This value set (http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-ObservationMethod) is defined as part of HL7 v3.
Definition: A code that provides additional detail about the means or technique used to ascertain the observation. Examples:
Blood pressure measurement method: arterial puncture vs. sphygmomanometer (Riva-Rocci), sitting vs. supine position, etc. OpenIssue:
Description copied from Concept Domain of same name. Must be verified. Note that the Domain has a full discussion about use of the attribute and constraining that is not appropriate for the code system description. Needs to be improved.
This value set contains 300 concepts
Expansion based on http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ObservationMethod version 2016年11月11日
All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ObservationMethod
Code Display Definition
_DecisionObservationMethod DecisionObservationMethod Provides codes for decision methods, initially for assessing the causality of events.
ALGM algorithm Reaching a decision through the application of an algorithm designed to weigh the different factors involved.
BYCL bayesian calculation Reaching a decision through the use of Bayesian statistical analysis.
GINT global introspection Reaching a decision by consideration of the totality of factors involved in order to reach a judgement.
_GeneticObservationMethod GeneticObservationMethod A code that provides additional detail about the means or technique used to ascertain the genetic analysis. Example, PCR, Micro Array
PCR PCR Description: Polymerase Chain Reaction
_ObservationMethodAggregate observation method aggregate Provides additional detail about the aggregation methods used to compute the aggregated values for an observation. This is an abstract code.
AVERAGE average Average of non-null values in the referenced set of values
COUNT count Count of non-null values in the referenced set of values
MAX maxima Largest of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.
MEDIAN median The median of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.
MIN minima Smallest of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.
MODE mode The most common value of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.
STDEV.P population standard deviation Standard Deviation of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over the population.
STDEV.S sample standard deviation Standard Deviation of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over a sample of the population.
SUM sum Sum of non-null values in the referenced set of values
VARIANCE.P population variance Variance of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over the population.
VARIANCE.S sample variance Variance of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over a sample of the population.
VDOC document verification Verification by means of document.
Example: Fax, letter, attachment to e-mail.
VREG registry verification verification by means of a response to an electronic query
Example: query message to a Covered Party registry application or Coverage Administrator.
VTOKEN electronic token verification Verification by means of electronic token.
Example: smartcard, magnetic swipe card, RFID device.
VVOICE voice-based verification Verification by means of voice.
Example: By speaking with or calling the Coverage Administrator or Covered Party
0001 Complement fixation Complement fixation
0002 Computed axial tomography Computed axial tomography
0003 HLAR agar test Susceptibility, High Level Aminoglycoside Resistance agar test
0004 Macroscopic observation Visual, Macroscopic observation
0005 Magnetic resonance Computed, Magnetic resonance
0006 Morphometry Computed, Morphometry
0007 Positron emission tomography Computed, Positron emission tomography
0008 SAMHSA confirmation SAMHSA drug assay confirmation
0009 SAMHSA screening SAMHSA drug assay screening
0010 Serum Neutralization Serum Neutralization
0012 Ultrasound Ultrasound
0013 X-ray crystallography X-ray crystallography
0014 Agglutination Agglutination
