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Various coded values which are used to describe clinical concepts within health records as well as codes used within messages to meet the structural requirements of interfaces.
*Please note that these are Code System and/or Value set created by Ontario Health
Value Sets defined by this implementation guide:
| Profile - Element | Binding Strength | Value Set (Code System) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient - Patient.address.type | Required | AddressType** (OntarioHealth) |
Distinguishes between physical addresses (those you can visit) and mailing addresses (e.g. PO Boxes and care-of addresses). |
| Practitioner - PractitionerRole.Location.address.type | Required | AddressType** (Ontario Health) |
Distinguishes between physical addresses (those you can visit) and mailing addresses (e.g. PO Boxes and care-of addresses). |
| Organization - Organization.address.type | Required | AddressType** (Ontario Health) |
Distinguishes between physical addresses (those you can visit) and mailing addresses (e.g. PO Boxes and care-of addresses). |
| Patient - Patient.address.use | Required | AddressUse** (Ontario Health) |
Indicates how the patient and provider address is used. |
| Practitioner - PractitionerRole.Location.address.use | Required | AddressUse** ( ) |
Indicates how the patient and provider address is used. |
| Organization - Organization.address.use | Required | AddressUse** (Ontario Health) |
Indicates how the patient and provider address is used. |
| Patient - Patient.gender | Required | AdministrativeGender** (Ontario Health) |
The gender of a person used for administrative purposes. |
| Bundle - Bundle.type | Required | BundleType (HL7 FHIR) | Indicates the purpose of a bundle - how it is intended to be used. |
| Patient - Patient.telecom.system | Required | ContactPointSystem** (OntarioHealth) |
Telecommunications form for contact point. |
| Patient - Patient.telecom.use | Required | ContactPointUse** (OntarioHealth) |
Use of contact point. |
| Patient - Patient.address.country | Required | CountryCode** (OntarioHealth) |
The set of 3-character country codes. |
| Practitioner - PractitionerRole.Location.address.type | Required | CountryCode** (OntarioHealth) |
The set of 3-character country codes. |
| Organization - Organization.address.country | Required | CountryCode** (OntarioHealth) |
The set of 3-character country codes. |
| ServiceRequest - ServiceRequest.reasonCode | Required | DiagnosisCodes** (OntarioHealth) |
Codes allowing ICD-10-CA-encoded diagnosis information to be communicated to the laboratory when required to complete the requested tests |
| DiagnosticReport - DiagnosticReport.status | Required | DiagnosticReportStatus** (OntarioHealth) |
Codes providing the status of an diagnostic report. |
| Observation - Observation.value.extension.Attachment.ContentType | Required | DataMimetype** (OntarioHealth) |
Attachment MIME type supported by OLIS |
| Encounter - Encounter.class.code | Required | EncounterClass** (OntarioHealth) |
Classification of the encounter. |
| DiagnosticReport - DiagnosticReport.identifier.type | Extensible | Identifier Type** (OntarioHealth) |
Codes for general categories of identifiers |
| Observation - Observation.identifier.type | Extensible | Identifier Type** (OntarioHealth) |
Codes for general categories of identifiers |
| ServiceRequest - ServiceRequest.identifier.type | Extensible | Identifier Type** (OntarioHealth) |
Codes for general categories of identifiers |
| Observation - Observation.interpretation | Required | Interpretation** (OntarioHealth) |
A categorical assessment providing a rough qualitative interpretation of the observation value such as “normal”/ “abnormal””low” / “high” |
| Observation - Observation.valueCodeableConcept | Required | Microorganism Codes** (OntarioHealth) |
Microorganism codes supported by OLIS |
| Observation - Observation.referenceRange.appliesTo | Required | NatureOfAbnormalTest** (OntarioHealth) |
This value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the target population criteria for the reference range |
| Observation - Observation.status | Required | ObservationStatus** (OntarioHealth) |
Codes providing the status of an observation. |
| Observation - Observation.code | Required | ObservationCodes** (OntarioHealth) |
Observation codes supported by OLIS |
| Observation - Observation.category | Required | ObservationCategory** (OntarioHealth) |
Observation category codes supported by OLIS |
| Encounter - Encounter.partcipant.type.coding.code | Required | ParticipantType** (OntarioHealth) |
Participant type for physicians supported by OLIS |
| Patient - Patient.identifier.type | Required | PatientIdentifierType** (OntarioHealth) |
Code for Type of Patient Identifier. |
| Patient - Patient.address.state | Required | ProvinceStateCode** (OntarioHealth) |
Codes for provinces states and territories supported by Ontario Health interfaces. |
| Practitioner - PractitionerRole.Location.address.state | Required | ProvinceStateCode** (OntarioHealth) |
Codes for provinces states and territories supported by Ontario Health interfaces. |
| Organization - Organization.address.state | Required | ProvinceStateCode** (OntarioHealth) |
Codes for provinces states and territories supported by Ontario Health interfaces. |
| ServiceRequest - ServiceRequest.extension.ReportableTestIndicator | Required | Reportable Test Indicator** (OntarioHealth) |
Laboratories are required to populate this filed to ensure that reportable laboratory findings are available to Public Health and Cancer Care Ontario. |
| ServiceRequest - ServiceRequest.requisition.priority | Required | RequestPriority** (OntarioHealth) |
The clinical priority of a diagnostic order. |
| ServiceRequest - ServiceRequest.requisition.status | Required | RequestStatus** (OntarioHealth) |
Codes providing the status of a requested test. |
| ServiceRequest - ServiceRequest.extension.requestTiming | Required | RequestTiming** (OntarioHealth) |
Laboratories populate this field to set timing for request to pre-operative or Timing critical.. |
| DiagnosticReport - DiagnosticReport.extension.note.extension | Required | SourceOfComment** (OntarioHealth) |
Codes supported by OLIS differentiating source of comment |
| ServiceRequest - ServiceRequest.note.extension | Required | SourceOfComment** (OntarioHealth) |
Codes supported by OLIS differentiating source of comment |
| Observation - Observation.note.extension | Required | SourceOfComment** (OntarioHealth) |
Codes supported by OLIS differentiating source of comment |
| Specimen - Specimen.type.coding.code | Required | SpecimenSourceCodes** (OntarioHealth) |
The type of the specimen. |
| ServiceRequest - ServiceRequest.code | Required | TestRequestCodes** (OntarioHealth) |
Test request codes supported by OLIS |