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4.4.1.519 4.4.1.525 ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units

FHIR Infrastructure icon Work Group   Maturity Level : 5 Trial Use Use Context : Country: World, Not yet ready for Production use
Official URL : http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units Version : 5.0.0 6.0.0-ballot1
draft as of 2023-03-26 2023-12-18 Computable Name : CommonUCUMCodesForDistance
Flags : Experimental OID : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.62

This value set is used in the following places:

4.4.1.519.1 4.4.1.525.1 Definition

Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes all common UCUM codes used for distance - that it is, all commonly used units which have the same canonical unit as 'm' (meter)

4.4.1.519.2 4.4.1.525.2 Content Logical Definition

  • Include these codes as defined in http://unitsofmeasure.org icon
    Code Display
    nm nanometers
    um micrometers
    mm millimeters
    m meters
    km kilometers

 

4.4.1.519.3 4.4.1.525.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 26 Mar 18 Dec 2023

Expansion based on:

  • codesystem UCUM version 2.0.1
  • system UCUM version 2.0.1

This value set contains 5 concepts

Expansion based on UCUM version 2.0.1
Code System Display
  nm http://unitsofmeasure.org nanometers
  um http://unitsofmeasure.org micrometers
  mm http://unitsofmeasure.org millimeters
  m http://unitsofmeasure.org meters
  km http://unitsofmeasure.org kilometers

 

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Lvl A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. For value sets, levels are mostly used to organize codes for user convenience, but may follow code system hierarchy - 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