0015 Buffered acidified plate agglutination Agglutination, Buffered acidified plate
0016 Card agglutination Agglutination, Card
0017 Hemagglutination Agglutination, Hemagglutination
0018 Hemagglutination inhibition Agglutination, Hemagglutination inhibition
0019 Latex agglutination Agglutination, Latex
0020 Plate agglutination Agglutination, Plate
0021 Rapid agglutination Agglutination, Rapid Plate
0022 RBC agglutination Agglutination, RBC
0023 Rivanol agglutination Agglutination, Rivanol
0024 Tube agglutination Agglutination, Tube
0026 Animal Inoculation Bioassay, Animal Inoculation
0027 Cytotoxicity Bioassay, Cytotoxicity
0028 Embryo infective dose 50 Bioassay, Embryo Infective Dose 50
0029 Embryo lethal dose 50 Bioassay, Embryo Lethal Dose 50
0030 Mouse intercerebral inoculation Bioassay, Mouse intercerebral inoculation
0031 Bioassay, qualitative Bioassay, qualitative
0032 Bioassay, quantitative Bioassay, quantitative
0033 Chemical method Chemical
0034 Differential light absorption chemical test Chemical, Differential light absorption
0035 Dipstick Chemical, Dipstick
0036 Dipstick colorimetric laboratory test Chemical, Dipstick colorimetric laboratory test
0037 Test strip Chemical, Test strip
0038 Chromatography Chromatography
0039 Affinity chromatography Chromatography, Affinity
0040 Gas liquid chromatography Chromatography, Gas liquid
0041 High performance liquid chromatography Chromatography, High performance liquid
0042 Liquid Chromatography Chromatography, Liquid
0043 Protein A affinity chromatography Chromatography, Protein A affinity
0044 Coagulation Coagulation
0045 Tilt tube coagulation time Coagulation, Tilt tube
0046 Tilt tube reptilase induced coagulation Coagulation, Tilt tube reptilase induced
0047 Automated count Count, Automated
0048 Manual cell count Count, Manual
0049 Platelet count, Rees-Ecker Count, Platelet, Rees-Ecker
0050 Aerobic Culture Culture, Aerobic
0051 Anaerobic Culture Culture, Anaerobic
0052 Chicken embryo culture Culture, Chicken Embryo
0053 Delayed secondary enrichment Culture, Delayed secondary enrichment
0054 Microaerophilic Culture Culture, Microaerophilic
0055 Quantitative microbial culture, cup Culture, Quantitative microbial, cup
0056 Quantitative microbial culture, droplet Culture, Quantitative microbial, droplet
0057 Quantitative microbial culture, filter paper Culture, Quantitative microbial, filter paper
0058 Quantitative microbial culture, pad culture Culture, Quantitative microbial, pad
0059 Quantitative microbial culture, pour plate Culture, Quantitative microbial, pour plate
0060 Quantitative microbial culture, surface streak Culture, Quantitative microbial, surface streak
0061 Somatic Cell culture Culture, Somatic Cell
0062 Agar diffusion Diffusion, Agar
0063 Agar Gel Immunodiffusion Diffusion, Agar Gel Immunodiffusion
0064 Electrophoresis Electrophoresis
0065 Agaorse gel electrophoresis Electrophoresis, Agaorse gel
0066 Electrophoresis, citrate agar Electrophoresis, citrate agar
0067 Immunoelectrophoresis Electrophoresis, Immuno
0068 Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide gel
0069 Starch gel electrophoresis Electrophoresis, Starch gel
0071 ELISA, antigen capture ELISA, antigen capture
0072 ELISA, avidin biotin peroxidase complex ELISA, avidin biotin peroxidase complex
0073 Kinetic ELISA ELISA, Kinetic
0074 ELISA, peroxidase-antiperoxidase ELISA, peroxidase-antiperoxidase
0075 API 20 Strep Identification, API 20 Strep
0076 API 20A Identification, API 20A
0077 API 20C AUX Identification, API 20C AUX
0078 API 20E Identification, API 20E
0079 API 20NE Identification, API 20NE
0080 API 50 CH Identification, API 50 CH
0081 API An-IDENT Identification, API An-IDENT
0082 API Coryne Identification, API Coryne
0083 API Rapid 20E Identification, API Rapid 20E
0084 API Staph Identification, API Staph
0085 API ZYM Identification, API ZYM
0086 Bacterial identification Identification, Bacterial
0087 mini VIDAS Identification, mini VIDAS
0088 Phage susceptibility typing Identification, Phage susceptibility typing
0089 Quad-FERM+ Identification, Quad-FERM+
