LocationType

Location type

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This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location.

Metadata

hl7.org/fhir
Canonical URL
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type
All-Codes Value Set
http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/location-physical-type
ID
location-physical-type
Version
4.0.1
Publisher
FHIR Project team
Case Sensitive
Yes
In the unified registry

Concepts (14)

si
Site
A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus.
bu
Building
Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It might not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space.
wi
Wing
A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors.
wa
Ward
A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location.
lvl
Level
A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure.
co
Corridor
Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms.
ro
Room
A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these.
bd
Bed
A space that is allocated for sleeping/laying on. This is not the physical bed/trolley that may be moved about, but the space it may occupy.
ve
Vehicle
A means of transportation.
ho
House
A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside.
ca
Cabinet
A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items.
rd
Road
A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name.
area
Area
A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode
jdn
Jurisdiction
A wide scope that covers a conceptual domain, such as a Nation (Country wide community or Federal Government - e.g. Ministry of Health), Province or State (community or Government), Business (throughout the enterprise), Nation with a business scope of an agency (e.g. CDC, FDA etc.) or a Business segment (UK Pharmacy), not just an physical boundary