Details
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Change Request
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Resolution: Persuasive
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Medium
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FHIR Core (FHIR)
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R4
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Terminology Infrastructure
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Terminologies - Systems
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Rob Hausam/Reuben Daniels: 3-0-0
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Clarification
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Non-substantive
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R5
Description
The UCUM page should add a section like this:
Curly-braces codes
UCUM supports adding curly-braces in the 'code' element to allow additional human-readable content. E.g. 3 "{cartons}". In FHIR, the Quantity.unit and Coding.display are typically available to convey a human-readable unit and therefore there is less need for using curly-braces in the Quantity.code element. Because some systems may not recognize that codes containing distinct curly-brace content are in fact equivalent, it is recommended that use of curly-braced content be minimized and the human-readable representation be sent in those elements specifically for that purpose.