---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Task Reason"
codesystem: "task-reason"
---
# Task Reason

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/task-reason
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: TaskReason
- **Title**: Task Reason
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: The reason for the task being performed.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cancellation | Cancellation | The task is requesting a cancellation. |
| fulfillment | Fulfillment | The task is requesting fulfullment. |
| merging | Merging | The task is requesting a merge. |
| admittance | Admittance | The task is requesting a patient to be admitted. |
| authorization | Authorization | The task is representing an authorization of service. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="task-reason"/>
  <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="informative"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="1"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/task-reason"/>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="TaskReason"/>
  <title value="Task Reason"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2025-03-12T10:00:00+08:00"/>
  <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 reason for the task being performed."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/task-reason"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="cancellation"/>
    <display value="Cancellation"/>
    <definition value="The task is requesting a cancellation."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="fulfillment"/>
    <display value="Fulfillment"/>
    <definition value="The task is requesting fulfullment."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="merging"/>
    <display value="Merging"/>
    <definition value="The task is requesting a merge."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="admittance"/>
    <display value="Admittance"/>
    <definition value="The task is requesting a patient to be admitted."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="authorization"/>
    <display value="Authorization"/>
    <definition value="The task is representing an authorization of service."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```