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4.4.1.394 4.4.1.431 Value Set ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/discriminator-type

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This is a value set defined by the FHIR project. Summary Committee:
Official URL : Title: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/discriminator-type DiscriminatorType Definition: How an element value is interpreted when discrimination is evaluated. Version : 6.0.0-ballot3
active as of 2025-11-27 FHIR Infrastructure Computable Name : DiscriminatorType Work Group
OID: Flags : Immutable 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.91 (for OID based terminology systems) Source Resource XML / JSON : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.91

This value set is used in the following places:

4.4.1.394.1 4.4.1.431.1 Definition

How an element value is interpreted when discrimination is evaluated.

4.4.1.431.2 Content Logical Definition

This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

Generated Narrative: ValueSet discriminator-type

Last updated: 2025-11-27T16:48:47.349Z

 

4.4.1.394.2 4.4.1.431.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 01 27 Nov 2019 2025

ValueSet This value set contains 5 concepts

Expansion performed internally based on http://hl7.org/fhir/discriminator-type version 4.0.1 All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/discriminator-type codesystem DiscriminatorType v6.0.0-ballot3 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 6 concepts

System Code Display Definition status icon
http://hl7.org/fhir/discriminator-type    value Value The slices have different values in the nominated element. element, as determined by the applicable fixed value, pattern, or required ValueSet binding.
http://hl7.org/fhir/discriminator-type    exists Exists The slices are differentiated by the presence or absence of the nominated element. There SHALL be no more than two slices. The slices are differentiated by the fact that one must have a max of 0 and the other must have a min of 1 (or more). The order in which the slices are declared doesn't matter.
http://hl7.org/fhir/discriminator-type    pattern Pattern The slices have different values in the nominated element, as determined by testing them against the applicable ElementDefinition.pattern[x]. fixed value, pattern, or required ValueSet binding. This has the same meaning as 'value' and is deprecated. deprecated
http://hl7.org/fhir/discriminator-type    type Type The slices are differentiated by type of the nominated element.
http://hl7.org/fhir/discriminator-type    profile Profile The slices are differentiated by conformance of the nominated element to a specified profile. Note that if the path specifies .resolve() then the profile is the target profile on the reference. In this case, validation by the possible profiles is required to differentiate the slices.
http://hl7.org/fhir/discriminator-type    position Position The slices are differentiated by their index. This is only possible if all but the last slice have min=max cardinality, and the (optional) last slice contains other undifferentiated elements.

 

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Lvl A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. For value sets, levels are mostly used to organize codes for user convenience, but may follow code system hierarchy - see Code System for further information
Source The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)
Code The code (used as the code in the resource instance). If the code is in italics, this indicates that the code is not selectable ('Abstract')
Display The display (used in the display element of a Coding ). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application
Definition An explanation of the meaning of the concept
Comments Additional notes about how to use the code