Extension: Units to use for measured value

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Extension Units to use for measured value - Detailed Descriptions

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the extension.

Extension
Definition	Identifies the units of measure in which the element should be captured or expressed.
Control	0..1
Type	Extension
Comments	Use a value set if more than one unit of measure is possible. Value sets will typically be short enough to display in a drop-down selection list.
Extension.id
Definition	unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references).
Control	0..1
Type	id
Extension.extension(extension)
Definition	An Extension
Control	0..0
Type	Extension
Extension.url
Definition	Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.
Control	1..1
Type	uri
Comments	The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition should be version specific. This will ideally be the URI for the Resource Profile defining the extension, with the code for the extension after a #.
Fixed Value	http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-allowedUnits
Extension.value[x]
Definition	Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).
Control	1..1
Binding	Units of measure allowed for an element The codes SHALL be taken from UCUM Codes
Type	Choice of: CodeableConcept, Reference(ValueSet)
[x] Note	See Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x]