ENT | entity | Corresponds to the Entity class |
└HCE | health chart entity | A health chart included to serve as a document receiving entity in the management of medical records. |
└LIV | living subject | Anything that essentially has the property of life, independent of current state (a dead human corpse is still essentially a living subject). |
└NLIV | non-person living subject | A subtype of living subject that includes all living things except the species Homo Sapiens. |
└ANM | animal | A living subject from the animal kingdom. |
└MIC | microorganism | All single celled living organisms including protozoa, bacteria, yeast, viruses, etc. |
└PLNT | plant | A living subject from the order of plants. |
└PSN | person | A living subject of the species homo sapiens. |
└MAT | material | Any thing that has extension in space and mass, may be of living or non-living origin. |
└CHEM | chemical substance | A substance that is fully defined by an organic or inorganic chemical formula, includes mixtures of other chemical substances. Refine using, e.g., IUPAC codes. |
└FOOD | food | Naturally occurring, processed or manufactured entities that are primarily used as food for humans and animals. |
└MMAT | manufactured material | Corresponds to the ManufacturedMaterial class |
└CONT | container | A container of other entities. |
└HOLD | holder | A type of container that can hold other containers or other holders. |
└DEV | device | A subtype of ManufacturedMaterial used in an activity, without being substantially changed through that activity. The kind of device is identified by the code attribute inherited from Entity.
Usage: This includes durable (reusable) medical equipment as well as disposable equipment. |
└CER | certificate representation | A physical artifact that stores information about the granting of authorization. |
└MODDV | imaging modality | Class to contain unique attributes of diagnostic imaging equipment. |
└ORG | organization | A social or legal structure formed by human beings. |
└PUB | public institution | An agency of the people of a state often assuming some authority over a certain matter. Includes government, governmental agencies, associations. |
└STATE | state | A politically organized body of people bonded by territory, culture, or ethnicity, having sovereignty (to a certain extent) granted by other states (enclosing or neighboring states). This includes countries (nations), provinces (e.g., one of the United States of America or a French departement), counties or municipalities. Refine using, e.g., ISO country codes, FIPS-PUB state codes, etc. |
└NAT | Nation | A politically organized body of people bonded by territory and known as a nation. |
└PLC | place | A physical place or site with its containing structure. May be natural or man-made. The geographic position of a place may or may not be constant. |
└CITY | city or town | The territory of a city, town or other municipality. |
└COUNTRY | country | The territory of a sovereign nation. |
└COUNTY | county or parish | The territory of a county, parish or other division of a state or province. |
└PROVINCE | state or province | The territory of a state, province, department or other division of a sovereign country. |
└RGRP | group | A grouping of resources (personnel, material, or places) to be used for scheduling purposes. May be a pool of like-type resources, a team, or combination of personnel, material and places. |