---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Location Characteristic"
codesystem: "location-characteristic"
---
# Location Characteristic

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/location-characteristic
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: LocationCharacteristic
- **Title**: Location Characteristic
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: Example Set of Location Characteristics.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wheelchair | Wheelchair accessible | The location is accessible to those requiring wheelchair access |
| has-translation | Translation services available | The location has translation services available |
| has-oxy-nitro | Oxygen/nitrogen available | The location has oxygen and nitrogen services available |
| has-neg-press | Negative pressure rooms available | The location has negative pressure rooms available |
| has-iso-ward | Isolation ward | The location is or has an isolation ward |
| has-icu | Has ICU | The location is or has an intensive care unit |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="location-characteristic"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2021-01-05T10:01:24.148+11:00"/>
  </meta>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pa"/>
  </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="3"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/location-characteristic"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1970"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="LocationCharacteristic"/>
  <title value="Location Characteristic"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
  <description value="Example Set of Location Characteristics."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/location-characteristic"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="wheelchair"/>
    <display value="Wheelchair accessible"/>
    <definition value="The location is accessible to those requiring wheelchair access"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="has-translation"/>
    <display value="Translation services available"/>
    <definition value="The location has translation services available"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="has-oxy-nitro"/>
    <display value="Oxygen/nitrogen available"/>
    <definition value="The location has oxygen and nitrogen services available"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="has-neg-press"/>
    <display value="Negative pressure rooms available"/>
    <definition value="The location has negative pressure rooms available"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="has-iso-ward"/>
    <display value="Isolation ward"/>
    <definition value="The location is or has an isolation ward"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="has-icu"/>
    <display value="Has ICU"/>
    <definition value="The location is or has an intensive care unit"/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```