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1.14.4.1.84 1.25.4.1.84 HL7 v3 Code System ObservationMethod

This code system (http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ObservationMethod) is defined as part of HL7 v3.

Formal value Set definition (identifier http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/vs/ObservationMethod Summary ): XML or JSON Release Date: 2014-08-07

1.14.4.1.84.1 Description
Defining URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-ObservationMethod
Name: v3 Code System ObservationMethod
Definition: A code that provides additional detail about the means or technique used to ascertain the observation. Examples: Blood pressure measurement method: arterial puncture vs. sphygmomanometer (Riva-Rocci), sitting vs. supine position, etc. OpenIssue: Description copied from Concept Domain of same name. Must be verified. Note that the Domain has a full discussion about use of the attribute and constraining that is not appropriate for the code system description. Needs to be improved.
OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.1.11.20423 (for OID based terminology systems)
System URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ObservationMethod
System OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.5.84
Source Resource XML / JSON

This value set is not currently used

1.25.4.1.84.1 Content Logical Definition

This value set has an inline code system http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ObservationMethod, which defines the following codes:

Level Lvl Code Display Definition
1 (_DecisionObservationMethod) _DecisionObservationMethod   DecisionObservationMethod Provides codes for decision methods, initially for assessing the causality of events.
2   ALGM   ALGM algorithm Reaching a decision through the application of an algorithm designed to weigh the different factors involved.
3     BYCL     BYCL bayesian calculation Reaching a decision through the use of Bayesian statistical analysis.
2   GINT   GINT global introspection Reaching a decision by consideration of the totality of factors involved in order to reach a judgement.
1 (_GeneticObservationMethod) _GeneticObservationMethod   GeneticObservationMethod A code that provides additional detail about the means or technique used to ascertain the genetic analysis. Example, PCR, Micro Array
2   PCR   PCR PCR Description: Polymerase Chain Reaction
1 (_ObservationMethodAggregate) _ObservationMethodAggregate   observation method aggregate Provides additional detail about the aggregation methods used to compute the aggregated values for an observation. This is an abstract code.
2   AVERAGE   AVERAGE average Average of non-null values in the referenced set of values
2   COUNT   COUNT count Count of non-null values in the referenced set of values
2   MAX   MAX maxima Largest of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.
2   MEDIAN   MEDIAN median The median of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.
2   MIN   MIN minima Smallest of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.
2   MODE   MODE mode The most common value of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.
2   STDEV.P   STDEV.P population standard deviation Standard Deviation of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over the population.
2   STDEV.S   STDEV.S sample standard deviation Standard Deviation of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over a sample of the population.
2   SUM   SUM sum Sum of non-null values in the referenced set of values
2   VARIANCE.P   VARIANCE.P population variance Variance of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over the population.
2   VARIANCE.S   VARIANCE.S sample variance Variance of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over a sample of the population.
1 (_VerificationMethod) _VerificationMethod   VerificationMethod VerificationMethod
2   VDOC   VDOC document verification Verification by means of document.
Example: Fax, letter, attachment to e-mail.
2   VREG   VREG registry verification verification by means of a response to an electronic query
Example: query message to a Covered Party registry application or Coverage Administrator.
2   VTOKEN   VTOKEN electronic token verification Verification by means of electronic token.
Example: smartcard, magnetic swipe card, RFID device.
