IE (Ireland) Core Implementation Guide
0.3.0 - draft
IE (Ireland) Core Implementation Guide - Local Development build (v0.3.0) built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) Build Tools. See the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: https://hl7-ie.github.io/ie-core/fhir/ie/core/ValueSet/ie-core-simple-observation-category | Version: 0.3.0 | |||
| Draft as of 2026-09-28 | Computable Name: IECoreSimpleObservationCategory | |||
Observation category codes permitted for IE Core Simple Observations.
References
This value set is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category version 📍2.0.0| Code | Display | Definition |
| social-history | Social History | Social History Observations define the patient's occupational, personal (e.g., lifestyle), social, familial, and environmental history and health risk factors that may impact the patient's health. |
| survey | Survey | Observations from survey instruments (e.g., patient experience surveys), questionnaires, forms (e.g., patient admission forms) and assessment tools (e.g., Apgar Scores, Montreal Cognitive Assessment [MoCA]). |
| activity | Activity | Observations that measure or record any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness. |
| vital-signs | Vital Signs | Clinical observations measure the body's basic functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, height, weight, body mass index, head circumference, pulse oximetry, temperature, and body surface area. |
| exam | Exam | Observations generated by physical exam findings, including direct observations made by a clinician using simple instruments or as the result of simple maneuvers performed directly on the patient's body (e.g., signs). |
| therapy | Therapy | Observations generated by non-interventional treatment protocols (e.g. occupational, physical, radiation, nutritional and medication therapy). |
Expansion performed internally based on codesystem Observation Category Codes v2.0.0 (CodeSystem)
This value set contains 6 concepts
| System | Code | Display (en) | Definition | JSON | XML |
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category | social-history | Social History | Social History Observations define the patient's occupational, personal (e.g., lifestyle), social, familial, and environmental history and health risk factors that may impact the patient's health. | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category | survey | Survey | Observations from survey instruments (e.g., patient experience surveys), questionnaires, forms (e.g., patient admission forms) and assessment tools (e.g., Apgar Scores, Montreal Cognitive Assessment [MoCA]). | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category | activity | Activity | Observations that measure or record any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness. | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category | vital-signs | Vital Signs | Clinical observations measure the body's basic functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, height, weight, body mass index, head circumference, pulse oximetry, temperature, and body surface area. | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category | exam | Exam | Observations generated by physical exam findings, including direct observations made by a clinician using simple instruments or as the result of simple maneuvers performed directly on the patient's body (e.g., signs). | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category | therapy | Therapy | Observations generated by non-interventional treatment protocols (e.g. occupational, physical, radiation, nutritional and medication therapy). |
Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:
| Level | A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies |
| System | The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere) |
| Code | The code (used as the code in the resource instance) |
| Display | The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application |
| Definition | An explanation of the meaning of the concept |
| Comments | Additional notes about how to use the code |