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Generated Narrative: CodeSystem adverse-event-category

Last updated: 2026-07-03 00:00:00+0000

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 | A property that indicates the status of the concept. One of active, experimental, deprecated, or retired.

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/adverse-event-category defines the following codes:

Code | Display | Definition
clinical-research | Clinical Research | The adverse event pertains to clinical research.
wrong-patient | Wrong Patient | The adverse event pertains to an event involving the wrong patient, who was not the intended subject.
procedure-mishap | Procedure Mishap | The adverse event pertains to a procedure mishap.
medication-mishap | Medication Mishap | The adverse event pertains to a medication mishap, such as wrong dose, route, rate, or duration of administration.
device | Device | The adverse event pertains to a device.
unsafe-physical-environment | Unsafe Physical Environment | The adverse event pertains to an unsafe physical environment.
hospital-aquired-infection | Hospital Acquired Infection | The adverse event pertains to a hospital acquired infection.
hospital-acquired-infection | Hospital Acquired Infection | The adverse event pertains to a hospital acquired infection.
wrong-body-site | Wrong Body Site | The adverse event pertains to the wrong body site.

# description
Overall categorization of the event, e.g. product-related or situational.

# copyright
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# property[].description
A property that indicates the status of the concept. One of active, experimental, deprecated, or retired.

# concept[].definition
The adverse event pertains to clinical research.

# concept[].definition
The adverse event pertains to an event involving the wrong patient, who was not the intended subject.

# concept[].definition
The adverse event pertains to a procedure mishap.

# concept[].definition
The adverse event pertains to a medication mishap, such as wrong dose, route, rate, or duration of administration.

# concept[].definition
The adverse event pertains to an unsafe physical environment.

# concept[].definition
The adverse event pertains to a hospital acquired infection.

# concept[].definition
The adverse event pertains to a hospital acquired infection.

# concept[].definition
The adverse event pertains to the wrong body site.