0090 RAPIDEC Staph Identification, RAPIDEC Staph
0091 Staphaurex Identification, Staphaurex
0092 VIDAS Identification, VIDAS
0093 Vitek Identification, Vitek
0094 VITEK 2 Identification, VITEK 2
0095 Immune stain Immune stain
0096 Immunofluorescent antibody, direct Immune stain, Immunofluorescent antibody, direct
0097 Immunofluorescent antibody, indirect Immune stain, Immunofluorescent antibody, indirect
0098 Immunoperoxidase, Avidin-Biotin Complex Immune stain, Immunoperoxidase, Avidin-Biotin Complex
0099 Immunoperoxidase, Peroxidase anti-peroxidase complex Immune stain, Immunoperoxidase, Peroxidase anti-peroxidase complex
0100 Immunoperoxidase, Protein A-peroxidase complex Immune stain, Immunoperoxidase, Protein A-peroxidase complex
0101 Immunoassay Immunoassay
0102 Immunoassay, qualitative, multiple step Immunoassay, qualitative, multiple step
0103 Immunoassay, qualitative, single step Immunoassay, qualitative, single step
0104 Radioimmunoassay Immunoassay, Radioimmunoassay
0105 Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, multiple step Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, multiple step
0106 Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, single step Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, single step
0107 Microscopy Microscopy
0108 Darkfield microscopy Microscopy, Darkfield
0109 Electron microscopy Microscopy, Electron
0110 Electron microscopy tomography Microscopy, Electron microscopy tomography
0111 Electron microscopy, negative stain Microscopy, Electron, negative stain
0112 Electron microscopy, thick section Microscopy, Electron, thick section transmission
0113 Electron microscopy, thin section Microscopy, Electron, thin section transmission
0114 Microscopy, Light Microscopy, Light
0115 Polarizing light microscopy Microscopy, Polarized light
0116 Scanning electron microscopy Microscopy, Scanning electron
0117 Transmission electron microscopy Microscopy, Transmission electron
0118 Transparent tape direct examination Microscopy, Transparent tape direct examination
0119 3 Self-Sustaining Sequence Replication Molecular, 3 Self-Sustaining Sequence Replication
0120 Branched Chain DNA Molecular, Branched Chain DNA
0121 Hybridization Protection Assay Molecular, Hybridization Protection Assay
0122 Immune blot Molecular, Immune blot
0123 In-situ hybridization Molecular, In-situ hybridization
0124 Ligase Chain Reaction Molecular, Ligase Chain Reaction
0125 Ligation Activated Transcription Molecular, Ligation Activated Transcription
0126 Nucleic Acid Probe Molecular, Nucleic Acid Probe
0128 Nucleic acid probe with amplification Molecular, Nucleic acid probe with amplification
Rationale: Duplicate of code 0126. Use code 0126 instead.
0129 Nucleic acid probe with target amplification Molecular, Nucleic acid probe with target amplification
0130 Nucleic acid reverse transcription Molecular, Nucleic acid reverse transcription
0131 Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Analysis Molecular, Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Analysis
0132 Polymerase chain reaction Molecular, Polymerase chain reaction
0133 Q-Beta Replicase or probe amplification category method Molecular, Q-Beta Replicase or probe amplification category method
0134 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Molecular, Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
0135 Southern Blot Molecular, Southern Blot
0136 Strand Displacement Amplification Molecular, Strand Displacement Amplification
0137 Transcription Mediated Amplification Molecular, Transcription Mediated Amplification
0138 Western Blot Molecular, Western Blot
0139 Flocculation Precipitation, Flocculation
0140 Immune precipitation Precipitation, Immune precipitation
0141 Milk ring test Precipitation, Milk ring test
0142 Precipitin Precipitation, Precipitin
0143 Acid fast stain Stain, Acid fast
0144 Acid fast stain, fluorochrome Stain, Acid fast, fluorochrome
0145 Acid fast stain, Kinyoun's cold carbolfuchsin Stain, Acid fast, Kinyoun's cold carbolfuchsin
0146 Acid fast stain, Ziehl-Neelsen Stain, Acid fast, Ziehl-Neelsen
