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@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . # - resource -------------------------------------------------------------------[] a fhir:CodeSystem; fhir:Resource.id [ fhir:value "codesystem-hierarchy-meaning"]; fhir:Resource.meta [ fhir:Meta.lastUpdated [ fhir:value "2019-11-01T09:29:23.356+11:00" ] ]; fhir:DomainResource.text [ fhir:Narrative.status [ fhir:value "generated" ] ]; fhir:DomainResource.extension [ fhir:index 0; fhir:Extension.url [ fhir:value "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg" ]; fhir:Extension.value [ fhir:value "vocab" ] ], [ fhir:index 1; fhir:Extension.url [ fhir:value "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status" ]; fhir:Extension.value [ fhir:value "normative" ] ], [ fhir:index 2; fhir:Extension.url [ fhir:value "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version" ]; fhir:Extension.value [ fhir:value "4.0.0" ] ], [ fhir:index 3; fhir:Extension.url [ fhir:value "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm" ]; fhir:Extension.value [ fhir:value "5" ] ]; fhir:CodeSystem.url [ fhir:value "http://hl7.org/fhir/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning"]; fhir:CodeSystem.identifier [ fhir:index 0; fhir:Identifier.system [ fhir:value "urn:ietf:rfc:3986" ]; fhir:Identifier.value [ fhir:value "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.785" ] ]; fhir:CodeSystem.version [ fhir:value "4.0.1"]; fhir:CodeSystem.name [ fhir:value "CodeSystemHierarchyMeaning"]; fhir:CodeSystem.title [ fhir:value "CodeSystemHierarchyMeaning"]; fhir:CodeSystem.status [ fhir:value "active"]; fhir:CodeSystem.experimental [ fhir:value "false"]; fhir:CodeSystem.date [ fhir:value "2019-11-01T09:29:23+11:00"]; fhir:CodeSystem.publisher [ fhir:value "HL7 (FHIR Project)"]; fhir:CodeSystem.contact [ fhir:index 0; fhir:ContactDetail.telecom [ fhir:index 0; fhir:ContactPoint.system [ fhir:value "url" ]; fhir:ContactPoint.value [ fhir:value "http://hl7.org/fhir" ] ], [ fhir:index 1; fhir:ContactPoint.system [ fhir:value "email" ]; fhir:ContactPoint.value [ fhir:value "fhir@lists.hl7.org" ]<http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning> a fhir:CodeSystem ; fhir:nodeRole fhir:treeRoot ; fhir:id [ fhir:v "codesystem-hierarchy-meaning"] ; # fhir:meta [ fhir:lastUpdated [ fhir:v "2025-12-18T07:07:42.170+11:00"^^xsd:dateTime ] ] ; # fhir:text [ fhir:status [ fhir:v "generated" ] ; fhir:div [ fhir:v "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem codesystem-hierarchy-meaning</b></p><a name=\"codesystem-hierarchy-meaning\"> </a><a name=\"hccodesystem-hierarchy-meaning\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">grouped-by<a name=\"codesystem-hierarchy-meaning-grouped-by\"> </a></td><td>Grouped By</td><td>No particular relationship between the concepts can be assumed, except what can be determined by inspection of the definitions of the elements (possible reasons to use this: importing from a source where this is not defined, or where various parts of the hierarchy have different meanings).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">is-a<a name=\"codesystem-hierarchy-meaning-is-a\"> </a></td><td>Is-A</td><td>A hierarchy where the child concepts have an IS-A relationship with the parents - that is, all the properties of the parent are also true for its child concepts. Not that is-a is a property of the concepts, so additional subsumption relationships may be defined using properties.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">part-of<a name=\"codesystem-hierarchy-meaning-part-of\"> </a></td><td>Part Of</td><td>Child elements list the individual parts of a composite whole (e.g. body site).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">classified-with<a name=\"codesystem-hierarchy-meaning-classified-with\"> </a></td><td>Classified With</td><td>Child concepts in the hierarchy may have only one parent, and there is a presumption that the code system is a \"closed world\" meaning all things must be in the hierarchy. This results in concepts such as \"not otherwise classified.\".</td></tr></table></div>"^^rdf:XMLLiteral ] ] ; # fhir:extension ( [ fhir:url [ fhir:v "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg"^^xsd:anyURI ; fhir:l <http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg> ] ; fhir:value [ a fhir:Code ; fhir:v "vocab" ]]; fhir:CodeSystem.description [ fhir:value "The meaning of the hierarchy of concepts in a code system."]; fhir:CodeSystem.caseSensitive [ fhir:value "true"]; fhir:CodeSystem.valueSet [ fhir:value "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning"]; fhir:CodeSystem.content [ fhir:value "complete"]; fhir:CodeSystem.concept [ fhir:index 0; fhir:CodeSystem.code [ fhir:value "grouped-by" ]; fhir:CodeSystem.display [ fhir:value "Grouped By" ]; fhir:CodeSystem.definition [ fhir:value "No particular relationship between the concepts can be assumed, except what can be determined by inspection of the definitions of the elements (possible reasons to