1.14.2.1.811 Value Set for codes in http://hl7.org/fhir/modality

1.14.2.1.811.1 Modality

Type of data in the instance

Copyright Statement: These codes are excerpted from Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Standard, Part 16: Content Mapping Resource, Copyright 2011 by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association

This value set includes codes defined in other code systems, using the following rules:

• Include these codes as defined in http://nema.org/dicom/dcid

  Code	Display	Definition
  AR	Autorefraction	Autorefraction device
  AU	Audio	Audio object
  BDUS	Ultrasound Bone Densitometry	Ultrasound Bone Densitometry (modality)
  BI	Biomagnetic imaging	Biomagnetic imaging device
  BMD	Bone Mineral Densitometry	Bone Mineral Densitometry by X-Ray (modality), including dual-energy X-Ray absorptiometry (DXA) and morphometric X-Ray absorptiometry (MXA)
  CR	Computed Radiography	Computed Radiography device
  CT	Computed Tomography	Computed Tomography device
  DG	Diaphanography	Diaphanography device
  DX	Digital Radiography	Digital Radiography device
  ECG	Electrocardiography	Electrocardiography device
  EPS	Cardiac Electrophysiology	Cardiac Electrophysiology device
  ES	Endoscopy	Endoscopy device
  GM	General Microscopy	General Microscopy device
  HC	Hard Copy	Hard Copy
  HD	Hemodynamic Waveform	Hemodynamic Waveform acquisition device
  IO	Intra-oral Radiography	Intra-oral Radiography device
  IVOCT	Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography	Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography device
  IVUS	Intravascular Ultrasound	Intravascular Ultrasound device
  KER	Keratometry	Keratometry device
  KO	Key Object Selection	Key Object Selection object
  LEN	Lensometry	Lensometry device
  LS	Laser surface scan	Laser surface scan device
  MG	Mammography	Mammography device
  MR	Magnetic Resonance	Magnetic Resonance device
  NM	Nuclear Medicine	Nuclear Medicine device
  OAM	Ophthalmic Axial Measurements	Measurements of the axial length of the eye which are done by various devices
  OCT	Optical Coherence Tomography	Modality device that uses an interferometric, non-invasive optical tomographic technique to image 2D slices and 3D volumes of tissue using visible and near visible frequencies.
  OP	Ophthalmic photography	Ophthalmic photography modality
  OPM	Ophthalmic Mapping	Modality device that measures corneal topography, corneal or retinal thickness, and other similar parameters that are typically displayed as maps.
  OPT	Ophthalmic Tomography	Tomography of the eye acquired by a modality that is based on light and optical principles. Tomography based on other principles, such as ultrasound, is excluded.
  OPV	Ophthalmic Visual Field	Modality device that measures visual fields and perform visual perimetry.
  OT	Other Modality	Other Modality device
  PR	Presentation State	Presentation State object
  PT	Positron emission tomography	Positron emission tomography (PET) device
  PX	Panoramic X-Ray	Panoramic X-Ray device
  REG	Registration	Registration
  RF	Radiofluoroscopy	Radiofluoroscopy device
  RG	Radiographic imaging	Radiographic imaging (conventional film/screen)
  RTDOSE	Radiotherapy Dose	Radiotherapy Dose
  RTIMAGE	Radiotherapy Image	Radiotherapy Imaging device; includes portal imaging
  RTPLAN	Radiotherapy Plan	Radiotherapy Plan
  RTRECORD	Radiotherapy Treatment Record	Radiotherapy Treatment Record
  RTSTRUCT	Radiotherapy Structure Set	Radiotherapy Structure Set
  SEG	Segmentation	Segmentation
  SM	Slide Microscopy	Slide Microscopy
  SMR	Stereometric Relationship	Stereometric image pairing modality
  SR	Structured Report Document	Structured Report Document
  SRF	Subjective Refraction	Subjective Refraction device
  TG	Thermography	Thermography device
  US	Ultrasound	Ultrasound device
  VA	Visual Acuity	Visual Acuity device
  XA	X-Ray Angiography	X-Ray Angiography device
  XC	External-camera Photography	External-camera Photography device