AU Base on FHIR R4

Australian Base Implementation Guide

This page is part of AU Base v4.0.0 based on FHIR R4. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Defining URL:

http://terminology.hl7.org.au/CodeSystem/contact-purpose

Version:

4.0.0

Name:

ContactPurpose

Title:

Contact Purpose

Status:

Active as of 2022-03-31

Definition:

Purpose for associated contact information.

Publisher:

Health Level Seven Australia (Patient Administration WG)

Copyright:

Content:

Complete: All the concepts defined by the code system are included in the code system resource

OID:

2.16.840.1.113883.2.3.4.1.4.19 (for OID based terminology systems)

Source Resource:

This code system http://terminology.hl7.org.au/CodeSystem/contact-purpose defines the following codes:

Code	Display	Definition
after-hours	After Hours	Contact to be used during an after hours period as determined by the contact entity. An after hours period is a period of time outside of normal operating periods of the entity or service.
medical-record	Medical Record	Contact for medical/clinical records including provision of results to a practitioner or the correction of a clinical record.
emergency	Emergency	Contact to be used in an emergency.
clinical-emergency	Clinical Emergency	Contact to be used in a clinical emergency.
legal	Legal	Contact for legal concerns or enquiries.
privacy	Privacy	Contact for concerns or enquiries relating to privacy of information.