2   VVOICE   VVOICE voice-based verification Verification by means of voice.
Example: By speaking with or calling the Coverage Administrator or Covered Party
1 0001 Complement fixation Complement fixation
1 0002 Computed axial tomography Computed axial tomography
1 0003 HLAR agar test Susceptibility, High Level Aminoglycoside Resistance agar test
1 0004 Macroscopic observation Visual, Macroscopic observation
1 0005 Magnetic resonance Computed, Magnetic resonance
1 0006 Morphometry Computed, Morphometry
1 0007 Positron emission tomography Computed, Positron emission tomography
1 0008 SAMHSA confirmation SAMHSA drug assay confirmation
1 0009 SAMHSA screening SAMHSA drug assay screening
1 0010 Serum Neutralization Serum Neutralization
1 0011 Titration Titration
1 0012 Ultrasound Ultrasound
1 0013 X-ray crystallography X-ray crystallography
1 0014 Agglutination Agglutination
1 0015 Buffered acidified plate agglutination Agglutination, Buffered acidified plate
1 0016 Card agglutination Agglutination, Card
1 0017 Hemagglutination Agglutination, Hemagglutination
1 0018 Hemagglutination inhibition Agglutination, Hemagglutination inhibition
1 0019 Latex agglutination Agglutination, Latex
1 0020 Plate agglutination Agglutination, Plate
1 0021 Rapid agglutination Agglutination, Rapid Plate
1 0022 RBC agglutination Agglutination, RBC
1 0023 Rivanol agglutination Agglutination, Rivanol
1 0024 Tube agglutination Agglutination, Tube
1 0025 Bioassay Bioassay
1 0026 Animal Inoculation Bioassay, Animal Inoculation
1 0027 Cytotoxicity Bioassay, Cytotoxicity
1 0028 Embryo infective dose 50 Bioassay, Embryo Infective Dose 50
1 0029 Embryo lethal dose 50 Bioassay, Embryo Lethal Dose 50
1 0030 Mouse intercerebral inoculation Bioassay, Mouse intercerebral inoculation
1 0031 Bioassay, qualitative Bioassay, qualitative
1 0032 Bioassay, quantitative Bioassay, quantitative
1 0033 Chemical method Chemical
1 0034 Differential light absorption chemical test Chemical, Differential light absorption
1 0035 Dipstick Chemical, Dipstick
1 0036 Dipstick colorimetric laboratory test Chemical, Dipstick colorimetric laboratory test
1 0037 Test strip Chemical, Test strip
1 0038 Chromatography Chromatography
1 0039 Affinity chromatography Chromatography, Affinity
1 0040 Gas liquid chromatography Chromatography, Gas liquid
1 0041 High performance liquid chromatography Chromatography, High performance liquid
1 0042 Liquid Chromatography Chromatography, Liquid
1 0043 Protein A affinity chromatography Chromatography, Protein A affinity
1 0044 Coagulation Coagulation
1 0045 Tilt tube coagulation time Coagulation, Tilt tube
1 0046 Tilt tube reptilase induced coagulation Coagulation, Tilt tube reptilase induced
1 0047 Automated count Count, Automated
1 0048 Manual cell count Count, Manual
1 0049 Platelet count, Rees-Ecker Count, Platelet, Rees-Ecker
1 0050 Aerobic Culture Culture, Aerobic
1 0051 Anaerobic Culture Culture, Anaerobic
1 0052 Chicken embryo culture Culture, Chicken Embryo
1 0053 Delayed secondary enrichment Culture, Delayed secondary enrichment
1 0054 Microaerophilic Culture Culture, Microaerophilic
1 0055 Quantitative microbial culture, cup Culture, Quantitative microbial, cup
1 0056 Quantitative microbial culture, droplet Culture, Quantitative microbial, droplet
1 0057 Quantitative microbial culture, filter paper Culture, Quantitative microbial, filter paper
1 0058 Quantitative microbial culture, pad culture Culture, Quantitative microbial, pad
1 0059 Quantitative microbial culture, pour plate Culture, Quantitative microbial, pour plate
1 0060 Quantitative microbial culture, surface streak Culture, Quantitative microbial, surface streak
1 0061 Somatic Cell culture Culture, Somatic Cell
1 0062 Agar diffusion Diffusion, Agar
1 0063 Agar Gel Immunodiffusion Diffusion, Agar Gel Immunodiffusion
1 0064 Electrophoresis Electrophoresis
1 0065 Agaorse gel electrophoresis Electrophoresis, Agaorse gel
1 0066 Electrophoresis, citrate agar Electrophoresis, citrate agar
