Extension: Genetic markers, ethnicity, etc.

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Extension Genetic markers, ethnicity, etc. - Detailed Descriptions

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the extension.

Extension
Definition	Allows capturing risk-relevant observations about the relative that aren't themselves a specific health condition; e.g. Certain ethnic ancestries that are disease-relevant, presence of particular genetic markers, etc.
Control	0..* This element is affected by the following invariants: ele-1
Comments	This may be extended with additional genomics-specific resources when they are ready.
Invariants	Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath: @value\|f:\|h:div) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')]))
Extension.id
Definition	unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.
Control	0..1
Type	string
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 SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.
Fixed Value	http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/family-member-history-genetics-observation
Extension.valueReference
Definition	Measurements and simple assertions made about a patient, device or other subject.
Control	1..1
Type	Reference(Observation)
Alternate Names	Vital Signs, Measurement, Results, Tests
Comments	Used for simple observations such as device measurements, laboratory atomic results, vital signs, height, weight, smoking status, comments, etc. Other resources are used to provide context for observations such as lab reports, etc.