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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