1 0067 Immunoelectrophoresis Electrophoresis, Immuno
1 0068 Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide gel
1 0069 Starch gel electrophoresis Electrophoresis, Starch gel
1 0070 ELISA ELISA
1 0071 ELISA, antigen capture ELISA, antigen capture
1 0072 ELISA, avidin biotin peroxidase complex ELISA, avidin biotin peroxidase complex
1 0073 Kinetic ELISA ELISA, Kinetic
1 0074 ELISA, peroxidase-antiperoxidase ELISA, peroxidase-antiperoxidase
1 0075 API 20 Strep Identification, API 20 Strep
1 0076 API 20A Identification, API 20A
1 0077 API 20C AUX Identification, API 20C AUX
1 0078 API 20E Identification, API 20E
1 0079 API 20NE Identification, API 20NE
1 0080 API 50 CH Identification, API 50 CH
1 0081 API An-IDENT Identification, API An-IDENT
1 0082 API Coryne Identification, API Coryne
1 0083 API Rapid 20E Identification, API Rapid 20E
1 0084 API Staph Identification, API Staph
1 0085 API ZYM Identification, API ZYM
1 0086 Bacterial identification Identification, Bacterial
1 0087 mini VIDAS Identification, mini VIDAS
1 0088 Phage susceptibility typing Identification, Phage susceptibility typing
1 0089 Quad-FERM+ Identification, Quad-FERM+
1 0090 RAPIDEC Staph Identification, RAPIDEC Staph
1 0091 Staphaurex Identification, Staphaurex
1 0092 VIDAS Identification, VIDAS
1 0093 Vitek Identification, Vitek
1 0094 VITEK 2 Identification, VITEK 2
1 0095 Immune stain Immune stain
1 0096 Immunofluorescent antibody, direct Immune stain, Immunofluorescent antibody, direct
1 0097 Immunofluorescent antibody, indirect Immune stain, Immunofluorescent antibody, indirect
1 0098 Immunoperoxidase, Avidin-Biotin Complex Immune stain, Immunoperoxidase, Avidin-Biotin Complex
1 0099 Immunoperoxidase, Peroxidase anti-peroxidase complex Immune stain, Immunoperoxidase, Peroxidase anti-peroxidase complex
1 0100 Immunoperoxidase, Protein A-peroxidase complex Immune stain, Immunoperoxidase, Protein A-peroxidase complex
1 0101 Immunoassay Immunoassay
1 0102 Immunoassay, qualitative, multiple step Immunoassay, qualitative, multiple step
1 0103 Immunoassay, qualitative, single step Immunoassay, qualitative, single step
1 0104 Radioimmunoassay Immunoassay, Radioimmunoassay
1 0105 Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, multiple step Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, multiple step
1 0106 Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, single step Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, single step
1 0107 Microscopy Microscopy
1 0108 Darkfield microscopy Microscopy, Darkfield
1 0109 Electron microscopy Microscopy, Electron
1 0110 Electron microscopy tomography Microscopy, Electron microscopy tomography
1 0111 Electron microscopy, negative stain Microscopy, Electron, negative stain
1 0112 Electron microscopy, thick section Microscopy, Electron, thick section transmission
1 0113 Electron microscopy, thin section Microscopy, Electron, thin section transmission
1 0114 Microscopy, Light Microscopy, Light
1 0115 Polarizing light microscopy Microscopy, Polarized light
1 0116 Scanning electron microscopy Microscopy, Scanning electron
1 0117 Transmission electron microscopy Microscopy, Transmission electron
1 0118 Transparent tape direct examination Microscopy, Transparent tape direct examination
1 0119 3 Self-Sustaining Sequence Replication Molecular, 3 Self-Sustaining Sequence Replication
1 0120 Branched Chain DNA Molecular, Branched Chain DNA
1 0121 Hybridization Protection Assay Molecular, Hybridization Protection Assay
1 0122 Immune blot Molecular, Immune blot
1 0123 In-situ hybridization Molecular, In-situ hybridization
1 0124 Ligase Chain Reaction Molecular, Ligase Chain Reaction
1 0125 Ligation Activated Transcription Molecular, Ligation Activated Transcription
1 0126 Nucleic Acid Probe Molecular, Nucleic Acid Probe
1 0128 Nucleic acid probe with amplification Molecular, Nucleic acid probe with amplification

Rationale: Duplicate of code 0126. Use code 0126 instead.
