NHS Digital FHIR Implementation Guide (Retired - 2.1.50)

This guidance is under active development by NHS Digital and content may be added or updated on a regular basis.

COVID19DetectionOfVirus

Code Description System Valid Coded ValueSet
871555000 Detection of ribonucleic acid of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 http://snomed.info/sct covid-19-detection-of-virus

ObservationDefinition
{
"resourceType": "ObservationDefinition",
"id": "snomed-871555000",
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "871555000",
"display": "Detection of ribonucleic acid of SARS-CoV-2"
}
]
},
"validCodedValueSet": {
"reference": "https://fhir.nhs.uk/ValueSet/covid-19-detection-of-virus"
}
}
<ObservationDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="snomed-871555000" />
<code>
<coding>
<system value="http://snomed.info/sct" />
<code value="871555000" />
<display value="Detection of ribonucleic acid of SARS-CoV-2" />
</coding>
</code>
<validCodedValueSet>
<reference value="https://fhir.nhs.uk/ValueSet/covid-19-detection-of-virus" />
</validCodedValueSet>
</ObservationDefinition>

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