Release 5 R6 Ballot (1st Full Ballot)

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Example ValueSet/ucum-units (XML)

Maturity Level : N/A
Responsible Owner: Terminology Infrastructure Work Group Standards Status : Informative

Raw XML ( canonical form + also see XML Format Specification )

Definition for Value SetUCUM Codes

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<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="ucum-units"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2025-12-18T07:07:42.170+11:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p class="res-header-id">
        <b> Generated Narrative: ValueSet ucum-units</b> 
      </p> 
      <a name="ucum-units"> </a> 
      <a name="hcucum-units"> </a> 
      <ul> 
        <li> Include all codes defined in 
          <a href="http://unitsofmeasure.org">
            <code> http://unitsofmeasure.org</code> 
          </a> 
          <span title="Version is not explicitly stated. No matching Code System found"> version Not Stated (use latest from terminology server)</span> 
        </li> 
      </ul> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/ucum-units"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.912"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="6.0.0-ballot4"/> 
  <name value="UCUMCodes"/> 
  <title value="UCUM Codes"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2025-12-18T07:07:42+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes all UCUM codes"/> 
  <jurisdiction> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/> 
      <code value="001"/> 
      <display value="World"/> 
    </coding> 
  </jurisdiction> 
  <copyright value="The UCUM codes, UCUM table (regardless of format), and UCUM Specification are copyright
   © 1999-2009, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Unified Codes for Units of Measures
   (UCUM) Organization. All rights reserved.
  
    
      
    
  

   (UCUM) Organization. All rights reserved."/> 
  <compose> 
    <include> 
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
    </include> 
  </compose> 


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ValueSet

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Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.