The use of codes to specify meaning within clinical data is ubiquitous. CQL therefore supports a top-level construct for dealing with codes using a structure called Code that is consistent with the way terminologies are typically represented.
| Field | Card. | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| codes | 1..* | List<Code> | The list of equivalent codes representing the concept. |
| display | 0..1 | String | A description of the concept. |