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Definition for Code System AlternativeCodeKind
{
"resourceType": "CodeSystem",
"id": "codesystem-altcode-kind",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2018-04-03T12:05:46.262+10:00"
},
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
},
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/codesystem-altcode-kind",
"identifier": {
"system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.953"
},
"version": "3.3.0",
"name": "AlternativeCodeKind",
"status": "draft",
"experimental": false,
"date": "2018-04-03T12:05:46+10:00",
"publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
},
{
"system": "email",
"value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}
]
}
],
"description": "Indicates the type of use for which the code is defined",
"caseSensitive": true,
"valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/codesystem-altcode-kind",
"content": "complete",
"concept": [
{
"code": "alternate",
"display": "Alternate Code",
"definition": "The code is an alternative code that can be used in any of the circumstances that the primary code can be used"
},
{
"code": "deprecated",
"display": "Deprecated",
"definition": "The code should no longer be used, but was used in the past"
},
{
"code": "case-insensitive",
"display": "Case Insensitive",
"definition": "The code is an alternative to be used when a case insensitive code is required (when the primary codes are case sensitive)"
},
{
"code": "case-sensitive",
"display": "Case Sensitive",
"definition": "The code is an alternative to be used when a case sensitive code is required (when the primary codes are case insensitive)"
},
{
"code": "expression",
"display": "Expression",
"definition": "The code is an alternative for the primary code that is built using the expression grammar defined by the code system"
}
]
}
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.