Used to specify why the normally expected content of the data element is missing.
This value set has an inline code system http://hl7.org/fhir/data-absent-reason, which defines the following codes:
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Lvl
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Code
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Display
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Definition
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Comments
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| 1 |
unknown
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Unknown |
The value is not known. |
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| 1 |
asked
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Asked |
The source human does not know the value. |
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| 1 |
temp
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Temp |
There is reason to expect (from the workflow) that the value may become known. |
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| 1 |
not-asked
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Not Asked |
The workflow didn't lead to this value being known. |
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| 1 |
masked
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Masked |
The information is not available due to security, privacy or related reasons. |
Using "masked" may be breach of security or confidentiality, but there are times when its use is required to support alternate workflows for gaining access to denied information. |
| 1 |
unsupported
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Unsupported |
The source system wasn't capable of supporting this element. |
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| 1 |
astext
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As Text |
The content of the data is represented in the resource narrative. |
it may be linked by internal references (e.g. xml:id). This usually implies that the value could not be represented in the correct format - this may be due to system limitations, or this particular data value |
| 1 |
error
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Error |
Some system or workflow process error means that the information is not available. |
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| 2 |
NaN
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Not a Number |
NaN, standing for not a number, is a numeric data type value representing an undefined or unrepresentable value. |
This is sometimes ab output value from measuring devices |