| Package | hl7.fhir.us.directory-query |
| Resource Type | CodeSystem |
| Id | LanguageProficiencyCS |
| FHIR Version | R4 |
| Source | http://hl7.org/fhir/us/directory-query/https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-directory-query/CodeSystem-LanguageProficiencyCS.html |
| URL | http://hl7.org/fhir/us/directory-query/CodeSystem/LanguageProficiencyCS |
| Version | 1.0.0-ballot |
| Status | active |
| Date | 2022-12-08T23:00:33+00:00 |
| Name | LanguageProficiencyCS |
| Title | Language Proficiency Code System |
| Realm | us |
| Authority | hl7 |
| Description | Codes for documenting spoken language proficiency based on the Interagency Language Roundtable scale of abilities to communicate in a language. |
| Content | complete |
| ValueSet | |
| LanguageProficiencyVS | Language Proficiency Value Set |
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This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/us/directory-query/CodeSystem/LanguageProficiencyCS defines the following codes:
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"name": "LanguageProficiencyCS",
"title": "Language Proficiency Code System",
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"date": "2022-12-08T23:00:33+00:00",
"publisher": "HL7 International - Patient Administration Work Group",
"contact": [
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"name": "HL7 International - Patient Administration Work Group",
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"system": "url",
"value": "http://hl7.org/Special/committees/pafm"
},
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"system": "email",
"value": "pafm@lists.hl7.org"
}
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"jurisdiction": [
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{
"system": "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
"code": "US"
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],
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"content": "complete",
"count": 6,
"concept": [
{
"code": "00",
"display": "No proficiency",
"definition": "Unable to function in the spoken language."
},
{
"code": "10",
"display": "Elementary proficiency",
"definition": "Able to satisfy minimum courtesy requirements and maintain very simple face-to-face conversations on familiar topics. A native speaker must often use slowed speech, repetition, paraphrase, or a combination of these to be understood by this individual."
},
{
"code": "20",
"display": "Limited working proficiency",
"definition": "Able to satisfy routine social demands and limited work requirements."
},
{
"code": "30",
"display": "General professional proficiency",
"definition": "Able to speak the language with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations in practical, social and professional topics."
},
{
"code": "40",
"display": "Advanced professional proficiency",
"definition": "Able to use the language fluently and accurately on all levels normally pertinent to professional needs."
},
{
"code": "50",
"display": "Functional native proficiency",
"definition": "Speaking proficiency is functionally equivalent to that of a highly articulate well-educated native speaker and reflects the cultural standards of the country where the language is natively spoken."
}
]
}