---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Variable Type"
codesystem: "variable-type"
---
# Variable Type

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-type
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Name**: VariableType
- **Title**: Variable Type
- **Description**: VariableType

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dichotomous | Dichotomous | The variable is dichotomous, such as present or absent. |
| continuous | Continuous | The variable is a continuous result such as a quantity. |
| descriptive | Descriptive | The variable is described narratively rather than quantitatively. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="variable-type"/>
  <meta>
    
  </meta>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-type"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1344"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="VariableType"/>
  <title value="Variable Type"/>
  <experimental value="true"/>
  <description value="VariableType"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="dichotomous"/>
    <display value="Dichotomous"/>
    <definition value="The variable is dichotomous, such as present or absent."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="continuous"/>
    <display value="Continuous"/>
    <definition value="The variable is a continuous result such as a quantity."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="descriptive"/>
    <display value="Descriptive"/>
    <definition value="The variable is described narratively rather than quantitatively."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```