Operation-valueset-lookup.xml

Operation Definition

<OperationDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="ValueSet-lookup"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2>Concept Look Up</h2>
      <p>OPERATION: Concept Look Up</p>
      <div>
        <p>Given a code/system, or a Coding, get additional details about the concept</p>

      </div>
      <p>URL: [base]/ValueSet/$lookup</p>
      <p>Parameters</p>
      <table class="grid">
        <tr>
          <td>
            <b>Use</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Name</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Cardinality</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Type</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Binding</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Documentation</b>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>IN</td>
          <td>code</td>
          <td>0..1</td>
          <td>code</td>
          <td/>
          <td>
            <div>
              <p>The code that is to be validated. If a code is provided, a system must be provided</p>

            </div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>IN</td>
          <td>system</td>
          <td>0..1</td>
          <td>uri</td>
          <td/>
          <td>
            <div>
              <p>The system for the code that is to be validated</p>

            </div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>IN</td>
          <td>version</td>
          <td>0..1</td>
          <td>string</td>
          <td/>
          <td>
            <div>
              <p>The version of the system, if one was provided in the source data</p>

            </div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>IN</td>
          <td>coding</td>
          <td>0..1</td>
          <td>Coding</td>
          <td/>
          <td>
            <div>
              <p>A coding to look up</p>

            </div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>IN</td>
          <td>date</td>
          <td>0..1</td>
          <td>dateTime</td>
          <td/>
          <td>
            <div>
              <p>The date for which the information should be returned. Normally, this is the current conditions
                 (which is the default value) but under some circumstances, systems need to acccess this
                 information as it would have been in the past. A typical example of this would be where
                 code selection is constrained to the set of codes that were available when the patient
                 was treated, not when the record is being edited. Note that which date is appropriate
                 is a matter for implementation policy.</p>

            </div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>OUT</td>
          <td>name</td>
          <td>1..1</td>
          <td>string</td>
          <td/>
          <td>
            <div>
              <p>A display name for the code system</p>

            </div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>OUT</td>
          <td>version</td>
          <td>0..1</td>
          <td>string</td>
          <td/>
          <td>
            <div>
              <p>The version that these details are based on</p>

            </div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>OUT</td>
          <td>display</td>
          <td>1..1</td>
          <td>string</td>
          <td/>
          <td>
            <div>
              <p>The preferred display for this concept</p>

            </div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>OUT</td>
          <td>abstract</td>
          <td>0..1</td>
          <td>boolean</td>
          <td/>
          <td>
            <div>
              <p>Whether this code is an abstract concept</p>

            </div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>OUT</td>
          <td>designation</td>
          <td>0..*</td>
          <td/>
          <td/>
          <td>
            <div>
              <p>Additional representations for this concept</p>

            </div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>OUT</td>
          <td>designation.language</td>
          <td>0..1</td>
          <td>code</td>
          <td/>
          <td>
            <div>
              <p>The language this designation is defined for</p>

            </div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>OUT</td>
          <td>designation.use</td>
          <td>0..1</td>
          <td>Coding</td>
          <td/>
          <td>
            <div>
              <p>A code that details how this designation would be used</p>

            </div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>OUT</td>
          <td>designation.value</td>
          <td>1..1</td>
          <td>string</td>
          <td/>
          <td>
            <div>
              <p>The text value for this designation</p>

            </div>
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
      <div>
        <p>Note that the $lookup operation is more than just a value set search  - the server finds
           the concept, and gathers the return information from the value set and the underlying
           code system definitions.</p>

      </div>
    </div>
  </text>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/ValueSet-lookup"/>
  <name value="Concept Look Up"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <kind value="operation"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="other"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <date value="2015-12-11T17:38:40+11:00"/>
  <description value="Given a code/system, or a Coding, get additional details about the concept"/>
  <code value="lookup"/>
  <notes value="Note that the $lookup operation is more than just a value set search  - the server finds
   the concept, and gathers the return information from the value set and the underlying
   code system definitions."/>
  <system value="false"/>
  <type value="ValueSet"/>
  <instance value="false"/>
  <parameter>
    <name value="code"/>
    <use value="in"/>
    <min value="0"/>
    <max value="1"/>
    <documentation value="The code that is to be validated. If a code is provided, a system must be provided"/>
    <type value="code"/>
  </parameter>
  <parameter>
    <name value="system"/>
    <use value="in"/>
    <min value="0"/>
    <max value="1"/>
    <documentation value="The system for the code that is to be validated"/>
    <type value="uri"/>
  </parameter>
  <parameter>
    <name value="version"/>
    <use value="in"/>
    <min value="0"/>
    <max value="1"/>
    <documentation value="The version of the system, if one was provided in the source data"/>
    <type value="string"/>
  </parameter>
  <parameter>
    <name value="coding"/>
    <use value="in"/>
    <min value="0"/>
    <max value="1"/>
    <documentation value="A coding to look up"/>
    <type value="Coding"/>
  </parameter>
  <parameter>
    <name value="date"/>
    <use value="in"/>
    <min value="0"/>
    <max value="1"/>
    <documentation value="The date for which the information should be returned. Normally, this is the current conditions
     (which is the default value) but under some circumstances, systems need to acccess this
     information as it would have been in the past. A typical example of this would be where
     code selection is constrained to the set of codes that were available when the patient
     was treated, not when the record is being edited. Note that which date is appropriate
     is a matter for implementation policy."/>
    <type value="dateTime"/>
  </parameter>
  <parameter>
    <name value="name"/>
    <use value="out"/>
    <min value="1"/>
    <max value="1"/>
    <documentation value="A display name for the code system"/>
    <type value="string"/>
  </parameter>
  <parameter>
    <name value="version"/>
    <use value="out"/>
    <min value="0"/>
    <max value="1"/>
    <documentation value="The version that these details are based on"/>
    <type value="string"/>
  </parameter>
  <parameter>
    <name value="display"/>
    <use value="out"/>
    <min value="1"/>
    <max value="1"/>
    <documentation value="The preferred display for this concept"/>
    <type value="string"/>
  </parameter>
  <parameter>
    <name value="abstract"/>
    <use value="out"/>
    <min value="0"/>
    <max value="1"/>
    <documentation value="Whether this code is an abstract concept"/>
    <type value="boolean"/>
  </parameter>
  <parameter>
    <name value="designation"/>
    <use value="out"/>
    <min value="0"/>
    <max value="*"/>
    <documentation value="Additional representations for this concept"/>
    <part>
      <name value="language"/>
      <use value="out"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <documentation value="The language this designation is defined for"/>
      <type value="code"/>
    </part>
    <part>
      <name value="use"/>
      <use value="out"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <documentation value="A code that details how this designation would be used"/>
      <type value="Coding"/>
    </part>
    <part>
      <name value="value"/>
      <use value="out"/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <documentation value="The text value for this designation"/>
      <type value="string"/>
    </part>
  </parameter>
</OperationDefinition>