Proprietary Codes and Systems

Proprietary Codes

Overview

Cerner’s implementation of the HL7® R4 FHIR® standard allows Millennium proprietary code values to be used in addition to standard value set codes. This allows developers to read and write data with clients’ proprietary codes, eliminating the need to map proprietary codes to standard codes. This is particularly beneficial for concepts that are highly customized by clients such as appointment and document types.

Millennium groups repetitive textual information into code sets. A code set stores numeric code values that represent textual or character displays. Code sets are consistent across all clients, however the values within a code set vary between clients and are only guaranteed unique within a specific EHR system. For this reason the region and the EHR source id (or tenant) are included in the system URL. See Multi-Region Support for further details.

The following are true for all Millennium proprietary codes:

Example outbound CodeableConcept displaying both standard and proprietary codes:

{
  "type": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code": "394581000",
        "display": "Community medicine",
        "userSelected": false
      },
      {
        "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/14249",
        "code": "21265426",
        "display": "Same Day",
        "userSelected": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Care Provision

NutritionOrder

The NutritionOrder Resource supports proprietary codes for:

ServiceRequest

The ServiceRequest Resource supports proprietary codes for:

Diagnostic

Observation

The Observation Resource supports proprietary codes for:

Documents

DocumentReference

The DocumentReference Resource supports proprietary codes for:

Encounters

Encounter

The Encounter Resource supports proprietary codes for:

Entities

Organization

The Organization Resource supports proprietary codes for:

Financial

Account

The Account Resource supports proprietary codes for:

ChargeItem

The ChargeItem Resource supports proprietary codes for:

InsurancePlan

The InsurancePlan Resource supports proprietary codes for:

General Clinical

Condition

The Condition Resource supports proprietary codes for:

Procedure

The Procedure Resource supports proprietary codes for:

Individuals

Patient

The Patient Resource supports proprietary codes for:

RelatedPerson

The RelatedPerson Resource supports proprietary codes for:

Location

The Location Resource supports proprietary codes for:

Medications

Immunization

The Immunization Resource supports proprietary codes for:

MedicationRequest

The MedicationRequest Resource supports proprietary codes for:

Medication

The contained Medication Resource supports proprietary codes for:

Scheduling

Appointment

The Appointment Resource supports proprietary codes for:

List of Code Sets

Code Set 2 Admission Source

This code set is similar to the HL7 value set but may have more specific displays such as Transfer from Critical Access Hospital versus Transferred from other hospital.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/2,
  "code": "309194",
  "display": "Emergency Room",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 3 Encounter Admission Type

This code set is typically small and similar to the HL7 value set.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/3",
  "code": "309203",
  "display": "Emergency",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 4 Person Identifier (Alias) Types

This code set includes Identifier Types such as Medical Record Number and Driver’s License Number.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/4",
  "code": "10",
  "display": "MRN",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 16 Courtesy

This code set is a one-element code set containing only Yes.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/16",
  "code": "4334139",
  "display": "Yes",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 18 Diet

This is a small code set similar to the HL7 value set.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/18",
  "code": "301226",
  "display": "Low Sodium",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 19 Discharge Disposition

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintains a minimum set of required values for documenting the disposition of patients upon discharge.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/19",
  "code": "638672",
  "display": "Home Care with Home Health",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 34 Hospital Service

This code set maintains service types available in the facility such as Emergency Medicine, Neurology, and Pediatrics.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/34",
  "code": "313022",
  "display": "Pediatrics",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 36 Languages

This code set is customized by clients and may include Languages such as English and Chinese.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/36",
  "code": "151",
  "display": "English",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 38 Marital Status

This code set may include Marital Statuses such as Divorced and Married.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/38",
  "code": "309236",
  "display": "Divorced",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 40 Person Relationships

This code set is used to describe the related person’s relationship to the patient

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/40",
  "code": "156",
  "display": "MOTHER",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 52 Interpretation Result

This code set contains values that are used to interpret results such as Normal or High.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/52",
  "code": "214",
  "display": "Normal",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 67 VIP

This code set is a one-element code set containing only Yes.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/67",
  "code": "4334139",
  "display": "Yes",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 71 Visit Type

This code set is client definable for different patient types such an Outpatient in a Bed versus Outpatient Clinic visit. There can be workflow and/or functional requirements for different encounter types.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/71",
  "code": "309314",
  "display": "Recurring",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 72 Clinical Event Codes

This code set is extremely large and highly customized by clients. It maintains all the various clinical events such as vital signs, laboratory results, documents, and immunizations.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/72",
  "code": "2799031",
  "display": "Lyme disease vaccine",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 73 Location Contributor Source

