This section describes our approach to creating a set of document type codes. This work began as a collaboration between the LOINC committee and the HL7® document ontology task force. The background and initial development of the ontology was described by Frazier13 et al. Over time, we have continued to make many refinements to this ontology. In particular, we have received exceptional contributions from colleagues at Columbia University and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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