Medtech ALEX® AU Implementation Guide
1.0.0 - Trial Use

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## ValueSet: Definition of Confidentiality Value Set

Official URL: https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/ValueSet/confidentiality | Version: 1.0.0
Active as of 2026-01-12 | Computable Name: ConfidentialityVS

Defines the usage of confidentiality by ALEX resources

References

- Condition
- Consultation Notes
- Diagnostic Report
- Discharge Summary
- Medication Request
- Medication Statement IPS Profile
- Observation

### Logical Definition (CLD)

- Include these codes as defined in `http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-Confidentiality` version 📦3.0.0

  Code | Display | Definition
  U | unrestricted | Privacy metadata indicating that no level of protection is required to safeguard personal and healthcare information that has been disclosed by an authorized individual without restrictions on its use. **Examples:** Includes publicly available information e.g., business name, phone, email and physical address. *Usage Note:* The authorization to collect, access, use, and disclose this information may be stipulated in a contract of adhesion by a data user (e.g., via terms of service or data user privacy policies) in exchange for the data subject's use of a service. This metadata indicates that the receiver has no obligation to consider privacy policies other than its own when making access control decisions. This metadata indicates that the receiver has no obligation to consider privacy policies other than its own when making access control decisions. Confidentiality code total order hierarchy: Unrestricted (U) is less protective than *V, R, N, M,* and *L*, and is the lowest protection levels.
  R | restricted | Privacy metadata indicating the level of protection required to safeguard potentially stigmatizing information, which if disclosed without authorization, would present a high risk of harm to an individual's reputation and sense of privacy. *Usage Note:* The level of protection afforded restricted confidential information is dictated by specially protective organizational or jurisdictional privacy policies, including at an authorized individual's request, intended to engender patient trust in providers of sensitive services. Privacy policies mandating additional levels of protection by restricting information access preempt less protective privacy policies when the information is used in the delivery and management of healthcare. May be pre-empted by jurisdictional law (e.g., for public health reporting or emergency treatment). Confidentiality code total order hierarchy: Restricted (R) is less protective than *V*, and subsumes all other protection levels (i.e., *N, M, L, and U*). **Examples:** Includes information that is additionally protected such as sensitive conditions mental health, HIV, substance abuse, domestic violence, child abuse, genetic disease, and reproductive health; or sensitive demographic information such as a patient's standing as an employee or a celebrity. May be used to indicate proprietary or classified information that is not related to an individual (e.g., secret ingredients in a therapeutic substance; or the name of a manufacturer).

### Expansion

Expansion performed internally based on codesystem Confidentiality v3.0.0 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 2 concepts

System | Code | Display (en) | Definition | JSON | XML
`http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-Confidentiality` | U | unrestricted | Privacy metadata indicating that no level of protection is required to safeguard personal and healthcare information that has been disclosed by an authorized individual without restrictions on its use. Examples: Includes publicly available information e.g., business name, phone, email and physical address. Usage Note: The authorization to collect, access, use, and disclose this information may be stipulated in a contract of adhesion by a data user (e.g., via terms of service or data user privacy policies) in exchange for the data subject's use of a service. This metadata indicates that the receiver has no obligation to consider privacy policies other than its own when making access control decisions. This metadata indicates that the receiver has no obligation to consider privacy policies other than its own when making access control decisions. Confidentiality code total order hierarchy: Unrestricted (U) is less protective than V, R, N, M, and L, and is the lowest protection levels. |  |
`http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-Confidentiality` | R | restricted | Privacy metadata indicating the level of protection required to safeguard potentially stigmatizing information, which if disclosed without authorization, would present a high risk of harm to an individual's reputation and sense of privacy. Usage Note: The level of protection afforded restricted confidential information is dictated by specially protective organizational or jurisdictional privacy policies, including at an authorized individual's request, intended to engender patient trust in providers of sensitive services. Privacy policies mandating additional levels of protection by restricting information access preempt less protective privacy policies when the information is used in the delivery and management of healthcare. May be pre-empted by jurisdictional law (e.g., for public health reporting or emergency treatment). Confidentiality code total order hierarchy: Restricted (R) is less protective than V, and subsumes all other protection levels (i.e., N, M, L, and U). Examples: Includes information that is additionally protected such as sensitive conditions mental health, HIV, substance abuse, domestic violence, child abuse, genetic disease, and reproductive health; or sensitive demographic information such as a patient's standing as an employee or a celebrity. May be used to indicate proprietary or classified information that is not related to an individual (e.g., secret ingredients in a therapeutic substance; or the name of a manufacturer). |  |

Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

Level | A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies
System | The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)
Code | The code (used as the code in the resource instance)
Display | The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application
Definition | An explanation of the meaning of the concept
Comments | Additional notes about how to use the code