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1.25.2.1.215 4.3.1.382 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-methods

Orders and Observations Work Group

Maturity Level : 1

Informative

Use Context : Not Intended for Production use

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL:	http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-methods
Name:	Observation Methods
Definition:	Observation Method codes from SNOMED CT (codes subsumed by [SNOMED CT](http://snomed.info/sct) where concept is-a 272394005 "Technique", (Technique (qualifier value)) or is-a 129264002 (Action (qualifier value)) or is-a 386053000 (Evaluation procedure(procedure))
Committee:	Orders and the v3 Code System "ObservationMethod" (which is no longer actively maintained). Observations Work Group
OID:	2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.215 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.382 (for OID based terminology systems)
Copyright:	This value set includes content from SNOMED CT, which is copyright © © 2002+ International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), and distributed by agreement between IHTSDO and HL7. Implementer use of SNOMED CT is not covered by this agreement.
Source Resource	XML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

• Observation.method ( Example )
• StructureDefinition Cholesterol: DeviceMetricObservation: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition Triglyceride: Observation-Genetics: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition HDLCholesterol: VitalSigns: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition LDLCholesterol: BodyWeight: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition RespRate: Observation.method ( (( Example ) ))
• StructureDefinition DeviceMetricObservation: HeartRate: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition Genetics: BodyTemp: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition BodyHeight: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition BodyLength: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition HeadCircum: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition OxygenSat: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition BMI: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition BP: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition VitalsPanel: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition Cholesterol: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition Triglyceride: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition HDLCholesterol: Observation.method (( Example ))
• StructureDefinition LDLCholesterol: Observation.method (( Example ))

1.25.2.1.215.1 4.3.1.382.1 Content Logical Definition

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1.25.2.1.215.2 4.3.1.382.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 24 Oct 2015 19 Apr 2017

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