---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Protocol Status"
codesystem: "protocol-status"
---
# Protocol Status

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/protocol-status
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Name**: ProtocolStatus
- **Title**: Protocol Status
- **Description**: ProtocolStatus

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| draft | Draft | This protocol is still under development. |
| testing | Testing | This protocol was authored for testing purposes (or education/evaluation/marketing). |
| review | Review | This protocol is undergoing review to check that it is ready for production use. |
| active | Active | This protocol is ready for use in production systems. |
| withdrawn | Withdrawn | This protocol has been withdrawn and should no longer be used. |
| superseded | Superseded | This protocol has been replaced and a different protocol should be used in its place. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="protocol-status"/>
  <meta>
    
  </meta>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/protocol-status"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1832"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="ProtocolStatus"/>
  <title value="Protocol Status"/>
  <experimental value="true"/>
  <description value="ProtocolStatus"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="draft"/>
    <display value="Draft"/>
    <definition value="This protocol is still under development."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="testing"/>
    <display value="Testing"/>
    <definition value="This protocol was authored for testing purposes (or education/evaluation/marketing)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="review"/>
    <display value="Review"/>
    <definition value="This protocol is undergoing review to check that it is ready for production use."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="active"/>
    <display value="Active"/>
    <definition value="This protocol is ready for use in production systems."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="withdrawn"/>
    <display value="Withdrawn"/>
    <definition value="This protocol has been withdrawn and should no longer be used."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="superseded"/>
    <display value="Superseded"/>
    <definition value="This protocol has been replaced and a different protocol should be used in its place."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```