierarchy - see Code System for further information
Source	The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)
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Definition	An explanation of the meaning of the concept
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