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Generated Narrative: CodeSystem v3-ExposureMode

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Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

Name | Code | URI | Type | Description
Not Selectable | notSelectable | http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#notSelectable | boolean | Indicates that the code is abstract - only intended to be used as a selector for other concepts
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-ExposureMode defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:

Lvl | Code | Display | Definition | Not Selectable | Status
1 | _ExposureMode | ExposureMode | Code for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure. | true | active
2 | AIRBORNE | airborne | **Description:** Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through indirect contact via oral or nasal inhalation. | | active
2 | CONTACT | contact | **Description:** Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through direct physical contact. | | active
2 | FOODBORNE | foodborne | **Description:** Communication of an agent from a food source to a living subject via oral consumption. | | active
2 | WATERBORNE | waterborne | **Description:** Communication of an agent to a living subject by contact and/or consumption via an aqueous medium | | active

# description
Code for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure.

# copyright
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# property[].description
Indicates that the code is abstract - only intended to be used as a selector for other concepts

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

# concept[].definition
Code for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure.

# concept[].concept[].definition
**Description:** Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through indirect contact via oral or nasal inhalation.

# concept[].concept[].definition
**Description:** Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through direct physical contact.

# concept[].concept[].definition
**Description:** Communication of an agent from a food source to a living subject via oral consumption.

# concept[].concept[].definition
**Description:** Communication of an agent to a living subject by contact and/or consumption via an aqueous medium