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This section lists the coded value sets that are referenced by the FHIR profiles in this implementation guide. These coded values are used to describe and standardize clinical concepts and other data content within health records.

* Please note that these value sets are created by Ontario Health

** Please note that use of terminology subsets hosted on Canada Health Infoway Terminology Gateway is required in order to comply with this interoperability specification. Access to and use of SNOMED CT and other subsets on Canada Health Infoway Terminology Gateway requires an Infoway account with acceptance of the SNOMED CT license agreements

Value Sets referenced by this implementation guide:

Profile-Element Binding Strength Value Set (Code System) Description
Patient - Patient.address.type Required AddressType* (HL7 FHIR) Distinguishes between physical addresses (those you can visit) and mailing addresses (e.g. PO Boxes and care-of addresses).
Practitioner - Practitioner.address.type Required AddressType* (HL7 FHIR) Distinguishes between physical addresses (those you can visit) and mailing addresses (e.g. PO Boxes and care-of addresses).
Patient - Patient.address.use Required AddressUse* (HL7 FHIR) The use of an address
Practitioner - Practitioner.address.use Required AddressUse* (HL7 FHIR) The use of an address
Patient - Patient.gender Required AdministrativeGender (HL7 FHIR) The gender of a person used for administrative purposes
Encounter - Encounter.hospitalization.admitSource Required AdmitSource* (CIHI) This field indicates the last point of entry prior to being admitted as an inpatient to the reporting facility
Patient - Patient.communication.language Required AllLanguages (urn:ietf:bcp:47) A human language
Encounter - Encounter.location(slice-location-bed).physicalType.coding(slice-bed-type).code Required BedType * (CIHI) Type of bed
Encounter - Encounter.priority Required CanadianTriageAcuityScale * (CTAS) Codes supported by eHealth Ontario for encounter priority - uses CTAS coding system
Composition - Composition.status Required CompositionStatus (HL7 FHIR) The workflow/clinical status of the Document or Section
DocumentReference - DocumentReferemce.docStatus Required CompositionStatus (HL7 FHIR) The workflow/clinical status of the Document or Section
Practitioner - Practitioner.telecom.system Required ContactPointSystem (HL7 FHIR) Telecommunications form for contact point.
Patient - Patient.telecom.system Required ContactPointSystem (HL7 FHIR) Telecommunications form for contact point.
Practitioner - Practitioner.telecom.use Required ContactPointUse (HL7 FHIR) Use of contact point
Patient - Patient.telecom.use Required ContactPointUse (HL7 FHIR) Use of contact point
Patient - Patient.address.country Extensible CountryCode* (urn:iso:std:iso:3166-3) 3-character ISO country codes supported by Ontario Health interfaces for use in addresses.
Encounter - Encounter.diagnosis.use Preferred DiagnosisRole (HL7 FHIR) Code used to express the role of a diagnosis on the Encounter record
Encounter - Encounter.hospitalization.dischargeDisposition Required DischargeDisposition * (CIHI) This field contains the disposition of the patient at time of discharge
Composition - Composition.category(sliceCategory-kind-of-document) Extensible DocumentKOD* (LOINC + OntarioHealth) Document Ontology Parts that define the Kind of Document category for the document
Composition - Composition.category(sliceCategory-subject-mater-domain) Extensible DocumentSMD* (LOINC + OntarioHealth) Document Ontology Parts that define the Subject Matter Domain category for the document
Composition - Composition.category(sliceCategory-type-of-service) Extensible DocumentTOS* (LOINC + OntarioHealth) Document Ontology Parts that define the Type of Service Ccategory for the document
Composition - Composition.category(sliceCategory-role) Extensible DocumentRole* (LOINC + OntarioHealth) Document Ontology Parts that define the Role category for the document
Composition - Composition.category(sliceCategory-setting) Extensible DocumentSetting* (LOINC + OntarioHealth) Document Ontology Parts that define the Setting category for the document
DocumentReference - DocumentReference.category(sliceCategory-kind-of-document) Extensible DocumentKOD* (LOINC + OntarioHealth) Document Ontology Parts that define the Kind of Document category for the document
DocumentReference - DocumentReference.category(sliceCategory-subject-mater-domain) Extensible DocumentSMD* (LOINC + OntarioHealth) Document Ontology Parts that define the Subject Matter Domain category for the document
