This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ExposureMode defines the following codes:

LvlCodeDisplayDefinitionnotSelectable
1_ExposureModeExposureModeCode for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure.True
2  AIRBORNEairborneDescription: Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through indirect contact via oral or nasal inhalation.
2  CONTACTcontactDescription: Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through direct physical contact.
2  FOODBORNEfoodborneDescription: Communication of an agent from a food source to a living subject via oral consumption.
2  WATERBORNEwaterborneDescription: Communication of an agent to a living subject by contact and/or consumption via an aqueous medium

Properties

CodeURLDescriptionType
notSelectablehttp://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#notSelectableIndicates that the code is abstract - only intended to be used as a selector for other conceptsBoolean

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