Definition
for
Value
SetUCUM
Codes
{
"resourceType": "ValueSet",
"id": "ucum-units",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00",
"profile": [
"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablevalueset"
]
"resourceType" : "ValueSet",
"id" : "ucum-units",
"meta" : {
"lastUpdated" : "2025-11-10T15:17:08.817+00:00"
},
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
"text" : {
"status" : "generated",
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet ucum-units</b></p><a name=\"ucum-units\"> </a><a name=\"hcucum-units\"> </a><ul><li>Include all codes 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></li></ul></div>"
},
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status",
"valueString": "Informative"
},
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger": 0
}
],
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/ucum-units",
"identifier": [
{
"system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.831"
}
],
"version": "3.0.2",
"name": "UCUM Codes",
"status": "draft",
"experimental": true,
"date": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00",
"publisher": "FHIR Project team",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
}
]
}
],
"description": "Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes all UCUM codes",
"copyright": "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": "http://unitsofmeasure.org"
}
]
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "fhir"
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/ucum-units",
"identifier" : [{
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.912"
}],
"version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
"name" : "UCUMCodes",
"title" : "UCUM Codes",
"status" : "draft",
"experimental" : false,
"date" : "2025-11-10T15:17:08+00:00",
"publisher" : "HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure",
"contact" : [{
"telecom" : [{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"
}]
}],
"description" : "Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes all UCUM codes",
"jurisdiction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
"code" : "001",
"display" : "World"
}]
}],
"copyright" : "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" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org"
}]
}
}
Usage
note:
every
effort
has
been
made
to
ensure
that
the
examples
are
correct
and
useful,
but
they
are
not
a
normative
part
of
the
specification.