---
type: "valueset"
title: "Observation Category Codes"
valueset: "observation-category"
---
# Observation Category Codes

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-category
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: ObservationCategoryCodes
- **Title**: Observation Category Codes
- **Publisher**: FHIR Project team
- **Description**: Observation Category codes.

## Content (Compose)

- **System**: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category

## ValueSet XML



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

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="observation-category"/>
  <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="normative"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-category"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.403"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.392"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.222"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="ObservationCategoryCodes"/>
  <title value="Observation Category 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="Observation Category codes."/>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"/>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>
```