---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Seriousness Criteria Code System"
codesystem: "seriousness-criteria"
---
# Seriousness Criteria Code System

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/seriousness-criteria
- **Version**: 0.1.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: SeriousnessCriteriaCS
- **Title**: Seriousness Criteria Code System
- **Publisher**: Vulcan Accelerator
- **Description**: Action criteria usually associated with serious events that pose a threat to a patient's life or functioning
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| resultsInDeath | Resulted in Death | Adverse event resulted in death |
| lifeThreatening | Life Threatening | Life Threatening |
| resultsinHospitalization | Resulted in Hospitalization | Resulted in Hospitalization |
| resultsInDisabliity | Resulted in Disability | Resulted in Disability |
| isBirthDefect | Resulted in Birth defect | Resulted in Birth Defect |
| requiresPreventImpairment | Required Intervention | Required Intervention to Prevent Permanent Impairment or Damage |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="seriousness-criteria"/>
  <meta>
    
  </meta>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="phx"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="draft"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="1"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/seriousness-criteria"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1987"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="0.1.0"/>
  <name value="SeriousnessCriteriaCS"/>
  <title value="Seriousness Criteria Code System"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="true"/>
  <date value="2022-06-14T10:06:34-06:00"/>
  <publisher value="Vulcan Accelerator"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="Vulcan Accelerator"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir/example-publisher"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="Action criteria usually associated with serious events that pose a threat to a patient's life or functioning"/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/seriousness-criteria"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="resultsInDeath"/>
    <display value="Resulted in Death"/>
    <definition value="Adverse event resulted in death"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="lifeThreatening"/>
    <display value="Life Threatening"/>
    <definition value="Life Threatening"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="resultsinHospitalization"/>
    <display value="Resulted in Hospitalization"/>
    <definition value="Resulted in Hospitalization"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="resultsInDisabliity"/>
    <display value="Resulted in Disability"/>
    <definition value="Resulted in Disability"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="isBirthDefect"/>
    <display value="Resulted in Birth defect"/>
    <definition value="Resulted in Birth Defect"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="requiresPreventImpairment"/>
    <display value="Required Intervention"/>
    <definition value="Required Intervention to Prevent Permanent Impairment or Damage"/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```