Use Case(s)
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Artifact
<name of refset>To express presence or absence of a clinical phenomenon
Artifact
Presence Absence reference set
Purpose of Refset
<describe in words what the refset will be used for>This reference set is for recording and retrieving presence-absence information. In practice, the presence or absence of a phenomenon will be coordinated or constructed using members of this refset to convey the 'absent-ness' or present-ness' of something a clinician wishes to record.
Examples of what to include
<Provide examples of content that would be included in this refset>Absent (qualifier value)
Examples of what to exclude
<Provide examples of content that should not be in this refset>Absent leg (finding); Absence (morphlogic abnormality); Absences (finding); Not detected (qualifier value); Not seen (qualifier value); Present ++ out of ++++ (qualifier value); Presence (property) (qualifier value)
Zero or one OR Zero or more
<Is there no more than one value from the refset that can be selected? or Are there more than one? e.g. ethnicity>
Editorial Guidelines
<Describe any Editorial Guidelines that are needed for this refset
e.g. concept should not indicate presence or absence just describe the phenomena that is being measured>
Similar Refsets
<List similar existing refsets and either explain why they are different or consider consolidation and/or VSAC value sets>
Associated Clinical Quality Measures
<Identify if this refset will be associated with any clinical quality measures>Zero or one
Editorial Guidelines
This reference set is intended to be a two-value reference. Intermediate or graded levels of absence/presence, or levels of certainty about absence/presence and other related meanings are out of scope. See "Examples of what to exclude" above.
Similar Refsets
Yes-No refset