---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Search Entry Mode"
codesystem: "search-entry-mode"
---
# Search Entry Mode

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/search-entry-mode
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: SearchEntryMode
- **Title**: Search Entry Mode
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: Why an entry is in the result set - whether it's included as a match or because of an _include requirement, or to convey information or warning information about the search process.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| match | Match | This resource matched the search specification. |
| include | Include | This resource is returned because it is referred to from another resource in the search set. |
| outcome | Outcome | An OperationOutcome that provides additional information about the processing of a search. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="search-entry-mode"/>
  <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="5"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/search-entry-mode"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.623"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.615"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.328"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="SearchEntryMode"/>
  <title value="Search Entry Mode"/>
  <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="Why an entry is in the result set - whether it's included as a match or because of an _include requirement, or to convey information or warning information about the search process."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/search-entry-mode"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="match"/>
    <display value="Match"/>
    <definition value="This resource matched the search specification."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="include"/>
    <display value="Include"/>
    <definition value="This resource is returned because it is referred to from another resource in the search set."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
      <valueCode value="deprecated">
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status-reason">
          <valueMarkdown value="Use Bundle.issues instead"/>
        </extension>
      </valueCode>
    </extension>
    <code value="outcome"/>
    <display value="Outcome"/>
    <definition value="An OperationOutcome that provides additional information about the processing of a search."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```