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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="match-grade"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2020-04-09T21:10:28.568+00:00"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/match-grade</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">certain<a name="match-grade-certain"> </a></td><td>Certain Match</td><td>This record meets the matching criteria to be automatically considered as a full match.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">probable<a name="match-grade-probable"> </a></td><td>Probable Match</td><td>This record is a close match, but not a certain match. Additional review (e.g. by a human) may be required before using this as a match.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">possible<a name="match-grade-possible"> </a></td><td>Possible Match</td><td>This record may be a matching one. Additional review (e.g. by a human) SHOULD be performed before using this as a match.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">certainly-not<a name="match-grade-certainly-not"> </a></td><td>Certainly Not a Match</td><td>This record is known not to be a match. Note that usually non-matching records are not returned, but in some cases records previously or likely considered as a match may specifically be negated by the matching engine.</td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/match-grade"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1289"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="1.0.0"/>
  <name value="MatchGrade"/>
  <title value="MatchGrade"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2020-04-09T21:10:28+00:00"/>
  <publisher value="Health Level Seven International"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="hq@HL7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="A Master Patient Index (MPI) assessment of whether a candidate patient record is a match or not."/>
  <copyright value="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"/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/match-grade"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="certain"/>
    <display value="Certain Match"/>
    <definition value="This record meets the matching criteria to be automatically considered as a full match."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="probable"/>
    <display value="Probable Match"/>
    <definition value="This record is a close match, but not a certain match. Additional review (e.g. by a human) may be required before using this as a match."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="possible"/>
    <display value="Possible Match"/>
    <definition value="This record may be a matching one. Additional review (e.g. by a human) SHOULD be performed before using this as a match."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="certainly-not"/>
    <display value="Certainly Not a Match"/>
    <definition value="This record is known not to be a match. Note that usually non-matching records are not returned, but in some cases records previously or likely considered as a match may specifically be negated by the matching engine."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>