Release 4B R5 Final QA

This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v4.3.0: R4B (v5.0.0-draft-final: Final QA Preview for R5 - STU see ballot notes ). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0 . For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions . Page versions: R5 R4B Using Codes Code Systems Value Sets Concept Maps Identifier Systems

4.3.14.516 4.3.2.414 Code System CodeSystem http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-rating

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This is a code system defined by the FHIR project. Committee:
Official URL : Title: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-rating EvidenceCertaintyRating Definition: The assessment of quality, confidence, or certainty. Version : 5.0.0-draft-final
active as of 2020-12-28 Clinical Decision Support Computable Name : EvidenceCertaintyRating Work Group
OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1415 (for OID based terminology systems) Flags : CaseSensitive, Complete. All codes ValueSet: Evidence Certainty Rating Source Resource XML / JSON OID : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1941

This Code system is used in the following value sets:


The assessment of quality, confidence, or certainty.

This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-rating defines the following codes:

Code Display Definition Copy
high High quality High quality evidence. btn   btn
moderate Moderate quality Moderate quality evidence. btn   btn
low Low quality Low quality evidence. btn   btn
very-low Very low quality Very low quality evidence. btn   btn
no-concern no serious concern no serious concern. btn   btn
serious-concern serious concern serious concern. btn   btn
very-serious-concern very serious concern very serious concern. btn   btn
extremely-serious-concern extremely serious concern extremely serious concern. btn   btn
present present possible reason for increasing quality rating was checked and found to be present. btn   btn
absent absent possible reason for increasing quality rating was checked and found to be absent. btn   btn
no-change no change to rating no change to quality rating. btn   btn
downcode1 reduce rating: -1 reduce quality rating by 1. btn   btn
downcode2 reduce rating: -2 reduce quality rating by 2. btn   btn
downcode3 reduce rating: -3 reduce quality rating by 3. btn   btn
upcode1 increase rating: +1 increase quality rating by 1. btn   btn
upcode2 increase rating: +2 increase quality rating by 2. btn   btn

 

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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. 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')
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