Location type

{
  "description" : "This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location.\r\rThis includes several 'non physical' codes which are still considered a location.",
  "date" : "2026-03-08T18:17:17-06:00",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2024-04-24T00:00:00+00:00",
    "profile" : [ "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem" ]
  },
  "publisher" : "Health Level Seven International",
  "content" : "complete",
  "property" : null,
  "name" : "LocationType",
  "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",
  "experimental" : false,
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "title" : "Location type",
  "extension" : [ {
    "valueCode" : "pa",
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg"
  }, {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 1
  }, {
    "extension" : [ {
      "valueString" : "concept",
      "url" : "path"
    }, {
      "url" : "count",
      "valueInteger" : 15
    } ],
    "url" : "http://health-samurai.io/extensions/excised-data"
  }, {
    "url" : "http://health-samurai.io/extensions/source",
    "valueCode" : "db"
  } ],
  "status" : "active",
  "language" : "en",
  "id" : "location-physical-type",
  "valueSet" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/location-physical-type",
  "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type",
  "identifier" : [ {
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1108"
  } ],
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "version" : "2.0.1",
  "contact" : [ {
    "telecom" : [ {
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org"
    }, {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "hq@HL7.org"
    } ]
  } ],
  "text" : {
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\" xml:lang=\"en\" lang=\"en\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem location-physical-type</b></p><a name=\"location-physical-type\"> </a><a name=\"hclocation-physical-type\"> </a><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Last updated: 2024-04-24 00:00:00+0000; Language: en</p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Profile: <a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/shareablecodesystem.html\">Shareable CodeSystem</a></p></div><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">si<a name=\"location-physical-type-si\"> </a></td><td>Site</td><td>A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">bu<a name=\"location-physical-type-bu\"> </a></td><td>Building</td><td>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.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">wi<a name=\"location-physical-type-wi\"> </a></td><td>Wing</td><td>A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">wa<a name=\"location-physical-type-wa\"> </a></td><td>Ward</td><td>A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">lvl<a name=\"location-physical-type-lvl\"> </a></td><td>Level</td><td>A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">co<a name=\"location-physical-type-co\"> </a></td><td>Corridor</td><td>Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">ro<a name=\"location-physical-type-ro\"> </a></td><td>Room</td><td>A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">bd<a name=\"location-physical-type-bd\"> </a></td><td>Bed</td><td>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.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">ve<a name=\"location-physical-type-ve\"> </a></td><td>Vehicle</td><td>A means of transportation.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">ho<a name=\"location-physical-type-ho\"> </a></td><td>House</td><td>A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">ca<a name=\"location-physical-type-ca\"> </a></td><td>Cabinet</td><td>A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">rd<a name=\"location-physical-type-rd\"> </a></td><td>Road</td><td>A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">area<a name=\"location-physical-type-area\"> </a></td><td>Area</td><td>A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">jdn<a name=\"location-physical-type-jdn\"> </a></td><td>Jurisdiction</td><td>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</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">vi<a name=\"location-physical-type-vi\"> </a></td><td>Virtual</td><td>A location that is virtual in nature, such as a conference call or virtual meeting space</td></tr></table></div>",
    "status" : "generated"
  }
}