HL7 V2 | TABLE 0491
Table 0491: Specimen Quality
Table of codes specifying the degree or grade of excellence of the specimen at receipt.
- Type
- User-defined (site-defined)
- Codes
- 4
- Introduced
- HL7 v2.5
- Used in
- SPM-22
- THO code system
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0491- OID
2.16.840.1.113883.18.315
User-defined (site-defined): HL7 suggests these values, and each site may use its own. PipeHat notes codes outside this list as information, not errors.
Codes
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
E | Excellent |
G | Good |
F | Fair |
P | Poor |
Where it's used
| Element | Name | FHIR (v2-to-FHIR mapping) |
|---|---|---|
SPM-22 | Specimen Quality | — |
Elements with a dot (such as CX.5) are data type components, used wherever that data type appears.
Source: HL7 Terminology (THO) 7.4.0 and the HL7 v2-to-FHIR Implementation Guide 1.0.0, published by HL7 International under CC0. Check your trading partner's specification for the values they actually send.