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: encounterClass FHIR - JSON Representation

Active as of 2025-03-31

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{
  "resourceType" : "ValueSet",
  "id" : "encounterClass",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "extensions",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet encounterClass</b></p><a name=\"encounterClass\"> </a><a name=\"hcencounterClass\"> </a><a name=\"encounterClass-en-US\"> </a><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/6.2.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html\"><code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode</code></a><table class=\"none\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/6.2.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html#v3-ActCode-IMP\">IMP</a></td><td>inpatient encounter</td><td>A patient encounter where a patient is admitted by a hospital or equivalent facility, assigned to a location where patients generally stay at least overnight and provided with room, board, and continuous nursing service.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/6.2.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html#v3-ActCode-AMB\">AMB</a></td><td>ambulatory</td><td>A comprehensive term for health care provided in a healthcare facility (e.g. a practitioneraTMs office, clinic setting, or hospital) on a nonresident basis. The term ambulatory usually implies that the patient has come to the location and is not assigned to a bed. Sometimes referred to as an outpatient encounter.</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>"
  },
  "url" : "http://va.gov/fhir/ValueSet/encounterClass",
  "version" : "1.3.1",
  "name" : "EncounterClass",
  "title" : "encounterClass FHIR",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2025-03-31T14:29:33+00:00",
  "publisher" : "VA",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "name" : "VA",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "https://www.va.gov"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "FHIR Target ValueSet for Terminology Maps [VF_encounterClass](ConceptMap-VF-encounterClass.html)",
  "jurisdiction" : [
    {
      "coding" : [
        {
          "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
          "code" : "US",
          "display" : "United States of America"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "compose" : {
    "include" : [
      {
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
        "concept" : [
          {
            "code" : "IMP",
            "display" : "inpatient encounter"
          },
          {
            "code" : "AMB",
            "display" : "ambulatory"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}