1 0129 Nucleic acid probe with target amplification Molecular, Nucleic acid probe with target amplification
1 0130 Nucleic acid reverse transcription Molecular, Nucleic acid reverse transcription
1 0131 Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Analysis Molecular, Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Analysis
1 0132 Polymerase chain reaction Molecular, Polymerase chain reaction
1 0133 Q-Beta Replicase or probe amplification category method Molecular, Q-Beta Replicase or probe amplification category method
1 0134 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Molecular, Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
1 0135 Southern Blot Molecular, Southern Blot
1 0136 Strand Displacement Amplification Molecular, Strand Displacement Amplification
1 0137 Transcription Mediated Amplification Molecular, Transcription Mediated Amplification
1 0138 Western Blot Molecular, Western Blot
1 0139 Flocculation Precipitation, Flocculation
1 0140 Immune precipitation Precipitation, Immune precipitation
1 0141 Milk ring test Precipitation, Milk ring test
1 0142 Precipitin Precipitation, Precipitin
1 0143 Acid fast stain Stain, Acid fast
1 0144 Acid fast stain, fluorochrome Stain, Acid fast, fluorochrome
1 0145 Acid fast stain, Kinyoun's cold carbolfuchsin Stain, Acid fast, Kinyoun's cold carbolfuchsin
1 0146 Acid fast stain, Ziehl-Neelsen Stain, Acid fast, Ziehl-Neelsen
1 0147 Acid phosphatase stain Stain, Acid phosphatase
1 0148 Acridine orange stain Stain, Acridine orange
1 0149 Active brilliant orange KH stain Stain, Active brilliant orange KH
1 0150 Alazarin red S stain Stain, Alazarin red S
1 0151 Alcian blue stain Stain, Alcian blue
1 0152 Alcian blue with Periodic acid Schiff stain Stain, Alcian blue with Periodic acid Schiff
1 0153 Argentaffin stain Stain, Argentaffin
1 0154 Argentaffin silver stain Stain, Argentaffin silver
1 0155 Azure-eosin stain Stain, Azure-eosin
1 0156 Basic Fuschin stain Stain, Basic Fuschin
1 0157 Bennhold stain Stain, Bennhold
1 0158 Bennhold's Congo red stain Stain, Bennhold's Congo red
1 0159 Bielschowsky stain Stain, Bielschowsky
1 0160 Bielschowsky's silver stain Stain, Bielschowsky's silver
1 0161 Bleach stain Stain, Bleach
1 0162 Bodian stain Stain, Bodian
1 0163 Brown-Brenn stain Stain, Brown-Brenn
1 0164 Butyrate-esterase stain Stain, Butyrate-esterase
1 0165 Calcofluor white fluorescent stain Stain, Calcofluor white fluorescent
1 0166 Carbol-fuchsin stain Stain, Carbol-fuchsin
1 0167 Carmine stain Stain, Carmine
1 0168 Churukian-Schenk stain Stain, Churukian-Schenk
1 0169 Congo red stain Stain, Congo red
1 0170 Cresyl echt violet stain Stain, Cresyl echt violet
1 0171 Crystal violet stain Stain, Crystal violet
1 0172 De Galantha stain Stain, De Galantha
1 0173 Dieterle silver impregnation stain Stain, Dieterle silver impregnation
1 0174 Fite-Farco stain Stain, Fite-Farco
1 0175 Fontana-Masson silver stain Stain, Fontana-Masson silver
1 0176 Fouchet stain Stain, Fouchet
1 0177 Gomori stain Stain, Gomori
1 0178 Gomori methenamine silver stain Stain, Gomori methenamine silver
1 0179 Gomori-Wheatly trichrome stain Stain, Gomori-Wheatly trichrome
1 0180 Gridley stain Stain, Gridley
1 0181 Grimelius silver stain Stain, Grimelius silver
1 0182 Grocott stain Stain, Grocott
