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Generated Narrative: CodeSystem v3-ConceptGenerality

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Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

Name | Code | URI | Type | Description
Status | status | http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status | code | Designation of a concept's state. Normally is not populated unless the state is retired.

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ConceptGenerality defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:

Code | Display | Definition | Status
A | Abstract | Include only the descendents of this concept in the domain or value set, not the concept itself. | active
L | Leaf | Include only the concept itself in the domain or value set. Do not include descendents of the concept. | active
S | Specializable | Include both the concept and its descendents as possible values in the domain or value set. | active

# description
Indicates whether the concept that is the target should be interpreted as itself, or whether it should be expanded to include its child concepts, or both when it is included in the source domain/valueset.

**Deprecation Comment:** Deprecated as per 11/2008 Harmonization cleanup; internal and obsolete HL7 usage, no longer used.

# property[].description
Designation of a concept's state. Normally is not populated unless the state is retired.

# concept[].definition
Include only the descendents of this concept in the domain or value set, not the concept itself.

# concept[].definition
Include only the concept itself in the domain or value set. Do not include descendents of the concept.

# concept[].definition
Include both the concept and its descendents as possible values in the domain or value set.