0532

Expanded yes/no indicator

Introduced in v2.5· hl7· universal· 9 values

This table expands on the original Yes/no indicator table by including "flavors of null". It is intended to be applied to fields where the response is not limited to "yes" or "no".

Use Case: A reporting facility/person has little or no information on a particular event or outcome and these are reported as unknown for public health reporting purposes.

OID & Vocabulary Information

THO Canonical URL (v2.0.0)
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0532
Table OID
2.16.840.1.113883.12.532
Codesystem OID (v1)
2.16.840.1.113883.18.347
Value Set OID
2.16.840.1.113883.21.363
Binding
universal
Expansion
All codes from codesystem
UTG Code Table
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Special Values
Contains "Unknown"
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ASKU
asked but unknown
THO: Information was sought but not found (e.g., patient was asked but didn't know
N
No
NA
not applicable
THO: No proper value is applicable in this context (e.g., last menstrual period for a male)
NASK
not asked
THO: This information has not been sought (e.g., patient was not asked
NAV
temporarily unavailable
THO: Information is not available at this time but it is expected that it will be available later
NI
No Information
THO: No information whatsoever can be inferred from this exceptional value. This is the most general exceptional value. It is also the default exceptional value
NP
not present
THO: Obsolete as of v 2.7.
UNK
unknown
THO: A proper value is applicable, but not known
Y
Yes
9 codes