0147 Acid phosphatase stain Stain, Acid phosphatase
0148 Acridine orange stain Stain, Acridine orange
0149 Active brilliant orange KH stain Stain, Active brilliant orange KH
0150 Alazarin red S stain Stain, Alazarin red S
0151 Alcian blue stain Stain, Alcian blue
0152 Alcian blue with Periodic acid Schiff stain Stain, Alcian blue with Periodic acid Schiff
0153 Argentaffin stain Stain, Argentaffin
0154 Argentaffin silver stain Stain, Argentaffin silver
0155 Azure-eosin stain Stain, Azure-eosin
0156 Basic Fuschin stain Stain, Basic Fuschin
0157 Bennhold stain Stain, Bennhold
0158 Bennhold's Congo red stain Stain, Bennhold's Congo red
0159 Bielschowsky stain Stain, Bielschowsky
0160 Bielschowsky's silver stain Stain, Bielschowsky's silver
0161 Bleach stain Stain, Bleach
0162 Bodian stain Stain, Bodian
0163 Brown-Brenn stain Stain, Brown-Brenn
0164 Butyrate-esterase stain Stain, Butyrate-esterase
0165 Calcofluor white fluorescent stain Stain, Calcofluor white fluorescent
0166 Carbol-fuchsin stain Stain, Carbol-fuchsin
0167 Carmine stain Stain, Carmine
0168 Churukian-Schenk stain Stain, Churukian-Schenk
0169 Congo red stain Stain, Congo red
0170 Cresyl echt violet stain Stain, Cresyl echt violet
0171 Crystal violet stain Stain, Crystal violet
0172 De Galantha stain Stain, De Galantha
0173 Dieterle silver impregnation stain Stain, Dieterle silver impregnation
0174 Fite-Farco stain Stain, Fite-Farco
0175 Fontana-Masson silver stain Stain, Fontana-Masson silver
0176 Fouchet stain Stain, Fouchet
0177 Gomori stain Stain, Gomori
0178 Gomori methenamine silver stain Stain, Gomori methenamine silver
0179 Gomori-Wheatly trichrome stain Stain, Gomori-Wheatly trichrome
0180 Gridley stain Stain, Gridley
0181 Grimelius silver stain Stain, Grimelius silver
0182 Grocott stain Stain, Grocott
0183 Grocott methenamine silver stain Stain, Grocott methenamine silver
0184 Hale's colloidal ferric oxide stain Stain, Hale's colloidal ferric oxide
0185 Hale's colloidal iron stain Stain, Hale's colloidal iron
0186 Hansel stain Stain, Hansel
0187 Harris regressive hematoxylin and eosin stain Stain, Harris regressive hematoxylin and eosin
0188 Hematoxylin and eosin stain Stain, Hematoxylin and eosin
0189 Highman stain Stain, Highman
0190 Holzer stain Stain, Holzer
0191 Iron hematoxylin stain Stain, Iron hematoxylin
0192 Jones stain Stain, Jones
0193 Jones methenamine silver stain Stain, Jones methenamine silver
0194 Kossa stain Stain, Kossa
0195 Lawson-Van Gieson stain Stain, Lawson-Van Gieson
0196 Loeffler methylene blue stain Stain, Loeffler methylene blue
0197 Luxol fast blue with cresyl violet stain Stain, Luxol fast blue with cresyl violet
0198 Luxol fast blue with Periodic acid-Schiff stain Stain, Luxol fast blue with Periodic acid-Schiff
0199 MacNeal's tetrachrome blood stain Stain, MacNeal's tetrachrome blood
0200 Mallory-Heidenhain stain Stain, Mallory-Heidenhain
0201 Masson trichrome stain Stain, Masson trichrome
0202 Mayer mucicarmine stain Stain, Mayer mucicarmine
0203 Mayers progressive hematoxylin and eosin stain Stain, Mayers progressive hematoxylin and eosin
0204 May-Grunwald Giemsa stain Stain, May-Grunwald Giemsa
0205 Methyl green stain Stain, Methyl green
0206 Methyl green pyronin stain Stain, Methyl green pyronin
0207 Modified Gomori-Wheatly trichrome stain Stain, Modified Gomori-Wheatly trichrome
0208 Modified Masson trichrome stain Stain, Modified Masson trichrome
0209 Modified trichrome stain Stain, Modified trichrome
0210 Movat pentachrome stain Stain, Movat pentachrome
0211 Mucicarmine stain Stain, Mucicarmine
0212 Neutral red stain Stain, Neutral red
0213 Night blue stain Stain, Night blue
0214 Non-specific esterase stain Stain, Non-specific esterase
0215 Oil red-O stain Stain, Oil red-O
0216 Orcein stain Stain, Orcein
0217 Perls' stain Stain, Perls'
0218 Phosphotungstic acid-hematoxylin stain Stain, Phosphotungstic acid-hematoxylin
0219 Potassium ferrocyanide stain Stain, Potassium ferrocyanide
0220 Prussian blue stain Stain, Prussian blue
0221 Putchler modified Bennhold stain Stain, Putchler modified Bennhold
