---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Response Type"
codesystem: "response-code"
---
# Response Type

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/response-code
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: ResponseType
- **Title**: Response Type
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: The kind of response to a message.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ok | OK | The message was accepted and processed without error. |
| transient-error | Transient Error | Some internal unexpected error occurred - wait and try again. Note - this is usually used for things like database unavailable, which may be expected to resolve, though human intervention may be required. |
| fatal-error | Fatal Error | The message was rejected because of a problem with the content. There is no point in re-sending without change. The response narrative SHALL describe the issue. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="response-code"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="inm"/>
  </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="4"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/response-code"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.381"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.368"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.203"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="ResponseType"/>
  <title value="Response 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="The kind of response to a message."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/response-code"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="ok"/>
    <display value="OK"/>
    <definition value="The message was accepted and processed without error."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="transient-error"/>
    <display value="Transient Error"/>
    <definition value="Some internal unexpected error occurred - wait and try again. Note - this is usually used for things like database unavailable, which may be expected to resolve, though human intervention may be required."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="fatal-error"/>
    <display value="Fatal Error"/>
    <definition value="The message was rejected because of a problem with the content. There is no point in re-sending without change. The response narrative SHALL describe the issue."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```