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Extension: The body position during the observation

URL for this extension:

http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR WG

The position of the body when the observation was done, e.g. standing, sitting. To be used only when the body position in not precoordinated in the observation code.

Context of Use: Use on element: Observation

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Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..1	CodeableConcept	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition The body position during the observation: The position of the body when the observation was done, e.g. standing, sitting. To be used only when the body position in not precoordinated in the observation code. Use on element: Observation
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Fulle Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition The body position during the observation: The position of the body when the observation was done, e.g. standing, sitting. To be used only when the body position in not precoordinated in the observation code. Use on element: Observation
extension		0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition"
valueCodeableConcept		1..1	CodeableConcept	Value of extension
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XML Template

<!-- The body position during the observation -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCodeableConcept><!-- 1..1 CodeableConcept 
     Value of extension --></valueCodeableConcept>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // The body position during the observation
  // from Element: extension
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition", // R! 
    "valueCodeableConcept" : { CodeableConcept } // R! Value of extension
  }

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..1	CodeableConcept	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition The body position during the observation: The position of the body when the observation was done, e.g. standing, sitting. To be used only when the body position in not precoordinated in the observation code. Use on element: Observation
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition The body position during the observation: The position of the body when the observation was done, e.g. standing, sitting. To be used only when the body position in not precoordinated in the observation code. Use on element: Observation
extension		0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition"
valueCodeableConcept		1..1	CodeableConcept	Value of extension
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- The body position during the observation -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCodeableConcept><!-- 1..1 CodeableConcept 
     Value of extension --></valueCodeableConcept>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // The body position during the observation
  // from Element: extension
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition", // R! 
    "valueCodeableConcept" : { CodeableConcept } // R! Value of extension
  }

Constraints

• 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')]))