DocumentReference - DocumentReference.category(sliceCategory-type-of-service) Extensible DocumentTOS* (LOINC + OntarioHealth) Document Ontology Parts that define the Type of Service Ccategory for the document
DocumentReference - DocumentReference.category(sliceCategory-role) Extensible DocumentRole* (LOINC + OntarioHealth) Document Ontology Parts that define the Role category for the document
DocumentReference - DocumentReference.category(sliceCategory-setting) Extensible DocumentSetting* (LOINC + OntarioHealth) Document Ontology Parts that define the Setting category for the document
Composition - Composition.relatesTo.code Required DocumentRelationshipType (HL7 FHIR) The type of relationship between documents.
Encounter - Encounter.class Required EncounterClass * (HL7 v3 + HL7 v2 + OntarioHealth) Characterisation of the setting in which the encounter takes place
Encounter - Encounter.participant.type Required EncounterParticipantType * (HL7 v3) Role of participant in the encounter
Encounter - Encounter.status Required EncounterStatus (HL7 FHIR) Status of the encounter
Encounter - Encounter.type (slice-virtual-visit-modality) Required EncounterType ** (SNOMED CT CA) A description of the type of contact between the Provider and the Client for a registered Encounter or visit.
Encounter - Encounter.diagnosis.condition.code (slice-snomed-ct-code) Required EncounterReasonCodes-SCT (SNOMED CT CA) SCT Codes that indicate diagnoses or reasons for an encounter
PractitionerRole - PractitionerRole.code Required HealthcareProviderRoleType ** (SCPTYPE) Represents the role of the Provider in relation to his/her participation in a specific health care event.
Encounter - Encounter.serviceType Required HospitalService* (CIHI) This field indicates description of the Hospital Service
OperationOutcome - OperationOutcome.issue.severity Required IssueSeverity (HL7 FHIR) How the issue affects the success of the action - Indicates whether the issue indicates a variation from successful processing.
OperationOutcome - OperationOutcome.issue.code Required IssueType (HL7 FHIR) Describes the type of the issue.
Encounter - Encounter.diagnosis.condition.code (slice-icd-10-ca-code) Required ICD-10-CA** (ICD-10-CA) ICD 10 Codes that indicate reasons for an encounter
DocumentReference - DocumentReference.type (slice-local-document-type) Extensible LocalDocmentType* (OntarioHealth) Local Codes submitted by adopters identifying the type of document
Composition - Composition.type (slice-local-document-type) Extensible LocalDocmentType* (OntarioHealth) Local Codes submitted by adopters identifying the type of document
Encounter - Encounter.type (slice-local-Encounter-Type) Required LocalEncounterType* (OntarioHealth) Local Codes submitted by adopters identifying the circumstances under which the patient was or will be admitted
Encounter - Encounter.location(All Slices).physicalType.coding.code Required LocationPhysicalType* (HL7 FHIR) This value set specifies the aspect of the patient location data being contributed in PV1-3 (Assigned Patient Location) in HL7 v2 and is used in FHIR element Encounter.location.physicalType
DocumentReference - DocumentReference.category.extension.ext-loinc-ontology-axis Required LOINCOntologyPartTypes* (LOINC) Indicates the Clinical document Ontology Part Type from the LOINC Document Ontology.
Composition - Composition.category.extension.ext-loinc-ontology-axis Required LOINCOntologyPartTypes* (LOINC) Indicates the Clinical document Ontology Part Type from the LOINC Document Ontology.
DocumentReference - DocumentReference.content.attachment.contentType Required MimeType* (urn:ietf:bcp:13) Attachment mime type.
Composition - Composition. composition.section.entry.binary.contentType Required MimeType* (urn:ietf:bcp:13) Attachment mime type.
Binary - Binary.contentType Required MimeType* (urn:ietf:bcp:13) Attachment mime type.
Patient - Patient.name.use Required NameUse (HL7 FHIR) The use of a human name.
Patient - Patient.identifier.type Required PatientIdentifierType* (HL7 v2) Patient Identifier Type.
Patient - Patient.contact.relationship.code Required PatientContactRelationship* (HL7 v2 + HL7 v3) Relationship of the Contact to the Patient.
Patient - Patient.address.state Extensible ProvinceStateCode* (Canada Post - ISO) Codes for provinces, states and territories supported by Ontario Health interfaces.
Composition - Composition.type (slice-provincial-document-type) Extensible ProvincialDocumentType* (OntarioHealth) Provincial codes that identify document type
DocumentReference - DocumentReference.type (slice-provincial-document-type) Extensible ProvincialDocumentType* (OntarioHealth) Provincial codes that identify document type