4.0Document Updates

The following sections provide the details of updates made to this document.

4.1 December 10, 2008

The changes in this construct address the following comments received during the Public Comment and Inspection Testing period (September 29 October 24, 2008).

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Global

The following changes were applies through out the document for consistency with the HITSP suite of Interoperability Specifications

Removed Section 2.2.1 Data Mapping in order to improve the depth of the section and table numbering. This caused all the sections and tables to be renumbered.

Rearranged text in section because removal of Section 2.2.1

Rearranged various sections and tables. This affected section and table numbering but did not cause any specification changes

Added a note explaining the harmonization of various vocabularies lead by the HITSP Foundations Committee. This includes Administrative Gender, Marital Sex and Body Site

Improved various links to Value Set Members

Changed Static to Enumerated in Vocabulary tables based upon update to Table 2-1 Value Set Metadata

Changed Dynamic Value Sets to Criteria Based in Vocabulary tables based upon update to Table 2-1 Value Set Metadata

Figure 1.2-1 Component Document Map

Removed figure.

Section 2.1 Context Overview

Added text to further explain HITSP/C80

Added table to describe the format of Value Set Definitions

Added table to describe the format of Value Set Definitions for LOINC values

Added further explanation in Table 2.1-1 for Value Set Members discussed normative published standards are the proper place to obtain vocabularies for value sets

Table 2.1-1 Example Value Set Definition

Replaced Static/Dynamic from the table and replaced with Enumerated/Criteria Based. Also provided text to explain Enumerated and Criteria Based

Section 2.2.1.1 Address Information

State

Clarified text description

Country

Added table to define country code vocabulary - uses ISO 3166-1

Section 2.2.1.2.8 Religious Affiliation

Removed table of Value Set Definitions for religious affiliation

Section 2.2.2.4 Social History Type

Added vocabulary for Social History Type

Section 2.2.3.1 Problems and Diagnoses

Problems

Deleted text that required terms descend from the clinical finding (404684003) concept

Diagnosis

The Diagnosis section and ICD-9 vocabulary has been removed as it is not being referenced by other HITSP constructs.

Problem Severity

Moved the Allergy/Adverse Event Severity Tables to Problem Severity. Renamed tables to Problem Severity

Problem Status

Deleted Problem Status vocabulary as it has not been constrained by HITSP

Allergy Status

Deleted Allergy Status vocabulary as it has not been constrained by HITSP

Section 2.2.3.1.7 Functional Assessment

Added Functional Assessment

Section 2.2.3.3.7 Medication Brand Name

Added requirement that the value shall descend from the RxNorm concept type of Brand Name

Section 2.2.3.3.8 Medication Clinical Drug Name

Added requirement that the value shall descend from the RxNorm concept type of clinical drug or pack

Section 2.2.3.3.9 Medication Drug Class

Added requirement that the value shall descend NDF-RT concept types of Mechanism of Action, Physiologic Effect or Chemical Structure`

Section 2.2.3.4.4 Allergy/Adverse Event Product

Deleted table and reference already defined vocabularies:

- Medication Ingredient Name, Medication Drug Class, and Medication Clinical Drug Name

Section 2.2.3.4.6 Medication Site

Deleted table in Medication Site and referenced Body Site. This did not change the vocabulary chosen, but since it uses the same as Body Site it did not need to be duplicated

Section 2.2.3.5 Immunizations

Laboratory Test

Deleted table in for Lab Tests as it is a duplicate with Lab Orders

Immunization Services Funding Eligibility

Added table for this vocabulary

Section 2.2.3.6.3 Result Normalcy Status

Added Value Set Table for HL7 V.2.5.1

Added Vocabulary and Value Set Table for HL7 V3

Section 2.2.3.6.5 Vital Signs Result Type

Added Value Set Table for Vital Signs Result Type

Section 2.2.3.13 Medication Assessed in Genetic Test

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

Deleted Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

Gene Game

Added text which allows the Approved Code or the Approved Name to be displayed

Section 2.2.3.14.1 Document Class

Changed Value Set to Enumerated

Section 2.3 Standards

Added ISO 3166 for Country Codes

Added CDC Implementation Guide for Immunizations Data Transaction

Removed International Classification of Diseases ICD-9-CM

Corrected the link to Federal Medication Terminologies

Added International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)

Minor editorial changes were made to this document.

4.2 December 18, 2008

Upon approval by the HITSP Panel on December 18, 2008, this document is now Released for Implementation.

4.3 June 30, 2009

Section 2.1.1 Value Set Metadata

- Updated this section to incorporate metadata definitions defined in HITSP/TN903

Section 2.1.2 Code System Metadata

- Added this section to incorporate metadata definitions defined in HITSP/TN903

Section 2.1.3 Value Set Member MetaData

- Added this section to incorporate metadata definitions defined in HITSP/TN903

Section 2.1.4 Value Set Versioning

- Added this section to incorporate version process defined in HITSP/TN903

Section 2.1.5 Component Constraints

- Updated this section to remove the table formatting

Section 2.1.6 Component Dependencies

- Updated this section to identify code systems used by this specification using metadata defined in HITSP/TN903

Section 2.2 Rules For Implementing Value Sets

- Updated the metadata in this section for all value sets to ensure that all metadata described in HITSP/TN903 is present for each value set. Corrected metadata for several value sets

Section 2.3 Standards

- Updated this section to remove selected standards. These were moved to the dependencies section as this specification does not by itself select a standard; only by referencing the value sets in a data element has that function

Minor editorial changes were made to this document. Removed boilerplate text for simplification. The term actor was replaced with interface.

4.4 July 8, 2009

Upon approval by the HITSP Panel on July 8, 2009, this document is now Released for Implementation.



[1] HL7 has not established identifiers for these tables and was unable to resolve this issue prior to publication. HITSP recommends the use of the following values in HL7 Version 2 messages until this issue is resolved.

[2] HL7 has not established identifiers for these tables and was unable to resolve this issue prior to publication. HITSP recommends the use of the following values in HL7 Version 2 messages until this issue is resolved

[3] FIPS 5-2 will be superceded by INCITS 38:200X when that specification becomes available. The content of the two are the same, but the maintainer of the code set has been changed.

[4] The HITSP Foundations Committee hasdeveloped and published a harmonized value set. HITSP member Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) have agreed to support the harmonized value set in future releases of their standards

[5] The HITSP Foundations Committee hasdeveloped and published a harmonized value set. HITSP member SDOs have agreed to support the harmonized value set in future releases of their standards

[6] The HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA Release 2: CDA Framework for Questionnaire Assessments, Release 1 contains a list of usefully related SNOMED CT codes in an informative spreadsheet included with the publication. That publication can be found on the HL7 Draft Standards page here: http://www.hl7.org/dstucomments/index.cfm .

[7] The HITSP Foundations Committee hasdeveloped and published a harmonized value set. HITSP member SDOs have agreed to support the harmonized value set in future releases of their standards