This code set maintains the identifying values for a Location, such as SDV_STD_SRC.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/73",
  "code": "2343452",
  "display": "SDV_STD_SRC",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 97 Medication Administration Site

This code set maintains medication administration sites such as left arm, right gluteus medius, or right deltoid.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/97",
  "code": "603",
  "display": "Right arm",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 200 Order Catalog

This code set is extremely large and highly customized by clients. It maintains the entire catalog of orders defined by a client.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/200",
  "code": "3976772",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 222 Location Type

This code set maintains the location types, such as BUILDING, NURSEUNIT, BED etc.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/222",
  "code": "794",
  "display": "Nurse Unit(s)",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 278 Organization Type

This code set maintains the classification of Organizations, such as GOVT or INSURANCE.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/278",
  "code": "1077",
  "display": "govt",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 319 Encounter Alias Type

This is a small code set currently only supporting FIN NBR and VISITID.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/319",
  "code": "1077",
  "display": "FIN NBR",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 333 Encounter/Personnel Relationship

This code set maintains the various personnel positions in the facility such as Attending Physician, ED Nurse Practitioner, and Case Manager.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/333",
  "code": "1119",
  "display": "Attending Physician",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 334 Organization Alias Type

This code set maintains the identifying values for an Organization, such as NPI, OID, and FederalTAXID.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/334",
  "code": "2343451",
  "display": "OID",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 351 Person Relationship Types

This code set includes Relationship Types such as Guardian and Emergency Contact.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/351",
  "code": "1156",
  "display": "Guardian",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 388 Procedure Personnel Relation Type

This code set contains the specific types of relationships you can establish between personnel and a procedure.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/388",
  "code": "1209",
  "display": "Surgeon",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 1028 Body Site

This code set contains body sites such as Chest, Back or Eye.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/1028",
  "code": "309163",
  "display": "Chest",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 1309 Cancel Reasons

This code set contains the various reasons why an order was cancelled/discontinued.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/1309",
  "code": "633908",
  "display": "Duplicate Order",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 4001 Medication Administration Route

This code set maintains medication administration routes such as ID or IM.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/4001",
  "code": "318167",
  "display": "IM",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 4002 Form

This code set contains medication forms such as Aerosol, Gel or Tab.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/4002",
  "code": "318231",
  "display": "Tab",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 4003 Frequency

This code set contains an orders frequency such as BID, Daily or q2hr.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/4003",
  "code": "696528",
  "display": "BID",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 4005 Reason for Medication

This code set contains reasons a medication is needed such as Nausea, Anxiety or Pain.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/4005",
  "code": "614498",
  "display": "pain",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 4009 Order Stop Types

This code set contains the stop type of an order such as Physician Stop, Hard Stop or Soft Stop.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/4009",
  "code": "2336",
  "display": "Hard Stop",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 6000 Catalog Type

This code set contains the catalog types of the order catalog.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/6000",
  "code": "2516",
  "display": "Pharmacy",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 6102 Dietary Modifiers

This code set contains type of diet. Such as Halal, Vegan or Kosher.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/6102",
  "code": "658486",
  "display": "Kosher",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 6103 Beverage Modifiers

This code set contains type of Beverage Modifier. Such as No carbonated, caffeinated etc.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/6103",
  "code": "658489",
  "display": "No caffeinated beverages",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 6107 Dietary Supplement

This code set contains the kind of nutritional supplement.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/6107",
  "code": "658509",
  "display": "High protein pudding",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 12022 Severity

This code set contains levels of severity (mild, moderate, severe) used by multiple Millennium concepts including allergies, problems, diagnoses and family history.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/12022",
  "code": "3294",
  "display": "Moderate"
}
Code Set 12033 Problem Classification

This code set contains problem classifications such as Medical or Patient Stated.

{
    "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/12033",
    "code": "15186888",
    "display": "Medical",
    "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 14002 Bill Code Schedule

This code set contains bill code schedules that drive billing behavior.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/14002",
  "code": "3693"
}
Code Set 14045 Surgical Procedure Modifiers

This code set contains the area of the body the surgery procedure is being executed.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/14045",
  "code": "3858",
  "display": "Left",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 14229 Scheduling Appointment Cancellation Reason

This code set defines a set of reasons for the cancellation of an appointment.

