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final Value Set ObservationInterpretation 2011‑07‑26

description: One or more codes specifying a rough qualitative interpretation of the observation, such as "normal", "abnormal", "below normal", "change up", "resist...
Description
description:

One or more codes specifying a rough qualitative interpretation of the observation, such as "normal", "abnormal", "below normal", "change up", "resistant", "susceptible", etc.

Discussion: These interpretation codes are sometimes called "abnormal flags", however, the judgment of normalcy is just one of the common rough interpretations, and is often not relevant. For example, the susceptibility interpretations are not about "normalcy", and for any observation of a pathologic condition, it does not make sense to state the normalcy, since pathologic conditions are never considered "normal."

Value Set Name Value Set Id Version / effective date Status
ObservationInterpretation 2.16.840.1.113883.1.11.78 DEFN=UV=VO=1099-20110726 - 2011‑07‑26 Final
Source Code System:
  • 2.16.840.1.113883.5.83 HL7 ObservationInterpretation
Level/ Type Code Display Name Code System Description
0-A _GeneticObservationInterpretation GeneticObservationInterpretation HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  Carrier Carrier HL7 ObservationInterpretation
0-A _ObservationInterpretationChange ObservationInterpretationChange HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  B better HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  D decreased HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  U increased HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  W worse HL7 ObservationInterpretation
0-A _ObservationInterpretationExceptions ObservationInterpretationExceptions HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  < low off scale HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  > high off scale HL7 ObservationInterpretation
0-A _ObservationInterpretationNormality ObservationInterpretationNormality HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-S  A Abnormal HL7 ObservationInterpretation
2-S   AA Abnormal alert HL7 ObservationInterpretation
3-L    HH High alert HL7 ObservationInterpretation
3-L    LL Low alert HL7 ObservationInterpretation
2-S   H High HL7 ObservationInterpretation
3-L    HH High alert HL7 ObservationInterpretation
2-S   L Low HL7 ObservationInterpretation
3-L    LL Low alert HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  N Normal HL7 ObservationInterpretation
0-A _ObservationInterpretationSusceptibility ObservationInterpretationSusceptibility HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  I intermediate HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  MS moderately susceptible HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  R resistent HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  S susceptible HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  VS very susceptible HL7 ObservationInterpretation
0-S EX outside threshold HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  HX above high threshold HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  LX below low threshold HL7 ObservationInterpretation
0-A ObservationInterpretationDetection ObservationInterpretationDetection HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  IND Indeterminate HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  NEG Negative HL7 ObservationInterpretation
1-L  POS Positive HL7 ObservationInterpretation
Legenda: Type L=leaf, S=specializable, A=abstract, D=deprecated. NullFlavors to appear in @nullFlavor attribute instead of @code.
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