---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Specimen Role"
codesystem: "specimen-role"
---
# Specimen Role

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/specimen-role
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: SpecimenRole
- **Title**: Specimen Role
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: Codes providing the combined status of the specimen.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| b | Blind Sample | Used to test the validity of the measurement process, where the composition of the sample is unknown except to the person submitting it. |
| c | Calibrator | Used for initial setting of calibration of the instrument. |
| e | Electronic QC | Used with manufactured reference providing signals that simulate QC results. |
| f | Filler Organization Proficiency | Specimen used for testing proficiency of the organization performing the testing (Filler). |
| o | Operator Proficiency | Specimen used for testing Operator Proficiency. |
| p | Patient | Used for any patient sample. |
| q | Control specimen | Used when specimen is the control specimen (either positive or negative). |
| r | Replicate (of patient sample as a control) | Used when a patient sample is re-run as a control for a repeat test. |
| v | Verifying Calibrator | Used for periodic calibration checks. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="specimen-role"/>
  <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="normative"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="2"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/specimen-role"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.2060"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="SpecimenRole"/>
  <title value="Specimen Role"/>
  <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="Codes providing the combined status of the specimen."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/specimen-role"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="b"/>
    <display value="Blind Sample"/>
    <definition value="Used to test the validity of the measurement process, where the composition of the sample is unknown except to the person submitting it."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="c"/>
    <display value="Calibrator"/>
    <definition value="Used for initial setting of calibration of the instrument."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="e"/>
    <display value="Electronic QC"/>
    <definition value="Used with manufactured reference providing signals that simulate QC results."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="f"/>
    <display value="Filler Organization Proficiency"/>
    <definition value="Specimen used for testing proficiency of the organization performing the testing (Filler)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="o"/>
    <display value="Operator Proficiency"/>
    <definition value="Specimen used for testing Operator Proficiency."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="p"/>
    <display value="Patient"/>
    <definition value="Used for any patient sample."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="q"/>
    <display value="Control specimen"/>
    <definition value="Used when specimen is the control specimen (either positive or negative)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="r"/>
    <display value="Replicate (of patient sample as a control)"/>
    <definition value="Used when a patient sample is re-run as a control for a repeat test."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="v"/>
    <display value="Verifying Calibrator"/>
    <definition value="Used for periodic calibration checks."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```