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CommunicationBarrierCode

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communication-barrier-vs

Description

Contains codes required to identify if the patient speaks/understands an offical language (english/french), or if an interpretor is required. This resource is an informative value set; a normative subset containing the expanded values can be found on Canada Health Infoway's Terminology Server.

Canonical URL

https://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/ValueSet/ca-communicationbarrier

Definitions

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Import all codes from CodeSystem CommunicationBarrierSystem

<id value="communication-barrier-vs" />
<url value="https://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/ValueSet/ca-communicationbarrier" />
<version value="1.2.0-dft-1" />
<name value="CommunicationBarrierValueSet" />
<title value="Communication Barrier" />
<status value="active" />
<experimental value="false" />
<date value="2025-03-31" />
<publisher value="Canada Health Infoway" />
<contact>
<telecom>
<system value="url" />
<value value="http://www.infoway-inforoute.ca" />
</telecom>
<telecom>
<system value="email" />
<value value="standards@infoway-inforoute.ca" />
</telecom>
</contact>
<description value="Contains codes required to identify if the patient speaks/understands an offical language (english/french), or if an interpretor is required. This resource is an informative value set; a normative subset containing the expanded values can be found on Canada Health Infoway's [Terminology Server](https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/tools/standards-tools/terminology-server)." />
<jurisdiction>
<coding>
<system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166" />
<code value="CA" />
</coding>
</jurisdiction>
<immutable value="false" />
<copyright value="Copyright © 2025+ Canada Health Infoway. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use and License Agreements](https://ic.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/about/tou). [Privacy Policy](https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/legal/privacy-policy)." />
<compose>
<include>
<system value="https://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/CodeSystem/ca-communicationbarrier" />
</include>
</compose>

</ValueSet>

{

"resourceType": "ValueSet",
"id": "communication-barrier-vs",
"url": "https://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/ValueSet/ca-communicationbarrier",
"version": "1.2.0-dft-1",
"name": "CommunicationBarrierValueSet",
"title": "Communication Barrier",
"status": "active",
"experimental": false,
"date": "2025-03-31",
"publisher": "Canada Health Infoway",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "http://www.infoway-inforoute.ca"
},
{
"system": "email",
"value": "standards@infoway-inforoute.ca"
}
]
}
],
"description": "Contains codes required to identify if the patient speaks/understands an offical language (english/french), or if an interpretor is required. This resource is an informative value set; a normative subset containing the expanded values can be found on Canada Health Infoway's [Terminology Server](https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/tools/standards-tools/terminology-server).",
"jurisdiction": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
"code": "CA"
}
]
}
],
"immutable": false,
"copyright": "Copyright © 2025+ Canada Health Infoway. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use and License Agreements](https://ic.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/about/tou). [Privacy Policy](https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/legal/privacy-policy).",
"compose": {
"include": [
{
"system": "https://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/CodeSystem/ca-communicationbarrier"
}
]
}

}

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