HL7 v2 parser Glossary

Table 0259 - Modality

26 coded values. Used by OM1-47.

CodeMeaning
ASAngioscopy
BSBiomagnetic imaging
CDColor flow Doppler
CPColposcopy
CRComputed radiography
CSCystoscopy
CTComputed tomography
DDDuplex Doppler
DGDiapanography
DMDigital microscopy
ECEchocardiography
ESEndoscopy
FAFluorescein angiography
FSFundoscopy
LPLaparoscopy
LSLaser surface scan
MAMagnetic resonance angiography
MSMagnetic resonance spectroscopy
NMNuclear Medicine (radioisotope study)
OTOther
PTPositron emission tomography (PET)
RFRadio fluoroscopy
STSingle photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
TGThermography
USUltrasound
XAX-ray Angiography