http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type|2.0.1

name
LocationType
package
hl7.terminology@6.3.0
content
complete
status
active
date
2025-05-01 01:35:10.0

Location type

This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location.\r\rThis includes several 'non physical' codes which are still considered a location.

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  "description" : "This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location.\\r\\rThis includes several 'non physical' codes which are still considered a location.",
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  "package" : "hl7.terminology@6.3.0",
  "date" : "2025-05-01T01:35:10Z",
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    "lastUpdated" : "2024-04-24T00:00:00+00:00"
  },
  "publisher" : "Health Level Seven International",
  "content" : "complete",
  "name" : "LocationType",
  "copyright" : "This material derives from the HL7 Terminology (THO). THO is copyright ©1989+ Health Level Seven International and is made available under the CC0 designation. For more licensing information see: https://terminology.hl7.org/license",
  "experimental" : false,
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "title" : "Location type",
  "supliment" : null,
  "extension" : [ {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "pa"
  }, {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 1
  } ],
  "status" : "active",
  "id" : "10960ad3-ee55-583b-b605-e6e03e574cb4",
  "valueSet" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/location-physical-type",
  "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type",
  "identifier" : [ {
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1108",
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986"
  } ],
  "concept" : [ {
    "code" : "si",
    "display" : "Site",
    "definition" : "A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus."
  }, {
    "code" : "bu",
    "display" : "Building",
    "definition" : "Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It might not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space."
  }, {
    "code" : "wi",
    "display" : "Wing",
    "definition" : "A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors."
  }, {
    "code" : "wa",
    "display" : "Ward",
    "definition" : "A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location."
  }, {
    "code" : "lvl",
    "display" : "Level",
    "definition" : "A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure."
  }, {
    "code" : "co",
    "display" : "Corridor",
    "definition" : "Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms."
  }, {
    "code" : "ro",
    "display" : "Room",
    "definition" : "A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these."
  }, {
    "code" : "bd",
    "display" : "Bed",
    "definition" : "A space that is allocated for sleeping/laying on. This is not the physical bed/trolley that may be moved about, but the space it may occupy."
  }, {
    "code" : "ve",
    "display" : "Vehicle",
    "definition" : "A means of transportation."
  }, {
    "code" : "ho",
    "display" : "House",
    "definition" : "A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside."
  }, {
    "code" : "ca",
    "display" : "Cabinet",
    "definition" : "A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items."
  }, {
    "code" : "rd",
    "display" : "Road",
    "definition" : "A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name."
  }, {
    "code" : "area",
    "display" : "Area",
    "definition" : "A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode"
  }, {
    "code" : "jdn",
    "display" : "Jurisdiction",
    "definition" : "A wide scope that covers a conceptual domain, such as a Nation (Country wide community or Federal Government - e.g. Ministry of Health),  Province or State (community or Government), Business (throughout the enterprise), Nation with a business scope of an agency (e.g. CDC, FDA etc.) or a Business segment (UK Pharmacy), not just an physical boundary"
  }, {
    "code" : "vi",
    "display" : "Virtual",
    "definition" : "A location that is virtual in nature, such as a conference call or virtual meeting space"
  } ],
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "version" : "2.0.1",
  "contact" : [ {
    "telecom" : [ {
      "value" : "http://hl7.org",
      "system" : "url"
    }, {
      "value" : "hq@HL7.org",
      "system" : "email"
    } ]
  } ]
}