HL7 Component Table - CQ - Composite Quantity with Units
| Core Framework | Base Standard Profile | ||||||||||
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| Seq# | Description | Interpretation | Flags | Cardinality | Length | C.LEN | Vocabulary | Data Type | Implement | Cardinality | Vocabulary |
 CQ |
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 1 |
Quantity | [0..1] | NM | ||||||||
 2 |
Units | [0..1] | noObject (CD VS) | CWE | (CS) | ||||||
Examples:
|123.7^kg|kilograms is an ISO unit
|150^lb&&ANSI+|weight in pounds is a customary US unit defined within ANSI+.
Definition: This component specifies the numeric quantity or amount of an entity.
Definition: This component species the units in which the quantity is expressed. As of v2.7 the externally-defined Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) case sensitive code is the required code for units of measure. Refer to the external table "Unified Code for Units of Measure" (UCUM) [http://aurora.rg.iupui.edu/UCUM] for valid values. Local codes may be transmitted in addition to UCUM codes.
Refer to user-defined Table 0794 - Units in Chaper 2C, Code Tables, for valid values.
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