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4.4.1.115 4.4.1.142 Value Set ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/substance-code

  Maturity Level : 1

Orders Responsible Owner: Biomedical Research and Observations Regulation Work Group

Draft Informative

Use Context : Any Country: World

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

• Defining URL: Narrative http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/substance-code
• XML Version:
• 4.0.1 JSON
• Name: TTL SubstanceCode

Committee:

Official URL : Title: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/substance-code Substance Code Definition:				This value set contains concept codes for specific substances. It includes codes from SNOMED where concept is-a 105590001 (Substance (substance)) and where concept is-a 373873005 (Pharmaceutical / biologic product (product)) Version : 6.0.0-ballot3
active as of 2025-11-27				Orders and Observations Computable Name : SubstanceCode Work Group
OID: Flags :				2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.473 (for OID based terminology systems) Copyright: This resource includes content from SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) which is copyright of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO). Implementers of these specifications must have the appropriate SNOMED CT Affiliate license - for more information contact http://www.snomed.org/snomed-ct/get-snomed-ct or info@snomed.org Source Resource XML / JSON : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.473

This value set is used in the following places:

• Resource: Substance.ingredient.substance[x] Substance.code (CodeableConcept|Reference(Substance) (CodeableReference(SubstanceDefinition) / Example )
• Resource: AllergyIntolerance.reaction.substance (CodeableConcept / Example )
• Resource: Device.additive.type (CodeableReference(SubstanceDefinition) / Example )
• Resource: DeviceDefinition.material.substance (CodeableConcept / Example )
• Extension: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/allergyintolerance-substanceExposureRisk: substanceExposureRisk AISubstanceExposureRisk (CodeableConcept / Example )

4.4.1.115.1 4.4.1.142.1 Content Logical Definition

This value set includes contains concept codes from the following code systems: Include for specific substances. It includes codes from http://snomed.info/sct SNOMED where concept is-a 105590001 (Substance) (Substance (substance))

4.4.1.142.2 Content Logical Definition

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4.4.1.115.2 4.4.1.142.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 01 27 Nov 2019 2025

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This value set contains 2000 concepts

 

See the full registry of value sets defined as part of FHIR.

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Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

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