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4.4.1.263 4.4.1.519 Value Set ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group

Maturity Level : 5

Trial Use

Use Context : Any Country: World, Not yet ready for Production use

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project. Summary

• Defining URL: Narrative http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units
• Version: XML 4.3.0
• Name: JSON CommonUCUMCodesForDistance
• Title: TTL Common UCUM Codes for Distance

OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.62 (for OID based terminology systems)

Official URL : Definition: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes common UCUM codes for units of distance Committee:				FHIR Infrastructure Work Group Version : 5.0.0
draft as of 2023-03-26				Copyright: Computable Name : CommonUCUMCodesForDistance 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.
Source Resource Flags : Experimental				XML / JSON OID : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.62

This value set is used in the following places:

• Resource: Datatype: Distance (Quantity / Extensible )

4.4.1.263.1 4.4.1.519.1 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 Content Logical Definition

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4.4.1.519.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 26 Mar 2023

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