STU 3 Candidate

This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v1.4.0: STU 3 Ballot 3). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions . Page versions: R4 R3 R2

V3-ObservationMethod.json

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A code that provides additional detail about the means or technique used to ascertain the observation. Examples: Blood pressure measurement method: arterial puncture vs. sphygmomanometer (Riva-Rocci), sitting vs. supine position, etc. OpenIssue: Description copied from Concept Domain of same name. Must be verified. Note that the Domain has a full discussion about use of the attribute and constraining that is not appropriate for the code system description. Needs to be improved.

{
  "resourceType": "ValueSet",
  "id": "v3-ObservationMethod",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2016-03-23T00:00:00.000+11:00",
    "profile": [
      "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition"
    ]
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "extension": [
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid",
      "valueUri": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.1.11.20423"
    }
  ],
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-ObservationMethod",
  "version": "2016-03-23",
  "name": "v3 Code System ObservationMethod",
  "status": "active",
  "experimental": false,
  "publisher": "HL7, Inc",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "other",
          "value": "http://hl7.org"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "date": "2016-03-23",
  "description": " A code that provides additional detail about the means or technique used to ascertain the observation.  Examples:\r\nBlood pressure measurement method: arterial puncture vs. sphygmomanometer (Riva-Rocci), sitting vs. supine position, etc.  OpenIssue:\r\nDescription copied from Concept Domain of same name.  Must be verified.  Note that the Domain has a full discussion about use of the attribute and constraining that is not appropriate for the code system description.  Needs to be improved.",
  "compose": {
    "include": [
      {
        "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ObservationMethod"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.