Release 4B

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4.4.1.159 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/ucum-vitals-common

Orders and Observations Work Group Maturity Level: 0Informative Use Context: Any

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL:http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/ucum-vitals-common
Version:4.3.0
Name:VitalSignsUnits
Title:Vital Signs Units
Definition:

Common UCUM units for recording Vital Signs

Committee:Orders and Observations Work Group
OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.955 (for OID based terminology systems)
Copyright:

UCUM is Copyright © 1999-2013 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and The UCUM Organization, Indianapolis, IN. All rights reserved. See http://unitsofmeasure.org/trac//wiki/TermsOfUse for details

Source ResourceXML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

4.4.1.159.1 Content Logical Definition

  • Include these codes as defined in http://unitsofmeasure.org
    CodeDisplay
    %percent
    cmcentimeter
    [in_i]inch (international)
    kgkilogram
    ggram
    [lb_av]pound (US and British)
    Celdegree Celsius
    [degF]degree Fahrenheit
    mm[Hg]millimeter of mercury
    /minper minute
    kg/m2kilogram / (meter ^ 2)
    m2square meter

 

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