Stream: implementers
Topic: Register value set
Brian Reinhold (Jul 07 2017 at 13:37):
In PHD and PoCD we have to map a device data type which is a BITs field (each bit means something). Since there is no dataType in FHIR that covers this type of measurement we have created a value Set that converts these bit settings to codes. These codes can then be placed in CodeableConcepts.
However, we need to (or would like to) register this data set with FHIR. THe system would be something like http://hl7.org/fhir/IEEE.ASN1.
The actual codes for this value set can be generated from data received in the exchange protocol.
We also have a few other value sets that need to be registered.
How would one do this?
Thanks
Lloyd McKenzie (Jul 07 2017 at 15:07):
Submit a change request :) ("Propose a change" link at the bottom of each page in the spec.)
Brian Reinhold (Jul 07 2017 at 15:10):
@Lloyd McKenzie Should I submit an issue for each vocabulary set I wish to request? How about the value set itself? How does one handle that? In two cases they are currently a limited set of codes, in the last case (the ASN1 bits) there is an algorithm one can use to generate the codes, but there needs to be a 'dictionary' so readers can interpret the codes somewhere.
Lloyd McKenzie (Jul 07 2017 at 15:12):
I'd do one proposal per code system. I wouldn't bother requesting the value sets - you can define those as part of your resource or IG definition. The tricky question is how maintenance will be managed if the source is external.
Brian Reinhold (Jul 07 2017 at 17:37):
@Lloyd McKenzie The source is currently external but how about adding them to the FHIR community?
Eric Haas (Jul 07 2017 at 23:38):
In the FHIR spec we do have a registry of several external code systems published ( and I think you are talking about code systems developed and maintained external to FHIR ). I don't know the details for adding new external code systems but would expect if a tracker is raised it would go to Vocab.
Eric Haas (Jul 07 2017 at 23:39):
Another consideration is the IP rules for the codesystem.
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