#### Non-Coded CDA Document
Domain Message Specification

### ParticipationFunction

Code SystemId: | 2.16.840.1.113883.5.88
Version: | 1.0
Status: | active
Date: | 2012-01-09

#### Description

This vocabulary contains a set of codes describe the function of the participant.

#### Values

Code | Description | Note
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ADMPHYS | admitting physician | A physician who admitted a patient to a hospital or other care unit that is the context of this service.
ANEST | anesthesist | In a typical anesthesia setting an anesthesiologist or anesthesia resident in charge of the anesthesia and life support, but only a witness to the surgical procedure itself. To clarify responsibilities anesthesia should always be represented as a separate service related to the surgery.
ANRS | anesthesia nurse | In a typical anesthesia setting the nurse principally assisting the anesthesiologist during the critical periods.
ATTPHYS | attending physician | A physician who is primarily responsible for a patient during the hospitalization, which is the context of the service.
DISPHYS | discharging physician | A physician who discharged a patient from a hospital or other care unit that is the context of this service.
FASST | first assistant surgeon | In a typical surgery setting the assistant facing the primary surgeon. The first assistant performs parts of the operation and assists in others (e.g., incision, approach, electrocuting, ligatures, sutures).
MDWF | midwife | A person (usually female) helping a woman deliver a baby. Responsibilities vary locally, ranging from a mere optional assistant to a full required participant, responsible for (normal) births and pre- and post-natal care for both mother and baby.
NASST | nurse assistant | In a typical surgery setting the non-sterile nurse handles material supply from the stock, forwards specimen to pathology, and helps with other non-sterile tasks (e.g., phone calls, etc.).
PCP | primary care physician | The healthcare provider that holds primary responsibility for the overall care of a patient.
PRISURG | primary surgeon | In a typical surgery setting the primary performing surgeon.
RNDPHYS | rounding physician | A physician who made rounds on a patient in a hospital or other care center.
SASST | second assistant surgeon | In a typical surgery setting the assistant who primarily holds the hooks.
SNRS | scrub nurse | In a typical surgery setting the nurse in charge of the instrumentation.
TASST | third assistant | In a typical surgery setting there is rarely a third assistant (e.g., in some Hip operations the third assistant postures the affected leg).