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CodeSystem: Coding Purpose Code System

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/coding-purpose Version: 5.3.0
Standards status: Draft Maturity Level: 4 Computable Name: CodingPurposeCS
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.2112

The reason a coding is present.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

Changes since version 5.2.0:

  • The resource metadata has changed (experimental)

    • Last updated: 2023-01-31 07:07:38+1100

    This case-sensitive code system http://hl7.org/fhir/coding-purpose defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:

    LvlCodeDisplayDefinition
    1 original Original Code Originally produced/selected code.
    1 post-coded Post Coded Post-coded from free text source (either by Human or AI).
    1 translated Translated Translated from the source code (e.g. by table or terminology service).
    1 conformance Conformance Required to be present by one or more interface/messaging specifications.
    2   conformance-fhir Conformance (FHIR) Required to be present by the base FHIR specifications.
    2   conformance-national Conformance (National Spec) Required to be present by a national specification (usually the base/core FHIR profile for the jurisdiction).
    2   conformance-business Conformance (Business Spec) Required to be present by an applicable business specifications (e.g. DaVinci, mCode, WHO IGs).