---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Action Reason Code"
codesystem: "action-reason-code"
---
# Action Reason Code

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/action-reason-code
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: ActionReasonCode
- **Title**: Action Reason Code
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: Provides examples of reasons for actions to be performed.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| off-pathway | Off pathway | The action should be performed because the patient was determined to be off pathway. |
| risk-assessment | Risk assessment | The action should be performed based on a particular risk assessment. |
| care-gap | Care gap detected | The action should be performed to address a detected care gap. |
| drug-drug-interaction | Drug-drug interaction | The action should be performed to address a detected potential drug-drug interaction. |
| quality-measure | Quality measure | The action should be performed to bring the patient's care in line with a quality measure. |

## CodeSystem XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="action-reason-code"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="cds"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="informative"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="1"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/action-reason-code"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1945"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="ActionReasonCode"/>
  <title value="Action Reason Code"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2020-12-28T16:55:11+11:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="Provides examples of reasons for actions to be performed."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/action-reason-code"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="off-pathway"/>
    <display value="Off pathway"/>
    <definition value="The action should be performed because the patient was determined to be off pathway."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="risk-assessment"/>
    <display value="Risk assessment"/>
    <definition value="The action should be performed based on a particular risk assessment."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="care-gap"/>
    <display value="Care gap detected"/>
    <definition value="The action should be performed to address a detected care gap."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="drug-drug-interaction"/>
    <display value="Drug-drug interaction"/>
    <definition value="The action should be performed to address a detected potential drug-drug interaction."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="quality-measure"/>
    <display value="Quality measure"/>
    <definition value="The action should be performed to bring the patient's care in line with a quality measure."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```