FHIR Release 3 (STU) R4 Ballot #1 (Mixed Normative/Trial use)

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4.3.1.319 4.3.1.328 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/location-physical-type

Patient Administration Work Group   Maturity Level : 1 Informative Draft 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/location-physical-type
Name: LocationType
Definition:

This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location.

Committee: Patient Administration Work Group
OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.319 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.328 (for OID based terminology systems)
Source Resource XML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

4.3.1.319.1 4.3.1.328.1 Content Logical Definition

This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

 

4.3.1.319.2 4.3.1.328.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 19 03 Apr 2017 2018

This value set contains 14 concepts

Expansion based on http://hl7.org/fhir/location-physical-type version 3.0.2 3.3.0

All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/location-physical-type

Code Display Definition
si Site A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus.
bu Building Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It may might not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space.
wi Wing A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors.
wa Ward A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location.
lvl Level A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure.
co Corridor Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms.
ro Room A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these.
bd Bed A space that is allocated for sleeping/laying on. This is not the physical bed/trolley that may be moved about, but the space it may occupy.
ve Vehicle A means of transportation.
ho House A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside.
ca Cabinet A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items.
rd Road A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name.
area Area A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode
jdn Jurisdiction A wide scope that covers a conceptual domain, such as a Nation (Country wide community or Federal Government - e.g. Ministry of Health), Province or State (community or Government), Business (throughout the enterprise), Nation with a business scope of an agency (e.g. CDC, FDA etc.) or a Business segment (UK Pharmacy), not just an physical boundry

 

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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')
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Definition An explanation of the meaning of the concept
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