Capabilities

Complete list of supported FHIR terminology operations and capabilities in Aidbox Terminology Module

This page provides a comprehensive overview of all FHIR terminology operations and capabilities supported by the Aidbox Terminology Module.

Status Legend

  • ✅ Full support * - Complete implementation with all parameters
  • 🏗️ In development - Under heavy development, expect partial support in the meantime
  • ❌ No support - Yet to be developed

* Practically full support - edge cases may exist

Supported Operations

ResourceOperationStatus
CodeSystem$lookup✅
$validate-code✅
$subsumes❌
$find-matches❌
ValueSet$expand✅
$validate-code✅
ConceptMap$translate✅
$closure❌

Features

FeatureStatusNotesRelease
Capability Statements✅+ TerminologyCapabilities2507
CRUD of terminology resources✅Create, Read, Update, Delete operations2507
Pre-coordinated codes✅Standard coded concepts2507
Post-coordinated codes❌Complex expressions not yet supported
Intensional ValueSets✅Filter-based ValueSet definitions2507
Extensional ValueSets✅Explicit concept enumeration2507
ValueSet expansion✅Full expansion with pagination2507
ValueSet validation✅Code membership validation2507
ValueSet inclusion/exclusion✅Deep set operations support2507
Lookup displays, designation, and properties✅All concept attributes2507
Text search filter✅Free-text concept search2507
Property filters✅Property-based filtering: =, in, regex, etc2507
Multi-language support✅Translations via displaylanguage, HTTP header, designation, etc2507
Active/Inactive filtering✅Via status, inactive, notSelectable, etc2507
Hierarchy via parent, child✅2507
Nested concepts✅Hierarchy via concept.concept2507
Subsumption filters✅is-a, descendent-of, generalizes, etc2507
Supplemental CodeSystems✅️Additional concept properties2508
Implicit ValueSets🏗️System-generated ValueSets
ConceptMap translations✅Code mapping between terminology systems2508
Multiple ConceptMap matches✅Returns all applicable mappings for source code2508
Transitive closure table❌$closure
Syntax-based code systems❌UCUM, BCP47, etc
tx-resource parameter✅Inline resource definitions2507
Ad-hoc ValueSets✅ValueSet as a Parameter2507
R4/R5/R6 format conversion✅E.g.: expansion.contains.concept.property or extensions2507
Batch validation❌