Which of the following best describes the 'Code' element in the coding pattern?

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Which of the following best describes the 'Code' element in the coding pattern?

The Code element holds the actual machine-readable token that identifies a concept within a code system. It is the compact identifier used by software to unambiguously refer to a concept, independent of language or presentation. The human-readable label you see in interfaces is the Display, the URI that identifies which code system the concept comes from is the System, and any code system version is stored separately as Version. For example, in a coding with system SNOMED CT, code might be a numeric identifier like 123456, while the Display could be “Myocardial infarction” and the System would be the SNOMED CT URL.

The Code element holds the actual machine-readable token that identifies a concept within a code system. It is the compact identifier used by software to unambiguously refer to a concept, independent of language or presentation. The human-readable label you see in interfaces is the Display, the URI that identifies which code system the concept comes from is the System, and any code system version is stored separately as Version. For example, in a coding with system SNOMED CT, code might be a numeric identifier like 123456, while the Display could be “Myocardial infarction” and the System would be the SNOMED CT URL.

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