 {
   "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/14229",
   "code": "2191414701",
   "display": "Scheduled by mistake",
   "userSelected": true
 }
Code Set 14249 Scheduling Appointment Type Synonyms

This code set is highly customized by clients and may include appointment types such as Office Visit, Office Visit - New, or Office Visit - Follow Up.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/14249,
  "code": "5038369",
  "display": "Office Visit - Return",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 14250 Scheduling Resource Roles

This code set is customized by clients and defines exam rooms, surgery rooms, and generic resource roles such as Anesthesiologist and Radiology Tech.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/14250,
  "code": "4573",
  "display": "Radiology Exam Room",
}
Code Set 16127 Scheduling Processing Options

This code set contains the various scheduling processing options such as diagnostic, followup or primary.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/16127",
  "code": "22721463",
  "display": "DIAGNOSTIC"
  "userSelected": true
} 
Code Set 18736 Account Types

This code set includes Account Types such as A/R and CASH.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/18736,
  "code": "18736",
  "display": "Cash",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 18934 Currency Type

This code set includes currency types such as USD.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/18934,
  "code": "11074",
  "display": "USD",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 24451 Benefit Order Status

This code set includes the statuses within the billing workflow such as In Process and Ready to bill.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/24451,
  "code": "653931",
  "display": "In Process",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 27137 Health Plan Service Type

This code set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate a type of insurance plan.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id/codeSet/27137",
  "code": "4372138",
  "display": "Medical Service Plan",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 28200 PFT Bill Alias Type

This code set includes bill alias types such as billalias, invalias, and stmtalias.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/28200,
  "code": "6678349",
  "display": "STMTALIAS",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 30200 Result Source

This code set maintains the source of information for a result such as self, parent, clinician, or other record and not the documenting or verifying user.

{
   "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/30200",
   "code": "679976",
   "display": "Mother",
   "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 30440 Expire Reasons

This code set describes why an immunization was not administered when documented through the Health Maintenance model.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/30440",
  "code": "688466",
  "display": "Postpone due to refusal",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 100123 Beverage Consistency

This code set describes the required consistency of liquids to be served to the patient.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/100123",
  "code": "46122603",
  "display": "Nectar Thick",
  "userSelected": true
}
Code Set 100197 Diet Consistency

This code set describes the texture modifications that should be made for the patient.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/100197",
  "code": "46122587",
  "display": "NDD2 (Ground)",
  "userSelected": true
}

Code Set 4001970 Void Order Reasons

This code set contains the various reasons why an order was voided.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/4001970,
  "code": "1840873161",
  "display": "Ordered on wrong encounter",
  "userSelected": true
}

Code Set 4002640 Correspondence Status

This code set includes the statuses that reflect the current status of a correspondence within the statement workflow such as Pending and Delivered.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/4002640,
  "code": "19177939",
  "display": "Delivered",
  "userSelected": true
}

Code Set 4003106 Vaccine Group

This code set includes the vaccine groups.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/codeSet/4003106,
  "code": "2289043429",
  "display": "COVID-19",
  "userSelected": true
}

Proprietary Systems

Overview

Cerner’s implementation of the HL7® R4 FHIR® standard allows Millennium proprietary systems to be used in addition to standard systems.

Financial

Account

The Account Resource supports proprietary systems for:

ChargeItem

The ChargeItem Resource supports proprietary systems for:

Medications

MedicationRequest

The MedicationRequest Resource supports proprietary systems for:

List of Systems

Account Number

This system is the account number of a financial account.

{
  "use": "usual",
  "system": "https://fhir.<region>.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/account-number",
  "value": "5646"
}
Bill Codes Types

This system is the bill code type for a charge item. Bill code type can be either CDM_SCHED, CPT, HCPCS, ICD, PROCCODE, MODIFIER, or REVENUE.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.<region>.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/CodeSystem/BillCodes-<Bill code type>",
  "code": "0310"
}
Medication Request Category

This system is the category and is only for a pharmacy charge-only order. The code system currently only contains the charge-only code. The code system may be expanded at a future date.

{
  "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/medicationrequest-category",
  "code": "charge-only",
  "display": "Charge-Only"
}
Medication Request Synonym

This system is the synonym id for an order and the ingredients.

{
  'system': 'https://fhir.<region>.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/synonym',
  'code': '2762111',
  'display': 'lidocaine topical',
  'userSelected': true
}
Nomenclature

This system contains all nomenclature values configured in the domain.

{
  'system': 'https://fhir.<region>.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/nomenclature',
  'code': '13249579',
  'display': 'Tension-type headache',
  'userSelected': false
}

Multi-Region Support

Overview

Proprietary codes and systems that are dependent on a specific EHR system may include a Cerner cloud region in their system value. Unless stated otherwise below, the system value format is https://fhir.cerner.com/<EHR source id>/.

Region-specific Systems

The following regions override the format above with a region-specific system:

Exclusions

The proprietary systems that are not dependent on a EHR system will not include region in their system value, for example https://fhir.cerner.com/medicationrequest-category is applied for all regions.