Healthcare code set table

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title: Healthcare code set table
description: The Healthcare code set \[sn\_hcls\_code\_set\] table stores the details of code sets available in your ServiceNow instance.
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# Healthcare code set table

The Healthcare code set \[sn\_hcls\_code\_set\] table stores the details of code sets available in your ServiceNow instance.

## Key features

-   Enables HL7-based data tables including healthcare specialties, services, procedures, encounters.
-   Enables grouping of all HL7 data into code sets with attributes type, code, and name.
-   By default, supports the following HL7-based data tables:
    -   [Care specialty](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-c80-practice-codes.html)
    -   [Condition](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-condition-code.html)
    -   [Observation](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-observation-codes.html)
    -   [Procedure](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-procedure-code.html)
    -   [Allergy intolerance](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-allergyintolerance-code.html)
    -   [Encounter](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-encounter-type.html)
    -   [Body site](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-body-site.html)
    -   [Service type](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-service-type.html)
    -   [Service category](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-service-category.html)
    -   [Priority](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-request-priority.html)
    -   [Medication code](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-medication-codes.html)
    -   [Medication form code](https://www.hl7.org/FHIR/valueset-medication-form-codes.html)
    -   [Practitioner type](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-practitioner-role.html)

Role required to configure the table: sn\_hcls.admin.

For more information, see [Healthcare and Life Sciences data model]().

<table id="table_whb_q5s_mpb"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Data type

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Code

</td><td>

String

</td><td>

Code value including symbols, expressions, or both.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Code system ID

</td><td>

String

</td><td>

Identifier of the system that holds the code set.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Code system name

</td><td>

String

</td><td>

Name of the system that holds the code set.

</td></tr><tr><td>

External identifier

</td><td>

String

</td><td>

Identifier of the record in an electronic medical record \(EMR\) system.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Name

</td><td>

String

</td><td>

Name to identify the code.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Type

</td><td>

Choice list

</td><td>

Common language including set of identifiers, names, and codes for identifying health measurements, observations, and documents.

 The following types are available by default:

-   Allergy Intolerance
-   Body site
-   Care specialty
-   Condition
-   Encounter
-   Language code
-   Medication code
-   Medication form code
-   Observation
-   Practitioner type
-   Procedure
-   Priority
-   Service category
-   Service type

 For more information about the available code sets, see [value sets all types](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/R4/valueset-all-types.html) defined in the FHIR specifications.

</td></tr></tbody>
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