---
type: "codesystem"
title: "FHIR Device Specialization Category"
codesystem: "device-specification-category"
---
# FHIR Device Specialization Category

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/device-specification-category
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: FHIRDeviceSpecializationCategory
- **Title**: FHIR Device Specialization Category
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: The kind of standards used by the device.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| communication | Communication | A communication standard. |
| performance | Performance | A performance standard. |
| measurement | Measurement | A measurement standard. |
| risk-class | Risk Class | Class or category of risk. |
| electrical | Electrical | Electrical classification. |
| material | Material | Classification related to materials. |
| exchange | Exchange | Exchange category. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="device-specification-category"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="oo"/>
  </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="2"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/device-specification-category"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.2054"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="FHIRDeviceSpecializationCategory"/>
  <title value="FHIR Device Specialization Category"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2022-03-28T10:01:24+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="The kind of standards used by the device."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/device-specification-category"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="communication"/>
    <display value="Communication"/>
    <definition value="A communication standard."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="performance"/>
    <display value="Performance"/>
    <definition value="A performance standard."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="measurement"/>
    <display value="Measurement"/>
    <definition value="A measurement standard."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="risk-class"/>
    <display value="Risk Class"/>
    <definition value="Class or category of risk."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="electrical"/>
    <display value="Electrical"/>
    <definition value="Electrical classification."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="material"/>
    <display value="Material"/>
    <definition value="Classification related to materials."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="exchange"/>
    <display value="Exchange"/>
    <definition value="Exchange category."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```