---
type: "valueset"
title: "Encounter Type"
valueset: "encounter-type"
---
# Encounter Type

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-type
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: EncounterType
- **Title**: Encounter Type
- **Publisher**: FHIR Project team
- **Description**: This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the type of encounter: a specific code indicating type of service provided.

## Content (Compose)

- **System**: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/encounter-type

## ValueSet XML



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

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="encounter-type"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pa"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="informative"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-type"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.248"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.243"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.137"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="EncounterType"/>
  <title value="Encounter Type"/>
  <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 example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the type of encounter: a specific code indicating type of service provided."/>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/encounter-type"/>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>
```