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4.3.1.504 4.4.1.658 Value Set ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/service-referral-method

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Responsible Owner: Patient Administration icon Work Group Informative Draft Use Context : Any Country: World
This is a value set defined by the FHIR project. Summary
  • Defining URL: Narrative http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/service-referral-method
  • XML Name:
  • ReferralMethod JSON
  • Definition: TTL The methods of referral can be used when referring to a specific HealthCareService resource.
OID:
Official URL : Committee: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/service-referral-method Work Group Version : 6.0.0-ballot3
draft as of 2020-12-28 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.504 (for OID based terminology systems) Computable Name : ReferralMethod
Source Resource Flags : Immutable XML / JSON OID : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.510

This value set is used in the following places:

4.3.1.504.1 4.4.1.658.1 Definition

The methods of referral can be used when referring to a specific HealthcareService resource.

4.4.1.658.2 Content Logical Definition

This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

Generated Narrative: ValueSet service-referral-method

Last updated: 2025-11-10T15:17:08.817Z

 

4.3.1.504.2 4.4.1.658.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 19 Apr 2017 10 Nov 2025

ValueSet This value set contains 5 concepts

Expansion performed internally based on http://hl7.org/fhir/service-referral-method version 3.0.2 All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/service-referral-method codesystem ReferralMethod v1.0.1 (CodeSystem) icon

This value set contains 6 concepts

System Code Display Definition
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/service-referral-method    fax icon Fax Referrals may be accepted by fax.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/service-referral-method    phone icon Phone Referrals may be accepted over the phone from a practitioner. phone.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/service-referral-method    elec icon Secure Messaging Referrals may be accepted via a secure messaging system. To determine the types of secure messaging systems supported, refer to the identifiers collection. Callers will need to understand the specific identifier system used to know that they are able to transmit messages.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/service-referral-method    semail icon Secure Email Referrals may be accepted via a secure email. To send please encrypt with the services public key.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/service-referral-method    mail icon Mail Referrals may be accepted via regular postage (or hand delivered).
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/service-referral-method    self icon Self-referral Referrals may be accepted via self-referral.

 

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