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FHIR Infrastructure Work Group | Maturity Level: 5 | Trial Use | Use Context: Country: World, Not yet ready for Production use |
Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units
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Version: 5.0.0 | |||
| draft as of 2023-03-26 | Computable Name: CommonUCUMCodesForDistance | |||
| Flags: Experimental | OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.62 | |||
This value set is used in the following places:
Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes all common UCUM codes used for distance - that it is, all commonly used units which have the same canonical unit as 'm' (meter)
http://unitsofmeasure.org 
| Code | Display |
| nm | nanometers |
| um | micrometers |
| mm | millimeters |
| m | meters |
| km | kilometers |
This expansion generated 26 Mar 2023
This value set contains 5 concepts
Expansion based on UCUM version 2.0.1
See the full registry of value sets defined as part of FHIR.
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 |