{
"description": "The meaning of the hierarchy of concepts in a code system",
"_filename": "codesystem-codesystem-hierarchy-meaning.json",
"package_name": "hl7.fhir.core",
"date": "2016-12-06T12:22:34+11:00",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2016-12-06T12:22:34.981+11:00"
},
"publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
"content": "complete",
"name": "CodeSystemHierarchyMeaning",
"type": null,
"experimental": "false",
"resourceType": "CodeSystem",
"title": null,
"package_version": "1.8.0",
"status": "draft",
"id": "b270635b-f245-4ce6-b34f-2e5e4ee309fd",
"valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning",
"kind": null,
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/codesystem-hierarchy-meaning",
"identifier": {
"value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.982",
"system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986"
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"concept": [ {
"code": "grouped-by",
"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 heirarchy have different meanings)"
}, {
"code": "is-a",
"display": "Is-A",
"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 it's child concepts"
}, {
"code": "part-of",
"display": "Part Of",
"definition": "Child elements list the individual parts of a composite whole (e.g. bodysite)"
}, {
"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 clasified.\""
} ],
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"version": "1.8.0",
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}