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4.3.1.53 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/allergy-intolerance-category

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/allergy-intolerance-category
Name: AllergyIntoleranceCategory
Definition: Category of an identified substance.
Committee: Patient Care Work Group
OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.53 (for OID based terminology systems)
Source Resource XML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

4.3.1.53.1 Content Logical Definition

This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

 

4.3.1.53.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 06 Dec 2016

This value set contains 4 concepts

Expansion based on http://hl7.org/fhir/allergy-intolerance-category version 1.8.0

All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/allergy-intolerance-category

Code Display Definition
food Food Any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body.
medication Medication Substances administered to achieve a physiological effect.
   biologic Biologic A preparation that is synthesized from living organisms or their products, especially a human or animal protein, such as a hormone or antitoxin, that is used as a diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic agent. Also called biological drug. Examples of biologic medications include: vaccines; allergenic extracts, which are used for both diagnosis and treatment (for example, allergy shots); gene therapies; cellular therapies. There are other biologic products, such as tissues, that are not typically associated with allergies.
environment Environment Any substances that are encountered in the environment, including any substance not already classified as food, medication, or biologic.

 

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