Common UCUM Codes for Distance

• Status: draft
• Name: CommonUCUMCodesForDistance
• Title: Common UCUM Codes for Distance
• Publisher: HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure
• Description: Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes all common UCUM codes used for distance - that it is, all commonly used units which have the same canonical unit as 'm' (meter)

Content (Compose)

• System: http://unitsofmeasure.org | Concepts: nm, um, mm, m, km

ValueSet XML

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

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/>
  </extension>
  <name value="CommonUCUMCodesForDistance"/>
  <title value="Common UCUM Codes for Distance"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes all common UCUM codes used for distance - that it is, all commonly used units which have the same canonical unit as 'm' (meter)"/>
  <copyright value="The UCUM codes, UCUM table (regardless of format), and UCUM Specification are copyright © 1999-2009, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Unified Codes for Units of Measures (UCUM) Organization. All rights reserved."/>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
      <concept>
        <code value="nm"/>
        <display value="nanometers"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="um"/>
        <display value="micrometers"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="mm"/>
        <display value="millimeters"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="m"/>
        <display value="meters"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="km"/>
        <display value="kilometers"/>
      </concept>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>