---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Observation Interpretation Context Codes"
codesystem: "observation-interpretation-context"
---
# Observation Interpretation Context Codes

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/observation-interpretation-context
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: ObservationInterpretationContextCodes
- **Title**: Observation Interpretation Context Codes
- **Publisher**: HL7 International / Orders and Observations
- **Description**: Codes identifying contextual factors that affect interpretation of observations. This provides examples of conditions or states that may be critical to understanding the significance of an observation.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| diabetic | Diabetic | The patient has diabetes mellitus, which may affect interpretation of glucose and other metabolic observations. |
| fasting | Fasting | The patient was fasting at the time of the observation, which affects interpretation of metabolic and nutritional observations. |
| paraplegic | Paraplegic | The patient has paraplegia, which may affect interpretation of mobility, neurological, and other physical observations. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="observation-interpretation-context"/>
  <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>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/observation-interpretation-context"/>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="ObservationInterpretationContextCodes"/>
  <title value="Observation Interpretation Context Codes"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="true"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International / Orders and Observations"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/orders"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="Codes identifying contextual factors that affect interpretation of observations. This provides examples of conditions or states that may be critical to understanding the significance of an observation."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-interpretation-context"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="diabetic"/>
    <display value="Diabetic"/>
    <definition value="The patient has diabetes mellitus, which may affect interpretation of glucose and other metabolic observations."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="fasting"/>
    <display value="Fasting"/>
    <definition value="The patient was fasting at the time of the observation, which affects interpretation of metabolic and nutritional observations."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="paraplegic"/>
    <display value="Paraplegic"/>
    <definition value="The patient has paraplegia, which may affect interpretation of mobility, neurological, and other physical observations."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```