---
type: "valueset"
title: "Specimen Type"
valueset: "specimen-type"
---
# Specimen Type

- **Status**: draft
- **Name**: SpecimenType
- **Title**: Specimen Type
- **Publisher**: FHIR Project team
- **Description**: Specimen type : HL7 V2 table 0487.       An alternate value set could be all SNOMED CT descendants of 123038009 (Specimen)

## Content (Compose)

- **System**: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0487

## ValueSet XML



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

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <name value="SpecimenType"/>
  <title value="Specimen Type"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="true"/>
  <publisher value="FHIR Project team"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="Specimen type : HL7 V2 table 0487.       An alternate value set could be all SNOMED CT descendants of 123038009 (Specimen)"/>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0487"/>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>
```