Use Case(s)
To express presence or absence of a clinical oservation
Artifact
Present Absent reference set
Purpose of Refset
This reference set is for recording and retrieving presence-absence information. In practice, the presence or absence of a phenomenon/finding/observation 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
Absent (qualifier value)
Examples of what to exclude
Absent leg (finding)
Zero or one OR Zero or more
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.
Similar Refsets
Yes-No refset
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