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Using Codes Code Systems Value Sets Concept Maps Identifier Systems

4.4.1.226 4.4.1.246 Value Set ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/specimen-status

  Maturity Level : 2
Responsible Owner: Orders and Observations icon Work Group Trial Use Normative Use Context : Any Country: World
This is a value set defined by the FHIR project. Summary Committee:
Official URL : Title: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/specimen-status SpecimenStatus Definition: Codes providing the status/availability of a specimen. Version : 6.0.0-ballot3
active as of 2020-12-28 Orders and Observations Computable Name : SpecimenStatus Work Group
OID: Flags : Immutable 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.471 (for OID based terminology systems) Source Resource XML / JSON : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.471

This value set is used in the following places:

4.4.1.226.1 4.4.1.246.1 Definition

Codes providing the status/availability of a specimen.

4.4.1.246.2 Content Logical Definition

Generated Narrative: ValueSet specimen-status This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

Last updated: 2025-11-24T20:46:00.1Z

 

4.4.1.226.2 4.4.1.246.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 01 24 Nov 2019 2025

ValueSet This value set contains 4 concepts

Expansion performed internally based on http://hl7.org/fhir/specimen-status version 4.0.1 All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/specimen-status codesystem Specimen Status v6.0.0-ballot3 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 4 concepts

System Code Display Definition Canonical Status Mapping for "Specimen Status"
http://hl7.org/fhir/specimen-status    available Available The physical specimen is present and in good condition. ~ active
http://hl7.org/fhir/specimen-status    unavailable Unavailable There is no physical specimen because it is either lost, destroyed or consumed. ~ inactive
http://hl7.org/fhir/specimen-status    unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory The specimen cannot be used because of a quality issue such as a broken container, contamination, or too old. ~ failed
http://hl7.org/fhir/specimen-status    entered-in-error Entered in Error The specimen was entered in error and therefore nullified. ~ error

 

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Lvl A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. For value sets, levels are mostly used to organize codes for user convenience, but may follow code system hierarchy - see Code System for further information
Source The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)
Code The code (used as the code in the resource instance). If the code is in italics, this indicates that the code is not selectable ('Abstract')
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