---
type: "valueset"
title: "Vital Signs Units"
valueset: "ucum-vitals-common"
---
# Vital Signs Units

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/ucum-vitals-common
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: VitalSignsUnits
- **Title**: Vital Signs Units
- **Publisher**: FHIR Project
- **Description**: Common UCUM units for recording Vital Signs

## Content (Compose)

- **System**: http://unitsofmeasure.org | **Concepts**: %, cm, [in_i], kg, g, [lb_av], [oz_av], Cel, [degF], mm[Hg], /min, kg/m2, m2

## ValueSet XML



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

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="ucum-vitals-common"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-extensible">
    <valueBoolean value="true"/>
  </extension>
  <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/ucum-vitals-common"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.955"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.870"/>
  </identifier>
  <name value="VitalSignsUnits"/>
  <title value="Vital Signs Units"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <publisher value="FHIR Project"/>
  <description value="Common UCUM units for recording Vital Signs"/>
  <copyright value="UCUM is Copyright © 1999-2013 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and The UCUM Organization, Indianapolis, IN. All rights reserved. See http://unitsofmeasure.org/trac//wiki/TermsOfUse for details"/>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
      <concept>
        <code value="%"/>
        <display value="percent"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="cm"/>
        <display value="centimeter"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="[in_i]"/>
        <display value="inch (international)"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="kg"/>
        <display value="kilogram"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="g"/>
        <display value="gram"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="[lb_av]"/>
        <display value="pound (US and British)"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="[oz_av]"/>
        <display value="ounce (US and British)"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="Cel"/>
        <display value="degree Celsius"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="[degF]"/>
        <display value="degree Fahrenheit"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="mm[Hg]"/>
        <display value="millimeter of mercury"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="/min"/>
        <display value="per minute"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="kg/m2"/>
        <display value="kilogram / (meter ^ 2)"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="m2"/>
        <display value="square meter"/>
      </concept>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>
```