---
type: "valueset"
title: "Vital Signs - Head Circumference"
valueset: "observation-vitalsign-headcircum"
---
# Vital Signs - Head Circumference

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-vitalsign-headcircum
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: VitalSignsHeadCircum
- **Title**: Vital Signs - Head Circumference
- **Publisher**: FHIR project team
- **Description**: This value set defines the set of LOINC codes considered to be appropriate for representing head circumference vital sign measurements in Observation.code.

## Content (Compose)

- **System**: http://loinc.org | **Filters**: COMPONENT in LP72254-3,LP304462-7; PROPERTY = LP6822-3; TIME_ASPCT = LP6960-1; SYSTEM = LP7281-1; SCALE_TYP = LP7753-9

## ValueSet XML



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

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="observation-vitalsign-headcircum"/>
  <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-vitalsign-headcircum"/>
  <name value="VitalSignsHeadCircum"/>
  <title value="Vital Signs - Head Circumference"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <publisher value="FHIR project team"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="This value set defines the set of LOINC codes considered to be appropriate for representing head circumference vital sign measurements in Observation.code."/>
  <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"/>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
      <filter>
        <property value="COMPONENT"/>
        <op value="in"/>
        <value value="LP72254-3,LP304462-7"/>
      </filter>
      <filter>
        <property value="PROPERTY"/>
        <op value="="/>
        <value value="LP6822-3"/>
      </filter>
      <filter>
        <property value="TIME_ASPCT"/>
        <op value="="/>
        <value value="LP6960-1"/>
      </filter>
      <filter>
        <property value="SYSTEM"/>
        <op value="="/>
        <value value="LP7281-1"/>
      </filter>
      <filter>
        <property value="SCALE_TYP"/>
        <op value="="/>
        <value value="LP7753-9"/>
      </filter>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>
```