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    <lastUpdated value="2023-03-26T15:21:02.749+11:00"/>
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            &lt;p&gt;This code system 
              &lt;code&gt;http://hl7.org/fhir/sort-direction&lt;/code&gt; defines the following codes:
            &lt;/p&gt;
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              &lt;tr&gt;
                &lt;td style=&quot;white-space:nowrap&quot;&gt;
                  &lt;b&gt;Code&lt;/b&gt;
                &lt;/td&gt;
                &lt;td&gt;
                  &lt;b&gt;Display&lt;/b&gt;
                &lt;/td&gt;
                &lt;td&gt;
                  &lt;b&gt;Definition&lt;/b&gt;
                &lt;/td&gt;
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              &lt;tr&gt;
                &lt;td style=&quot;white-space:nowrap&quot;&gt;ascending
                  &lt;a name=&quot;sort-direction-ascending&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;
                &lt;/td&gt;
                &lt;td&gt;Ascending&lt;/td&gt;
                &lt;td&gt;Sort by the value ascending, so that lower values appear first.&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;/tr&gt;
              &lt;tr&gt;
                &lt;td style=&quot;white-space:nowrap&quot;&gt;descending
                  &lt;a name=&quot;sort-direction-descending&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;
                &lt;/td&gt;
                &lt;td&gt;Descending&lt;/td&gt;
                &lt;td&gt;Sort by the value descending, so that lower values appear last.&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;/tr&gt;
            &lt;/table&gt;
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    <valueCode value="trial-use"/>
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    <valueInteger value="5"/>
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  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/sort-direction"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.980"/>
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  <version value="5.0.0"/>
  <name value="SortDirection"/>
  <title value="SortDirection"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2023-03-26T15:21:02+11:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
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      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
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    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
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  </contact>
  <description value="The possible sort directions, ascending or descending."/>
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      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
      <code value="001"/>
      <display value="World"/>
    </coding>
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  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/sort-direction"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="ascending"/>
    <display value="Ascending"/>
    <definition value="Sort by the value ascending, so that lower values appear first."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="descending"/>
    <display value="Descending"/>
    <definition value="Sort by the value descending, so that lower values appear last."/>
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