Definition for Value SetEncounter Reason Codes

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        This examples value set defines the set of codes that can be used to indicate reasons
           for an encounter.

      
      
        
      
      
        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

      
      
      
        Include codes from 
          
            
           where concept  is-a  404684003 (Clinical finding)
        
        Include codes from 
          
            
           where concept  is-a  71388002 (Procedure)
        
        Include codes from 
          
            
           where concept  is-a  243796009 (Context-dependent categories)
        
        Include codes from 
          
            
           where concept  is-a  272379006 (Events)
        
      
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
      
      
    
  

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="encounter-reason"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2025-11-13T03:03:06.418+00:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p class="res-header-id">
        <b> Generated Narrative: ValueSet encounter-reason</b> 
      </p> 
      <a name="encounter-reason"> </a> 
      <a name="hcencounter-reason"> </a> 
      <p> This value set includes codes based on the following rules:</p> 
      <ul> 
        <li> Include codes from
          <a href="http://www.snomed.org/">
            <code> http://snomed.info/sct</code> 
          </a> 
          <span title="Version is not explicity stated. No matching Code System found"> version Not Stated (use latest from terminology server)</span>  where concept  is-a 404684003 (Clinical finding (finding))
        </li> 
        <li> Include codes from
          <a href="http://www.snomed.org/">
            <code> http://snomed.info/sct</code> 
          </a> 
          <span title="Version is not explicity stated. No matching Code System found"> version Not Stated (use latest from terminology server)</span>  where concept  is-a 71388002 (Procedure)
        </li> 
        <li> Include codes from
          <a href="http://www.snomed.org/">
            <code> http://snomed.info/sct</code> 
          </a> 
          <span title="Version is not explicity stated. No matching Code System found"> version Not Stated (use latest from terminology server)</span>  where concept  is-a 243796009 (Context-dependent categories)
        </li> 
        <li> Include codes from
          <a href="http://www.snomed.org/">
            <code> http://snomed.info/sct</code> 
          </a> 
          <span title="Version is not explicity stated. No matching Code System found"> version Not Stated (use latest from terminology server)</span>  where concept  is-a 272379006 (Events)
        </li> 
      </ul> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pa"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="draft"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="1"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-reason"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.261"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <identifier> 
    <use value="old"/> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.256"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <identifier> 
    <use value="old"/> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.146"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="6.0.0-ballot3"/> 
  <name value="EncounterReasonCodes"/> 
  <title value="Encounter Reason Codes"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <publisher value="FHIR Project team"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="This examples value set defines the set of codes that can be used to indicate reasons
   for an encounter.
  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
  
    
      
      
        
        
        
      
    
    
      
      
        
        
        
      
    
    
      
      
        
        
        
      
    
    
      
      
        
        
        
      
    
  

   for an encounter."/> 
  <jurisdiction>     <coding>       <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>       <code value="001"/>       <display value="World"/>     </coding>   </jurisdiction>   <copyright value="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-snome
  d-ct or info@snomed.org"/> 
  <compose>     <include>       <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>       <filter>         <property value="concept"/>         <op value="is-a"/>         <value value="404684003"/>       </filter>     </include>     <include>       <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>       <filter>         <property value="concept"/>         <op value="is-a"/>         <value value="71388002"/>       </filter>     </include>     <include>       <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>       <filter>         <property value="concept"/>         <op value="is-a"/>         <value value="243796009"/>       </filter>     </include>     <include>       <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>       <filter>         <property value="concept"/>         <op value="is-a"/>         <value value="272379006"/>       </filter>     </include>   </compose> 


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