---
type: "valueset"
title: "Types of material for specimen containers"
valueset: "container-material"
---
# Types of material for specimen containers

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/container-material
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: ContainerMaterials
- **Title**: Types of material for specimen containers
- **Publisher**: FHIR Project team
- **Description**: This value set includes SNOMED CT codes for materials that specimen containers are made of

## Content (Compose)

- **System**: http://snomed.info/sct | **Concepts**: 32039001, 61088005, 425620007

## ValueSet XML



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

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="container-material"/>
  <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>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/container-material"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.1400"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="ContainerMaterials"/>
  <title value="Types of material for specimen containers"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="true"/>
  <publisher value="FHIR Project team"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="This value set includes SNOMED CT codes for materials that specimen containers are made of"/>
  <copyright value="This resource includes content from SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) which is copyright of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO). Implementers of these specifications must have the appropriate SNOMED CT Affiliate license - for more information contact http://www.snomed.org/snomed-ct/get-snomed-ct or info@snomed.org"/>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
      <concept>
        <code value="32039001"/>
        <display value="glass"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="61088005"/>
        <display value="plastic"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="425620007"/>
        <display value="metal"/>
      </concept>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>
```