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4.4.1.259 4.4.1.276 Value Set ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/designation-use

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Responsible Owner: Vocabulary Terminology Infrastructure icon Work Group Normative (from v4.0.0) Use Context : Any Country: World
This is a value set defined by the FHIR project. Summary Committee:
Official URL : Title: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/designation-use Designation Use Definition: Details of how a designation would be used Version : 6.0.0-ballot3
active as of 2025-11-14 Vocabulary Computable Name : DesignationUse Work Group
OID: Flags : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.264 (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 : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.264
Note for Implementer: Licensing note: this value set has an extensible binding, and includes concepts from SNOMED CT. The SNOMED CT concepts included in this value set - description types for SCT terms - are for use with SNOMED-CT, and not expected to be used with other code systems.

This value set is used in the following places:

4.4.1.259.1 4.4.1.276.1 Definition

Details of how a designation would be used

4.4.1.276.2 Content Logical Definition

Generated Narrative: ValueSet designation-use This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

Last updated: 2025-11-14T05:50:06.469Z

 

4.4.1.276.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 14 Nov 2025

ValueSet

Expansion from tx.fhir.org based on SNOMED CT International edition 01-Feb 2025

This value set contains 2 concepts

900000000000013009 System Code Synonym Display Display (English)
http://snomed.info/sct    900000000000003001 icon Fully specified name Fully specified name (core metadata concept)
http://snomed.info/sct    900000000000013009 icon Synonym (core metadata concept) Synonym

 

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Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

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)
Code The code (used as the code in the resource instance). If the code is in italics, this indicates that the code is not selectable ('Abstract')
Display The display (used in the display element of a Coding ). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application
Definition An explanation of the meaning of the concept
Comments Additional notes about how to use the code