Media SubType

Detailed information about the type of the image - its kind, purpose, or the kind of equipment used to generate it.

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This value set has an inline code system http://hl7.org/fhir/media-subtype, which defines the following codes:

Code	Display	Definition
diagram	Diagram	A diagram. Often used in diagnostic reports
fax	Fax	A digital record of a fax document
scan	Scanned Document	A digital scan of a document. This is reserved for when there is not enough metadata to create a document reference
retina	Retina scan	A retinal image used for identification purposes
fingerprint	Fingerprint	A finger print scan used for identification purposes
iris	Iris	An iris scan used for identification purposes
palm	Palm	A palm scan used for identification purposes
face	Face	A face scan used for identification purposes

In addition, this value set includes codes from other code systems:

• Import all the codes that are contained in http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/dicom-cid29
• Include codes from http://snomed.info/sct where concept is-a 363679005