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4.4.1.519 4.4.1.271 ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units

  Maturity Level : 5
Responsible Owner: FHIR Infrastructure icon Work Group Trial Use Normative Use Context : Country: World, Not yet ready for Production use World
Official URL : http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units Version : 5.0.0 6.0.0-ballot3
draft active as of 2023-03-26 2025-11-12 Computable Name : CommonUCUMCodesForDistance
Flags : Experimental OID : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.62

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4.4.1.519.1 4.4.1.271.1 Definition

Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes all common UCUM codes used for distance - that it is, all commonly used units which have the same canonical unit as 'm' (meter)

4.4.1.519.2 4.4.1.271.2 Content Logical Definition

Generated Narrative: ValueSet distance-units

Last updated: 2025-11-12T19:40:08.403Z

  • Include these codes as defined in http://unitsofmeasure.org icon version Not Stated (use latest from terminology server)
    Code Display
    nm nanometers
    um micrometers
    mm millimeters
    m meters
    km kilometers

 

4.4.1.519.3 4.4.1.271.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 26 Mar 2023 12 Nov 2025

This value set contains 5 concepts

ValueSet

Expansion from tx.fhir.org based on codesystem UCUM version 2.0.1 2.2

This value set contains 5 concepts

Code System System Code Display
  nm http://unitsofmeasure.org   nm nanometers nm
  um http://unitsofmeasure.org   um micrometers um
  mm http://unitsofmeasure.org   mm millimeters mm
  m http://unitsofmeasure.org   m meters m
  km http://unitsofmeasure.org   km kilometers km

 

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