1 0183 Grocott methenamine silver stain Stain, Grocott methenamine silver
1 0184 Hale's colloidal ferric oxide stain Stain, Hale's colloidal ferric oxide
1 0185 Hale's colloidal iron stain Stain, Hale's colloidal iron
1 0186 Hansel stain Stain, Hansel
1 0187 Harris regressive hematoxylin and eosin stain Stain, Harris regressive hematoxylin and eosin
1 0188 Hematoxylin and eosin stain Stain, Hematoxylin and eosin
1 0189 Highman stain Stain, Highman
1 0190 Holzer stain Stain, Holzer
1 0191 Iron hematoxylin stain Stain, Iron hematoxylin
1 0192 Jones stain Stain, Jones
1 0193 Jones methenamine silver stain Stain, Jones methenamine silver
1 0194 Kossa stain Stain, Kossa
1 0195 Lawson-Van Gieson stain Stain, Lawson-Van Gieson
1 0196 Loeffler methylene blue stain Stain, Loeffler methylene blue
1 0197 Luxol fast blue with cresyl violet stain Stain, Luxol fast blue with cresyl violet
1 0198 Luxol fast blue with Periodic acid-Schiff stain Stain, Luxol fast blue with Periodic acid-Schiff
1 0199 MacNeal's tetrachrome blood stain Stain, MacNeal's tetrachrome blood
1 0200 Mallory-Heidenhain stain Stain, Mallory-Heidenhain
1 0201 Masson trichrome stain Stain, Masson trichrome
1 0202 Mayer mucicarmine stain Stain, Mayer mucicarmine
1 0203 Mayers progressive hematoxylin and eosin stain Stain, Mayers progressive hematoxylin and eosin
1 0204 May-Grunwald Giemsa stain Stain, May-Grunwald Giemsa
1 0205 Methyl green stain Stain, Methyl green
1 0206 Methyl green pyronin stain Stain, Methyl green pyronin
1 0207 Modified Gomori-Wheatly trichrome stain Stain, Modified Gomori-Wheatly trichrome
1 0208 Modified Masson trichrome stain Stain, Modified Masson trichrome
1 0209 Modified trichrome stain Stain, Modified trichrome
1 0210 Movat pentachrome stain Stain, Movat pentachrome
1 0211 Mucicarmine stain Stain, Mucicarmine
1 0212 Neutral red stain Stain, Neutral red
1 0213 Night blue stain Stain, Night blue
1 0214 Non-specific esterase stain Stain, Non-specific esterase
1 0215 Oil red-O stain Stain, Oil red-O
1 0216 Orcein stain Stain, Orcein
1 0217 Perls' stain Stain, Perls'
1 0218 Phosphotungstic acid-hematoxylin stain Stain, Phosphotungstic acid-hematoxylin
1 0219 Potassium ferrocyanide stain Stain, Potassium ferrocyanide
1 0220 Prussian blue stain Stain, Prussian blue
1 0221 Putchler modified Bennhold stain Stain, Putchler modified Bennhold
1 0222 Quinacrine fluorescent stain Stain, Quinacrine fluorescent
1 0223 Reticulin stain Stain, Reticulin
1 0224 Rhodamine stain Stain, Rhodamine
1 0225 Safranin stain Stain, Safranin
1 0226 Schmorl stain Stain, Schmorl
1 0227 Seiver-Munger stain Stain, Seiver-Munger
1 0228 Silver stain Stain, Silver
1 0229 Specific esterase stain Stain, Specific esterase
1 0230 Steiner silver stain Stain, Steiner silver
1 0231 Sudan III stain Stain, Sudan III
1 0232 Sudan IVI stain Stain, Sudan IVI
1 0233 Sulfated alcian blue stain Stain, Sulfated alcian blue
1 0234 Supravital stain Stain, Supravital
1 0235 Thioflavine-S stain Stain, Thioflavine-S
1 0236 Three micron Giemsa stain Stain, Three micron Giemsa
1 0237 Vassar-Culling stain Stain, Vassar-Culling
1 0238 Vital Stain Stain, Vital
1 0239 von Kossa stain Stain, von Kossa
1 0243 Minimum bactericidal concentration test, macrodilution Susceptibility, Minimum bactericidal concentration, macrodilution
