Observation.value code use LOINC in addition to SNOMED CT

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    • Type: Change Request
    • Resolution: Persuasive with Modification
    • Priority: Medium
    • US Core (FHIR)
    • 3.2.0 [deprecated]
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    • US Core Laboratory Result Observation Profile
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      Change from

      "If a coded value, the valueCodeableConcept.code SHOULD be selected from SNOMED CT."

      to

      "If a coded value, the valueCodeableConcept.code SHOULD be selected from SNOMED CT if the concept exists."

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      Change from "If a coded value, the valueCodeableConcept.code SHOULD be selected from SNOMED CT." to "If a coded value, the valueCodeableConcept.code SHOULD be selected from SNOMED CT if the concept exists ."
    • Brett Marquard/Eric Haas: 17-0-3
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      The documentation for Observation.value[x] and Observation.component.value[x] states that "If a coded value, the valueCodeableConcept.code SHOULD be selected from SNOMED CT." However, there are many LOINC terms with a scale type of Ordinal or Nominal for which the Answer List contains concepts with no equivalent SNOMED CT. For example for LOINC 5782-8 (Crystals) the Answer List LL891-3 contains 25 terms. Only 16 of those have SNOMED CT codes; the other 9 only have LOINC codes. Therefore I recommend changing the documentation to "If a coded value, the valueCodeableConcept.code SHOULD be selected from SNOMED CT and/or LOINC."

      A corresponding change should also be made to the Invariants and Constraints. And add an example if possible.

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            Reporter:
            Nick Radov
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