STU3 Candidate

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4.3.1.252 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/practitioner-specialty

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/practitioner-specialty
Name: PractitionerSpecialty
Definition: This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the specialty of a Practitioner.
Committee: Patient Administration Work Group
OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.252 (for OID based terminology systems)
Source Resource XML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

4.3.1.252.1 Content Logical Definition

This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

 

4.3.1.252.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 06 Dec 2016

This value set contains 5 concepts

Expansion based on http://hl7.org/fhir/practitioner-specialty version 1.8.0

All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/practitioner-specialty

Code Display Definition
cardio Cardiologist
dent Dentist
dietary Dietary consultant
midw Midwife
sysarch Systems architect

 

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Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

Level A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies
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)
Display The display (used in the display element of a Coding ). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application
Definition An explanation of the meaning of the concept
Comments Additional notes about how to use the code