1 0244 Minimum bactericidal concentration test, microdilution Susceptibility, Minimum bactericidal concentration, microdilution
1 0247 Turbidometric Turbidometric
1 0248 Refractometric Turbidometric, Refractometric
1 0249 Thin layer chromatography (TLC) Chromatography, Thin Layer
1 0250 EMIT Immunoassay, enzyme-multiplied technique (EMIT)
1 0251 Flow cytometry (FC) Flow Cytometry
1 0252 Radial immunodiffusion (RID) Radial Immunodiffusion
1 0253 Fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA) Immunoassay, Fluorescence Polarization
1 0254 Immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE) Electrophoresis, Immunofixation
1 0255 Equilibrium dialysis Dialysis, Direct Equilibrium
1 0256 Kleihauer-Betke acid elution Acid Elution, Kleihauer-Betke Method
1 0257 Anti-complement immunofluorescence (ACIF) Immunofluorescence, Anti-Complement
1 0258 GC/MS Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy
1 0259 Nephelometry Light Scatter, Nephelometry
1 0260 IgE immunoassay antibody Immunoassay, IgE Antibody Test
1 0261 Lymphocyte Microcytotoxicity Assay Lymphocyte Microcytotoxicity Assay
1 0262 Spectrophotometry Spectrophotometry
1 0263 Atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) Spectrophotometry, Atomic Absorption
1 0264 Ion selective electrode (ISE) Electrochemical, Ion Selective Electrode
1 0265 Gas chromatography (GC) Chromatography, Gas
1 0266 Isoelectric focusing (IEF) Isoelectric Focusing
1 0267 Immunochemiluminescence Immunoassay, Chemiluminescent
1 0268 Microparticle enzyme immunoassay (MEIA) Immunoassay, Microparticle Enzyme
1 0269 ICP/MS Inductively-Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
1 0270 Immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) Immunoassay, Immunoradiometric Assay
1 0271 Photo optical clot detection Coagulation, Photo Optical Clot Detection
1 0280 Susceptibility Testing Test methods designed to determine a microorganismaTMs susceptibility to being killed by an antibiotic.
2   0240   0240 Antibiotic sensitivity, disk Susceptibility, Antibiotic sensitivity, disk
2   0241   0241 BACTEC susceptibility test Susceptibility, BACTEC susceptibility test
2   0242   0242 Disk dilution Susceptibility, Disk dilution
2   0272   0272 Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Testing to measure the minimum concentration of the antibacterial agent in a given culture medium below which bacterial growth is not inhibited.
3     0245     0245 Minimum Inhibitory Concentration, macrodilution Susceptibility, Minimum Inhibitory concentration, macrodilution
3     0246     0246 Minimum Inhibitory Concentration, microdilution Susceptibility, Minimum Inhibitory concentration, microdilution
2   0273   0273 Viral Genotype Susceptibility Viral Genotype Susceptibility
2   0274   0274 Viral Phenotype Susceptibility Viral Phenotype Susceptibility
2   0275   0275 Gradient Strip Gradient Strip
2   0275a   0275a Minimum Lethal Concentration (MLC) Minimum Lethal Concentration (MLC)
2   0276   0276 Slow Mycobacteria Susceptibility Testing to measure the minimum concentration of the antibacterial agent in a given culture medium below which bacterial growth is not inhibited.
2   0277   0277 Serum bactericidal titer Serum bactericidal titer
2   0278   0278 Agar screen Agar screen
2   0279   0279 Disk induction Disk induction
1 0127 Nucleic acid probe Molecular, Nucleic acid probe