0222 Quinacrine fluorescent stain Stain, Quinacrine fluorescent
0223 Reticulin stain Stain, Reticulin
0224 Rhodamine stain Stain, Rhodamine
0225 Safranin stain Stain, Safranin
0226 Schmorl stain Stain, Schmorl
0227 Seiver-Munger stain Stain, Seiver-Munger
0228 Silver stain Stain, Silver
0229 Specific esterase stain Stain, Specific esterase
0230 Steiner silver stain Stain, Steiner silver
0231 Sudan III stain Stain, Sudan III
0232 Sudan IVI stain Stain, Sudan IVI
0233 Sulfated alcian blue stain Stain, Sulfated alcian blue
0234 Supravital stain Stain, Supravital
0235 Thioflavine-S stain Stain, Thioflavine-S
0236 Three micron Giemsa stain Stain, Three micron Giemsa
0237 Vassar-Culling stain Stain, Vassar-Culling
0238 Vital Stain Stain, Vital
0239 von Kossa stain Stain, von Kossa
0243 Minimum bactericidal concentration test, macrodilution Susceptibility, Minimum bactericidal concentration, macrodilution
0244 Minimum bactericidal concentration test, microdilution Susceptibility, Minimum bactericidal concentration, microdilution
0247 Turbidometric Turbidometric
0248 Refractometric Turbidometric, Refractometric
0249 Thin layer chromatography (TLC) Chromatography, Thin Layer
0250 EMIT Immunoassay, enzyme-multiplied technique (EMIT)
0251 Flow cytometry (FC) Flow Cytometry
0252 Radial immunodiffusion (RID) Radial Immunodiffusion
0253 Fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA) Immunoassay, Fluorescence Polarization
0254 Immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE) Electrophoresis, Immunofixation
0255 Equilibrium dialysis Dialysis, Direct Equilibrium
0256 Kleihauer-Betke acid elution Acid Elution, Kleihauer-Betke Method
0257 Anti-complement immunofluorescence (ACIF) Immunofluorescence, Anti-Complement
0258 GC/MS Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy
0259 Nephelometry Light Scatter, Nephelometry
0260 IgE immunoassay antibody Immunoassay, IgE Antibody Test
0261 Lymphocyte Microcytotoxicity Assay Lymphocyte Microcytotoxicity Assay
0262 Spectrophotometry Spectrophotometry
0263 Atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) Spectrophotometry, Atomic Absorption
0264 Ion selective electrode (ISE) Electrochemical, Ion Selective Electrode
0265 Gas chromatography (GC) Chromatography, Gas
0266 Isoelectric focusing (IEF) Isoelectric Focusing
0267 Immunochemiluminescence Immunoassay, Chemiluminescent
0268 Microparticle enzyme immunoassay (MEIA) Immunoassay, Microparticle Enzyme
0269 ICP/MS Inductively-Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
0270 Immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) Immunoassay, Immunoradiometric Assay
0271 Photo optical clot detection Coagulation, Photo Optical Clot Detection
0280 Susceptibility Testing Test methods designed to determine a microorganismaTMs susceptibility to being killed by an antibiotic.
0240 Antibiotic sensitivity, disk Susceptibility, Antibiotic sensitivity, disk
0241 BACTEC susceptibility test Susceptibility, BACTEC susceptibility test
0242 Disk dilution Susceptibility, Disk dilution
0272 Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Testing to measure the minimum concentration of the antibacterial agent in a given culture medium below which bacterial growth is not inhibited.
0245 Minimum Inhibitory Concentration, macrodilution Susceptibility, Minimum Inhibitory concentration, macrodilution
0246 Minimum Inhibitory Concentration, microdilution Susceptibility, Minimum Inhibitory concentration, microdilution
0273 Viral Genotype Susceptibility Viral Genotype Susceptibility
0274 Viral Phenotype Susceptibility Viral Phenotype Susceptibility
0275 Gradient Strip Gradient Strip
0275a Minimum Lethal Concentration (MLC) Minimum Lethal Concentration (MLC)
0276 Slow Mycobacteria Susceptibility Testing to measure the minimum concentration of the antibacterial agent in a given culture medium below which bacterial growth is not inhibited.
0277 Serum bactericidal titer Serum bactericidal titer
0278 Agar screen Agar screen
0279 Disk induction Disk induction
0127 Nucleic acid probe Molecular, Nucleic acid probe