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Generated Narrative: CodeSystem location-physical-type

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This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type defines the following codes:

Code | Display | Definition
si | Site | A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus.
bu | Building | Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It might not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space.
wi | Wing | A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors.
wa | Ward | A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location.
lvl | Level | A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure.
co | Corridor | Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms.
ro | Room | A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these.
bd | Bed | A space that is allocated for sleeping/laying on. This is not the physical bed/trolley that may be moved about, but the space it may occupy.
ve | Vehicle | A means of transportation.
ho | House | A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside.
ca | Cabinet | A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items.
rd | Road | A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name.
area | Area | A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode
jdn | Jurisdiction | A wide scope that covers a conceptual domain, such as a Nation (Country wide community or Federal Government - e.g. Ministry of Health), Province or State (community or Government), Business (throughout the enterprise), Nation with a business scope of an agency (e.g. CDC, FDA etc.) or a Business segment (UK Pharmacy), not just an physical boundary
vi | Virtual | A location that is virtual in nature, such as a conference call or virtual meeting space

# description
This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location.

This includes several 'non physical' codes which are still considered a location.

# copyright
This material derives from the HL7 Terminology (THO). THO is copyright ©1989+ Health Level Seven International and is made available under the CC0 designation. For more licensing information see: https://terminology.hl7.org/license

# concept[].definition
A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus.

# concept[].definition
Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It might not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space.

# concept[].definition
A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors.

# concept[].definition
A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location.

# concept[].definition
A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure.

# concept[].definition
Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms.

# concept[].definition
A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these.

# concept[].definition
A space that is allocated for sleeping/laying on. This is not the physical bed/trolley that may be moved about, but the space it may occupy.

# concept[].definition
A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside.

# concept[].definition
A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items.

# concept[].definition
A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name.

# concept[].definition
A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode

# concept[].definition
A wide scope that covers a conceptual domain, such as a Nation (Country wide community or Federal Government - e.g. Ministry of Health),  Province or State (community or Government), Business (throughout the enterprise), Nation with a business scope of an agency (e.g. CDC, FDA etc.) or a Business segment (UK Pharmacy), not just an physical boundary

# concept[].definition
A location that is virtual in nature, such as a conference call or virtual meeting space