A category assigned to the condition, for example, a disease, concern, symptom, adverse reaction, functional impairment, or structural abnormality.
This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/us/sw/CodeSystem/shr-core-ConditionCategoryCS defines the following codes:
| Code | Display | Definition |
| disease | A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury. | A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury. |
| functional_impairment | A disability experienced by the subject. | A disability experienced by the subject. |
| structural_abnormality | An abnormality of physiologic structure. | An abnormality of physiologic structure. |
| concern | Something the subject is worried about, which may or may not have yet been manifested. The object of the concern does not have to be a medical disorder. | Something the subject is worried about, which may or may not have yet been manifested. The object of the concern does not have to be a medical disorder. |
| symptom | A sign or manifestation of a deeper cause, of known or unknown etiology, e.g. pain or ringing in the ears. | A sign or manifestation of a deeper cause, of known or unknown etiology, e.g. pain or ringing in the ears. |
| adverse_reaction | An adverse reaction to an intervention. | An adverse reaction to an intervention. |
