Definition for Value SetCommon UCUM Codes for Distance

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  <id value="distance-units"/> 
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    <lastUpdated value="2025-11-17T19:23:40.261+00:00"/> 
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  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
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        <b> Generated Narrative: ValueSet distance-units</b> 
      </p> 
      <a name="distance-units"> </a> 
      <a name="hcdistance-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 explicity 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> nm</td> 
              <td> nanometers</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> um</td> 
              <td> micrometers</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> mm</td> 
              <td> millimeters</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> m</td> 
              <td> meters</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> km</td> 
              <td> kilometers</td> 
            </tr> 
          </table> 
        </li> 
      </ul> 
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    <valueCode value="fhir"/> 
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  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    
  
  
    

    <valueCode value="normative"/> 
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  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.62"/> 
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  <version value="6.0.0-ballot3"/> 
  <name value="CommonUCUMCodesForDistance"/> 
  <title value="Common UCUM Codes for Distance"/> 
  
  
  
  

  <status value="active"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2025-11-17T19:23:40+00:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      

      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="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)"/> 
  <jurisdiction> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/> 
      <code value="001"/> 
      <display value="World"/> 
    </coding> 
  </jurisdiction> 
  <copyright value="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 value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="nm"/> 
        <display value="nanometers"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="um"/> 
        <display value="micrometers"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="mm"/> 
        <display value="millimeters"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="m"/> 
        <display value="meters"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="km"/> 
        <display value="kilometers"/> 
      </concept> 
    </include> 
  </compose> 


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