---
type: "valueset"
title: "Immunization Reason Codes"
valueset: "immunization-reason"
---
# Immunization Reason Codes

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/immunization-reason
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: ImmunizationReasonCodes
- **Title**: Immunization Reason Codes
- **Publisher**: FHIR Project team
- **Description**: The value set to instantiate this attribute should be drawn from a terminologically robust code system that consists of or contains concepts to support describing the reason why a dose of vaccine was administered. This value set is provided as a suggestive example.

## Content (Compose)

- **System**: http://snomed.info/sct | **Concepts**: 429060002, 14747002

## ValueSet XML



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

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="immunization-reason"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pher"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="informative"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/immunization-reason"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.290"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.285"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.163"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="ImmunizationReasonCodes"/>
  <title value="Immunization Reason Codes"/>
  <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="The value set to instantiate this attribute should be drawn from a terminologically robust code system that consists of or contains concepts to support describing the reason why a dose of vaccine was administered. This value set is provided as a suggestive example."/>
  <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="429060002"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="14747002"/>
      </concept>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>
```