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FHIR
Specification
(v5.0.0:
R5
-
STU
v6.0.0-ballot4:
Release
6
Ballot
(1st
Full
Ballot)
(see
Ballot
Notes
).
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Example
CodeSystem/search-processingmode
(XML)
Raw
XML
(
canonical
form
+
also
see
XML
Format
Specification
)
Definition
for
Code
SystemSearchProcessingModeType
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="search-processingmode"/>
<meta>
<lastUpdated value="2025-12-18T07:07:42.170+11:00"/>
</meta>
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
This code system
<p class="res-header-id">
<b> Generated Narrative: CodeSystem search-processingmode</b>
</p>
<a name="search-processingmode"> </a>
<a name="hcsearch-processingmode"> </a>
<p> This case-sensitive code system
<code> http://hl7.org/fhir/search-processingmode</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">normal
<a name="search-processingmode-normal"> </a>
</td>
<td> Normal</td>
<td> The search parameter is derived directly from the selected nodes based on the type
definitions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">phonetic
<a name="search-processingmode-phonetic"> </a>
</td>
<td> Phonetic</td>
<td> The search parameter is derived by a phonetic transform from the selected nodes.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">other
<a name="search-processingmode-other"> </a>
</td>
<td> Other</td>
<td> The interpretation of the xpath statement is unknown (and can't be automated).</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</text>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
<valueCode value="fhir"/>
</extension>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
<valueCode value="normative"/>
</extension>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
<valueInteger value="5"/>
</extension>
<url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/search-processingmode"/>
<version value="6.0.0-ballot4"/>
<name value="SearchProcessingModeType"/>
<title value="Search Processing Mode Type"/>
<status value="active"/>
<experimental value="false"/>
<date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/>
<publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
<contact>
<telecom>
<system value="url"/>
<value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
</telecom>
<telecom>
<system value="email"/>
<value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
</telecom>
</contact>
<description value="How a search parameter relates to the set of elements returned by evaluating its
expression query."/>
<jurisdiction>
<coding>
<system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
<code value="001"/>
<display value="World"/>
</coding>
</jurisdiction>
<caseSensitive value="true"/>
<valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/search-processingmode"/>
<content value="complete"/>
<concept>
<code value="normal"/>
<display value="Normal"/>
<definition value="The search parameter is derived directly from the selected nodes based on the type
definitions."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="phonetic"/>
<display value="Phonetic"/>
<definition value="The search parameter is derived by a phonetic transform from the selected nodes."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="other"/>
<display value="Other"/>
<definition value="The interpretation of the xpath statement is unknown (and can't be automated)."/>
</concept>
</
CodeSystem
>
Usage
note:
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effort
has
been
made
to
ensure
that
the
examples
are
correct
and
useful,
but
they
are
not
a
normative
part
of
the
specification.