type: codesystemcodesystem: item-type

Questionnaire Item Type

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/item-type
Version: 6.0.0
Status: active
Name: QuestionnaireItemType
Title: Questionnaire Item Type
Publisher: HL7 (FHIR Project)
Description: Distinguishes groups from questions and display text and indicates data type for questions.
Case Sensitive: true
Content: complete

Concepts

Code	Display	Definition
group	Group	An item with no direct answer but should have at least one child item.
display	Display	Text for display that will not capture an answer or have child items.
question	Question	An item that defines a specific answer to be captured, and which may have child items. (the answer provided in the QuestionnaireResponse should be of the defined datatype).

CodeSystem XML

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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="item-type"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2021-01-05T10:01:24.148+11:00"/>
  </meta>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="3"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/item-type"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.445"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.438"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="QuestionnaireItemType"/>
  <title value="Questionnaire Item Type"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+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="Distinguishes groups from questions and display text and indicates data type for questions."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/item-type"/>
  <hierarchyMeaning value="is-a"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <property>
    <code value="notSelectable"/>
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#notSelectable"/>
    <description value="Indicates that the code is abstract - only intended to be used as a selector for other concepts"/>
    <type value="boolean"/>
  </property>
  <concept>
    <code value="group"/>
    <display value="Group"/>
    <definition value="An item with no direct answer but should have at least one child item."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="display"/>
    <display value="Display"/>
    <definition value="Text for display that will not capture an answer or have child items."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="question"/>
    <display value="Question"/>
    <definition value="An item that defines a specific answer to be captured, and which may have child items. (the answer provided in the QuestionnaireResponse should be of the defined datatype)."/>
    <property>
      <code value="notSelectable"/>
      <valueBoolean value="true"/>
    </property>
    <concept>
      <code value="boolean"/>
      <display value="Boolean"/>
      <definition value="Question with a yes/no answer (valueBoolean)."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="decimal"/>
      <display value="Decimal"/>
      <definition value="Question with is a real number answer (valueDecimal).  There is an extension 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/questionnaire-unit' that can be used to computably convey the unit of measure associated with the answer for use when performing data extraction to an element of type Quantity."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="integer"/>
      <display value="Integer"/>
      <definition value="Question with an integer answer (valueInteger).  There is an extension 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/questionnaire-unit' that can be used to computably convey the unit of measure associated with the answer for use when performing data extraction to an element of type Quantity."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="date"/>
      <display value="Date"/>
      <definition value="Question with a date answer (valueDate)."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="dateTime"/>
      <display value="Date Time"/>
      <definition value="Question with a date and time answer (valueDateTime)."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="time"/>
      <display value="Time"/>
      <definition value="Question with a time (hour:minute:second) answer independent of date. (valueTime)."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="string"/>
      <display value="String"/>
      <definition value="Question with a short (few words to short sentence) free-text entry answer (valueString).  Strings SHOULD NOT contain carriage return or newline characters.  If multi-line answers are needed, use the 'text' type."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="text"/>
      <display value="Text"/>
      <definition value="Question with a long (potentially multi-paragraph) free-text entry answer (valueString)."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="url"/>
      <display value="Url"/>
      <definition value="Question with a URL (website, FTP site, etc.) answer (valueUri)."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="coding"/>
      <display value="Coding"/>
      <definition value="Question with a Coding - generally drawn from a list of possible answers (valueCoding)"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="attachment"/>
      <display value="Attachment"/>
      <definition value="Question with binary content such as an image, PDF, etc. as an answer (valueAttachment)."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="reference"/>
      <display value="Reference"/>
      <definition value="Question with a reference to another resource (practitioner, organization, etc.) as an answer (valueReference)."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="quantity"/>
      <display value="Quantity"/>
      <definition value="Question with a combination of a numeric value and unit as an answer (i.e. a Quantity constrained to SimpleQuantity).  There are two extensions ('http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/questionnaire-unitOption' and 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/questionnaire-unitValueSet')  that can be used to define what unit should be selected for the Quantity.code and Quantity.system."/>
    </concept>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>