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: encounterClass FHIR - XML Representation

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<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="encounterClass"/>
  <text>
    <status value="extensions"/>
    <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>
  </text>
  <url value="http://va.gov/fhir/ValueSet/encounterClass"/>
  <version value="1.3.1"/>
  <name value="EncounterClass"/>
  <title value="encounterClass FHIR"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2025-03-31T14:29:33+00:00"/>
  <publisher value="VA"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="VA"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="https://www.va.gov"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="FHIR Target ValueSet for Terminology Maps [VF_encounterClass](ConceptMap-VF-encounterClass.html)"/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
      <code value="US"/>
      <display value="United States of America"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode"/>
      <concept>
        <code value="IMP"/>
        <display value="inpatient encounter"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="AMB"/>
        <display value="ambulatory"/>
      </concept>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>