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| Public Health and Emergency Response  Work Group | Maturity Level: 0 | Trial Use | Compartments: Patient | 
Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the ImmunizationEvaluation resource.
| ImmunizationEvaluation | |
| Element Id | ImmunizationEvaluation | 
| Definition | Describes a comparison of an immunization event against published recommendations to determine if the administration is "valid" in relation to those recommendations. | 
| Control | 1..1 | 
| Type | DomainResource | 
| ImmunizationEvaluation.identifier | |
| Element Id | ImmunizationEvaluation.identifier | 
| Definition | A unique identifier assigned to this immunization evaluation record. | 
| Note | This is a business identifer, not a resource identifier (see discussion) | 
| Control | 0..* | 
| Type | Identifier | 
| ImmunizationEvaluation.status | |
| Element Id | ImmunizationEvaluation.status | 
| Definition | Indicates the current status of the evaluation of the vaccination administration event. | 
| Control | 1..1 | 
| Terminology Binding | Immunization Evaluation Status Codes (Required) | 
| Type | code | 
| Is Modifier | true (Reason: This element is labelled as a modifier because it is a status element that contains status entered-in-error which means that the resource should not be treated as valid).) | 
| Summary | true | 
| ImmunizationEvaluation.patient | |
| Element Id | ImmunizationEvaluation.patient | 
| Definition | The individual for whom the evaluation is being done. | 
| Control | 1..1 | 
| Type | Reference(Patient) | 
| Summary | true | 
| ImmunizationEvaluation.date | |
| Element Id | ImmunizationEvaluation.date | 
| Definition | The date the evaluation of the vaccine administration event was performed. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | dateTime | 
| ImmunizationEvaluation.authority | |
| Element Id | ImmunizationEvaluation.authority | 
| Definition | Indicates the authority who published the protocol (e.g. ACIP). | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | Reference(Organization) | 
| ImmunizationEvaluation.targetDisease | |
| Element Id | ImmunizationEvaluation.targetDisease | 
| Definition | The vaccine preventable disease the dose is being evaluated against. | 
| Control | 1..1 | 
| Terminology Binding | Immunization Evaluation Target Disease Codes (Example) | 
| Type | CodeableConcept | 
| Summary | true | 
| ImmunizationEvaluation.immunizationEvent | |
| Element Id | ImmunizationEvaluation.immunizationEvent | 
| Definition | The vaccine administration event being evaluated. | 
| Control | 1..1 | 
| Type | Reference(Immunization) | 
| Summary | true | 
| ImmunizationEvaluation.doseStatus | |
| Element Id | ImmunizationEvaluation.doseStatus | 
| Definition | Indicates if the dose is valid or not valid with respect to the published recommendations. | 
| Control | 1..1 | 
| Terminology Binding | Immunization Evaluation Dose Status codes (Example) | 
| Type | CodeableConcept | 
| Summary | true | 
| ImmunizationEvaluation.doseStatusReason | |
| Element Id | ImmunizationEvaluation.doseStatusReason | 
| Definition | Provides an explanation as to why the vaccine administration event is valid or not relative to the published recommendations. | 
| Control | 0..* | 
| Terminology Binding | Immunization Evaluation Dose Status Reason codes (Example) | 
| Type | CodeableConcept | 
| ImmunizationEvaluation.description | |
| Element Id | ImmunizationEvaluation.description | 
| Definition | Additional information about the evaluation. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | string | 
| ImmunizationEvaluation.series | |
| Element Id | ImmunizationEvaluation.series | 
| Definition | One possible path to achieve presumed immunity against a disease - within the context of an authority. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | string | 
| ImmunizationEvaluation.doseNumber[x] | |
| Element Id | ImmunizationEvaluation.doseNumber[x] | 
| Definition | Nominal position in a series. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | positiveInt|string | 
| [x] Note | See Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x] | 
| Comments | The use of an integer is preferred if known. A string should only be used in cases where an integer is not available (such as when documenting a recurring booster dose). | 
| ImmunizationEvaluation.seriesDoses[x] | |
| Element Id | ImmunizationEvaluation.seriesDoses[x] | 
| Definition | The recommended number of doses to achieve immunity. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | positiveInt|string | 
| [x] Note | See Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x] | 
| Comments | The use of an integer is preferred if known. A string should only be used in cases where an integer is not available (such as when documenting a recurring booster dose). |