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  "description": "The meaning of the hierarchy of concepts in a code system.",
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  "name": "CodeSystemHierarchyMeaning",
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  "title": "Code System Hierarchy Meaning",
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    "display": "Grouped By",
    "definition": "No particular relationship between the concepts can be assumed, except what can be determined by inspection of the definitions of the elements (possible reasons to use this: importing from a source where this is not defined, or where various parts of the hierarchy have different meanings)."
  }, {
    "code": "is-a",
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    "definition": "A hierarchy where the child concepts have an IS-A relationship with the parents - that is, all the properties of the parent are also true for its child concepts. Not that is-a is a property of the concepts, so additional subsumption relationships may be defined using properties."
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    "code": "part-of",
    "display": "Part Of",
    "definition": "Child elements list the individual parts of a composite whole (e.g. body site)."
  }, {
    "code": "classified-with",
    "display": "Classified With",
    "definition": "Child concepts in the hierarchy may have only one parent, and there is a presumption that the code system is a \"closed world\" meaning all things must be in the hierarchy. This results in concepts such as \"not otherwise classified.\"."
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