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Type:
Change Request
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Resolution: Persuasive
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Priority:
Medium
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US Core (FHIR)
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3.1.0 [deprecated]
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Cross-Group Projects
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Profiles and Extensions
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Brett Marquard / Floyd Eisenberg: 7-0-1
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Correction
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Compatible, substantive
Final US regulation no longer requires that only 8 SNOMED codes be used for smoking status. While the binding of the ValueSet is extensible, extensible does not give the flexibility to use code that are more appropriate for a particular smoking status because a mapping may be possible.
I think it would make the most sense to update the ValueSet to allow for other SNOMED codes to be used that is most appropriate for the smoking status being documented.