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Terminology

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.

Value Sets defined by this implementation guide:

Value Set Description Profiles Binding Strength
AddressType Codes supported by eHealth Ontario differentiating mailing from physical addresses Patient: Patient.address.type Required
AddressUse Codes supported by eHealth Ontario indicating how the patient and provider address is used Patient: Patient.address.use,
Practitioner: Practitioner.address.use,
OrganizationOrderingFacility: Organization.address.use,
OrganizationPerforming: Organization.address.use,
OrganizationReporting: Organization.address.use
Required
AdministrativeGender Administrative gender for patients and practitioners supported by eHealth Ontario Patient: Patient.gender Required
ContactPointSystem Codes supported by eHealth Ontario differentiating types of contact point systems Patient: Patient.contact.telecom.system Required
ContactPointUse Codes supported by eHealth Ontario differentiating uses of contact points Patient: Patient.contact.telecom.use Required
DiagnosticReportStatus Codes supported by eHealth Ontario differentiating uses of diagnostic report status DiagnosticReport: DiagnosticReport.status Required
DataSubtype Attachment subtype of referenced data supported by eHealth Ontario Observation: Observation.value.valueAttachment.extension.data-subtype Required
Interpretation Abnormal observation flags supported by eHealth Ontario Observation: Observation.interpretation,
ObservationMicrobiologyChild: Observation.interpretation
Extensible
NatureOfAbnormalTest Codes supported by eHealth Ontario differentiating types nature of abnormal tests Observation: Observation.referenceRange.appliesTo Required
ObservationStatus Codes supported by eHealth Ontario differentiating uses of observation status Observation: Observation.status,
ObservationMicrobiologyChild: Observation.status
Required
ObservationCodes Observation codes supported by eHealth Ontario Observation: Observation.code, ObservationMicrobiologyChild: Observation.code Required
ObservationMicrobiologyCodes Microbiology codes supported by eHealth Ontario ObservationMicrobiologyChild: Observation.value Required
ObservationCategory Observation category codes supported by eHealth Ontario Observation: Observation.category,
ObservationMicrobiologyChild: Observation.category
Preferred
ObservationRelationshipType Codes specifying how two observations are related supported by eHealth Ontario Observation: Observation.related.type Required
ParticipantType Participant type for physicians supported by eHealth Ontario Encounter: Encounter.partcipant.type Extensible
ProcedureRequestCodes Procedure request codes supported by eHealth Ontario ProcedureRequest: ProcedureRequest.code Extensible
RequestPriority Codes providing request priority supported by eHealth Ontario ProcedureRequest: ProcedureRequest.requisition.priority Required
RequestStatus Codes supported by eHealth Ontario differentiating uses of request status ProcedureRequest: ProcedureRequest.requisition.status Required
SourceOfComment Codes supported by eHealth Ontario differentiating source of comments types DiagnosticReport: DiagnosticReport.extension.note,
ProcedureRequest: ProcedureRequest.extension.note,
Observation: Observation.extension.note
Optional
SpecimenSourceCodes Specimen source codes supported by eHealth Ontario Specimen: Specimen.type.coding.code Required