---
type: "example"
title: "ValueSet Example: valueset-example-intensional"
resource: "ValueSet"
example: "valueset-example-intensional"
---
# ValueSet Example: valueset-example-intensional

## Narrative

Value set "LOINC Codes for Cholesterol": This is an example value set that includes all the codes for serum cholesterol from LOINC v2.36.

Developed by: FHIR project team (example)

Published for testing on 13-June 2012

This value set includes all the LOINC codes in LOINC Part Concept Cholesterol | Bld-Ser-Plas (LP382412-7), except for 5932-9 Cholesterol \[Presence\] in Blood by Test strip

This content from LOINC® is copyright © 1995 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the LOINC Committee, and available at no cost under the license at http://loinc.org/terms-of-use

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="example-intensional"/>
  <meta>
    
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="additional"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p>Value set "LOINC Codes for Cholesterol": This is an example value set that includes 
        all the  codes for serum cholesterol from LOINC v2.36.</p>
      <p>Developed by: FHIR project team (example)</p>
      <p>Published for testing on 13-June 2012</p>
      <p>This value set includes all the LOINC codes in LOINC Part Concept Cholesterol | Bld-Ser-Plas (LP382412-7), except for 5932-9 Cholesterol [Presence] in Blood by Test strip</p>
      <p>This content from LOINC® is copyright © 1995 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the LOINC Committee, and available at no cost under the license at http://loinc.org/terms-of-use</p>
    </div>
  </text>
<!--   
	  for this example, we use a real URI, since this example does have a canonical address
		at which it's posted. Alternatively, We could have used an OID, or a UUID   -->
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/example-intensional"/>
<!--   an imaginary identifier. This is a non FHIR identifier - might be used in a 
	  v2 context (though you always need to translate namespaces for v2)   -->
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.3145"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <system value="http://acme.com/identifiers/valuesets"/>
    <value value="loinc-cholesterol-ext"/>
  </identifier>
<!--   for version, we are going to simply use the day of publication. This is also 
    arbitrary - whatever is here is what people use to refer to the version. 
    Could also be a UUID too   -->
  <version value="20150622"/>
<!--   set of loinc codes for cholesterol for LONC 2.36   -->
  <name value="LOINCCodesForCholesterolInSerumPlasma"/>
  <title value="LOINC Codes for Cholesterol in Serum/Plasma"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="true"/>
  <date value="2015-06-22"/>
	<publisher value="HL7 International / Terminology Infrastructure"/>
	<contact>
		<telecom>
			<system value="url"/>
			<value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
		</telecom>
	</contact>
	<contact>
		<telecom>
			<system value="url"/>
			<value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/Vocab/index.cfm"/>
		</telecom>
	</contact>
  <description value="This is an example value set that includes all the LOINC codes for serum/plasma cholesterol from v2.36."/>
  <copyright value="This content from LOINC® is copyright © 1995 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the LOINC Committee, and available at no cost under the license at http://loinc.org/terms-of-use"/>
    <!--   
        In intensional value sets a locked date or a version of the code 
        system is often not specified. Instead, we're saying, select the 
        right codes in the version you are using based on the filter criteria
    -->
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
            <!--  
                Instead of listing the codes (see the extensional example)
                we do something else: all codes in LOINC part LP382412-7

                Doing it like this means we can't change the displays (per the 
                extensional example). 
            -->
      <filter>
        <property value="parent"/>
        <op value="="/>
        <value value="LP382412-7"/>
      </filter>
    </include>
  <!--  
  		The part LP382412-7 includes the weird code 
		  5932-9 Cholesterol [Presence] in Blood by Test strip 
			- we don't want that one. no. 
		  -->
    <exclude>
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
      <concept>
        <code value="5932-9"/>
        <display value="Cholesterol [Presence] in Blood by Test strip"/>
      </concept>
    </exclude>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>
```