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4.4.1.600 4.4.1.645 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/service-referral-method

Patient Administration Work Group   Maturity Level : 1 Draft Use Context : Any Not Intended for Production use

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/service-referral-method
Version: 4.0.1 5.0.0-snapshot1
Name: ReferralMethod
Title: ReferralMethod
Definition:

The methods of referral can be used when referring to a specific HealthCareService resource.

Committee: Patient Administration Work Group
OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.510 (for OID based terminology systems)
Source Resource XML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

4.4.1.600.1 4.4.1.645.1 Content Logical Definition

This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

 

4.4.1.600.2 4.4.1.645.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 01 Nov 2019 19 Dec 2021

This value set contains 5 concepts

Expansion based on http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/service-referral-method version 4.0.1 ReferralMethod v5.0.0-snapshot1 (CodeSystem)

All codes in this table are from the system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/service-referral-method

Code Display Definition
fax Fax Referrals may be accepted by fax.
phone Phone Referrals may be accepted over the phone from a practitioner.
elec Secure Messaging Referrals may be accepted via a secure messaging system. To determine the types of secure messaging systems supported, refer to the identifiers collection. Callers will need to understand the specific identifier system used to know that they are able to transmit messages.
semail Secure Email Referrals may be accepted via a secure email. To send please encrypt with the services public key.
mail Mail Referrals may be accepted via regular postage (or hand delivered).

 

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