---
type: "valueset"
title: "Food Type Codes"
valueset: "food-type"
---
# Food Type Codes

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/food-type
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: FoodTypeCodes
- **Title**: Food Type Codes
- **Publisher**: FHIR NutritionOrder team
- **Description**: This value set represents codes for types of foods and is provided as a suggestive example. It include codes from [SNOMED CT](http://snomed.info/sct) where concept is-a 255620007 (Foods (substance)).

## Content (Compose)

- **System**: http://snomed.info/sct | **Filters**: concept is-a 255620007

## ValueSet XML



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

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="food-type"/>
  <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/food-type"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.384"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.371"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.205"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="FoodTypeCodes"/>
  <title value="Food Type Codes"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="true"/>
  <publisher value="FHIR NutritionOrder team"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="This value set represents codes for types of foods and is provided as a suggestive example. It include codes from [SNOMED CT](http://snomed.info/sct) where concept is-a 255620007 (Foods (substance))."/>
  <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"/>
      <filter>
        <property value="concept"/>
        <op value="is-a"/>
        <value value="255620007"/>
      </filter>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>
```