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4.3.1.5 4.4.1.605 Value Set ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/data-absent-reason

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This is a value set defined by the FHIR project. Summary
  • Defining URL: Narrative http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/data-absent-reason
  • XML Name:
  • DataAbsentReason JSON
  • Definition: TTL Used to specify why the normally expected content of the data element is missing.
OID:
Official URL : Committee: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/data-absent-reason Work Group Version : 6.0.0-ballot3
active as of 2022-12-12 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.5 (for OID based terminology systems) Computable Name : DataAbsentReason
Source Resource Flags : Immutable XML / JSON OID : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.5

This value set is used in the following places:

4.3.1.5.1 4.4.1.605.1 Definition

Used to specify why the normally expected content of the data element is missing.

4.4.1.605.2 Content Logical Definition

This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

Generated Narrative: ValueSet data-absent-reason

Last updated: 2025-11-09T13:03:16.847+11:00

 

4.3.1.5.2 4.4.1.605.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 19 Apr 2017 09 Nov 2025

ValueSet This value set contains 10 concepts

Expansion performed internally based on http://hl7.org/fhir/data-absent-reason version 3.0.2 All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/data-absent-reason codesystem DataAbsentReason v1.0.0 (CodeSystem) icon

This value set contains 15 concepts

The value is not known. The source system wasn't capable of supporting this element. The content of the data is represented in the resource narrative. Some system or workflow process error means that the information is not available.
Code Level Display System Code Definition Display
1 http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/data-absent-reason    unknown icon Unknown
2 asked http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/data-absent-reason      asked-unknown icon Asked The source human does not know the value. Asked But Unknown
2 temp http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/data-absent-reason      temp-unknown icon Temp There is reason to expect (from the workflow) that the value may become known. Temporarily Unknown
2 http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/data-absent-reason      not-asked icon Not Asked
The workflow didn't lead to this value being known. 2 http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/data-absent-reason      asked-declined icon Asked But Declined
1 http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/data-absent-reason    masked icon Masked
The information is not available due to security, privacy or related reasons. 1 http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/data-absent-reason    not-applicable icon Not Applicable
1 http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/data-absent-reason    unsupported icon Unsupported
1 astext http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/data-absent-reason    as-text icon As Text
1 http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/data-absent-reason    error icon Error
   NaN 2 http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/data-absent-reason      not-a-number icon Not a Number (NaN)
NaN, standing for not a number, is a numeric data type value representing an undefined or unrepresentable value. 2 http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/data-absent-reason      negative-infinity icon Negative Infinity (NINF)
2 http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/data-absent-reason      positive-infinity icon Positive Infinity (PINF)
1 http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/data-absent-reason    not-performed icon Not Performed
The value is not available because the observation procedure (test, etc.) was not performed. 1 http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/data-absent-reason    not-permitted icon Not Permitted

 

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