use this: importing from a source where this is not defined, or where various parts of the hierarchy have different meanings)." ] ], [ fhir:index 1; fhir:CodeSystem.code [ fhir:value "is-a" ]; fhir:CodeSystem.display [ fhir:value "Is-A" ]; fhir:CodeSystem.definition [ fhir:value "A hierarchy where the child concepts have an IS-A relationship with the parents - that is, all the properties of the parent are also true for its child concepts. Not that is-a is a property of the concepts, so additional subsumption relationships may be defined using properties or the [subsumes](extension-codesystem-subsumes.html) extension." ] ], [ fhir:index 2; fhir:CodeSystem.code [ fhir:value "part-of" ]; fhir:CodeSystem.display [ fhir:value "Part Of" ]; fhir:CodeSystem.definition [ fhir:value "Child elements list the individual parts of a composite whole (e.g. body site)." ] ], [ fhir:index 3; fhir:CodeSystem.code [ fhir:value "classified-with" ]; fhir:CodeSystem.display [ fhir:value "Classified With" ]; fhir:CodeSystem.definition [ fhir:value "Child concepts in the hierarchy may have only one parent, and there is a presumption that the code system is a \"closed world\" meaning all things must be in the hierarchy. This results in concepts such as \"not otherwise classified.\"." ] ] .] [ fhir:url [ fhir:v "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status"^^xsd:anyURI ; fhir:l <http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status> ] ; fhir:value [ a fhir:Code ; fhir:v "normative" ] ] [ fhir:url [ fhir:v "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm"^^xsd:anyURI ; fhir:l <http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm> ] ; fhir:value [ a fhir:Integer ; fhir:v 5 ] ] ) ; # fhir:url [ fhir:v "http://hl7.org/fhir/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning"^^xsd:anyURI ; fhir:l <http://hl7.org/fhir/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning> ] ; # fhir:identifier ( [ fhir:system [ fhir:v "urn:ietf:rfc:3986"^^xsd:anyURI ; fhir:l <urn:ietf:rfc:3986> ] ; fhir:value [ fhir:v "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.785" ] ] [ fhir:use [ fhir:v "old" ] ; fhir:system [ fhir:v "urn:ietf:rfc:3986"^^xsd:anyURI ; fhir:l <urn:ietf:rfc:3986> ] ; fhir:value [ fhir:v "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.768" ] ] ) ; # fhir:version [ fhir:v "6.0.0-ballot4"] ; # fhir:name [ fhir:v "CodeSystemHierarchyMeaning"] ; # fhir:title [ fhir:v "Code System Hierarchy Meaning"] ; # fhir:status [ fhir:v "active"] ; # fhir:experimental [ fhir:v false] ; # fhir:date [ fhir:v "2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"^^xsd:dateTime] ; # fhir:publisher [ fhir:v "HL7 International / Terminology Infrastructure"] ; # fhir:contact ( [ fhir:telecom ( [ fhir:system [ fhir:v "url" ] ; fhir:value [ fhir:v "http://hl7.org/fhir" ] ] ) ] [ fhir:telecom ( [ fhir:system [ fhir:v "url" ] ; fhir:value [ fhir:v "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/Vocab/index.cfm" ] ] ) ] ) ; # fhir:description [ fhir:v "The meaning of the hierarchy of concepts in a code system."] ; # fhir:jurisdiction ( [ fhir:coding ( [ fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"^^xsd:anyURI ; fhir:l <http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm> ] ; fhir:code [ fhir:v "001" ] ; fhir:display [ fhir:v "World" ] ] ) ] ) ; # fhir:caseSensitive [ fhir:v true] ; # fhir:valueSet [ fhir:v "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning"^^xsd:anyURI ; fhir:l <http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning> ] ; # fhir:hierarchyMeaning [] ; # fhir:content [ fhir:v "complete"] ; # fhir:concept ( [ fhir:code [ fhir:v "grouped-by" ] ; fhir:display [ fhir:v "Grouped By" ] ; fhir:definition [ fhir:v "No particular relationship between the concepts can be assumed, except what can be determined by inspection of the definitions of the elements (possible reasons to use this: importing from a source where this is not defined, or where various parts of the hierarchy have different meanings)." ] ] [ fhir:code [ fhir:v "is-a" ] ; fhir:display [ fhir:v "Is-A" ] ; fhir:definition [ fhir:v "A hierarchy where the child concepts have an IS-A relationship with the parents - that is, all the properties of the parent are also true for its child concepts. Not that is-a is a property of the concepts, so additional subsumption relationships may be defined using properties." ] ] [ fhir:code [ fhir:v "part-of" ] ; fhir:display [ fhir:v "Part Of" ] ; fhir:definition [ fhir:v "Child elements list the individual parts of a composite whole (e.g. body site)." ] ] [ fhir:code [ fhir:v "classified-with" ] ; fhir:display [ fhir:v "Classified With" ] ; fhir:definition [ fhir:v "Child concepts in the hierarchy may have only one parent, and there is a presumption that the code system is a \"closed world\" meaning all things must be in the hierarchy. This results in concepts such as \"not otherwise classified.\"." ] ] ) . # # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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