{
"description": "Codes indicating why an observation is in its current status.",
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},
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} ]
} ],
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"name": "ObservationStatusReasonCodes",
"copyright": "Copyright HL7. Licensed under creative commons public domain",
"type": null,
"experimental": "true",
"resourceType": "CodeSystem",
"title": "Observation Status Reason Codes",
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"valueCode": "oo"
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"valueCode": "informative"
}, {
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"valueInteger": 1
} ],
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"concept": [ {
"code": "patient-mismatch",
"display": "Patient Mismatch",
"definition": "The patient identity or subject context did not match the expected patient or subject."
}, {
"code": "sample-mismatch",
"display": "Sample Mismatch",
"definition": "The specimen, sample, or referenced result did not match the expected subject, order, container, or report."
}, {
"code": "invalid-calibration",
"display": "Invalid Calibration",
"definition": "The device, instrument, or analyzer calibration used for referenced results was invalid, expired, or otherwise unreliable."
}, {
"code": "reagent-issue",
"display": "Reagent issue",
"definition": "An incorrect, invalid, expired, recalled, or otherwise unsuitable reagent or reagent lot was used or identified for referenced results."
}, {
"code": "duplicate",
"display": "Duplicate",
"definition": "The observation duplicates another observation."
} ],
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