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4.3.1.82 4.4.1.339 Value Set ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/reference-version-rules

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This is a value set defined by the FHIR project. Summary
  • Defining URL: Narrative http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/reference-version-rules
  • XML Name:
  • ReferenceVersionRules JSON
  • Definition: TTL Whether a reference needs to be version specific or version independent, or whether either can be used
OID:
Official URL : Committee: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/reference-version-rules Work Group Version : 6.0.0-ballot3
active as of 2025-12-17 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.82 (for OID based terminology systems) Computable Name : ReferenceVersionRules
Source Resource Flags : Immutable XML / JSON OID : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.89

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4.3.1.82.1 4.4.1.339.1 Definition

Whether a reference needs to be version specific or version independent, or whether either can be used.

4.4.1.339.2 Content Logical Definition

Generated Narrative: ValueSet reference-version-rules This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

Last updated: 2025-12-17T09:50:17.012Z

 

4.3.1.82.2 4.4.1.339.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 19 Apr 2017 17 Dec 2025

ValueSet This value set contains 3 concepts

Expansion performed internally based on http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-version-rules version 3.0.2 All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-version-rules codesystem ReferenceVersionRules v6.0.0-ballot3 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 3 concepts

System Code Display Definition
http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-version-rules    either Either Specific or independent The reference may be either version independent or version specific specific.
http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-version-rules    independent Version independent The reference must be version independent independent.
http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-version-rules    specific Version Specific The reference must be version specific specific.

 

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