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| Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: 1 | Informative | Use Context: Any | 
URL for this extension:
http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-delta
Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven, Inc. - OO WG
The qualitative change in the value relative to the previous measurement. Usually only recorded if the change is clinically significant.
Context of Use: Use on Element ID Observation
Summary
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   delta | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-delta delta: The qualitative change in the value relative to the previous measurement. Usually only recorded if the change is clinically significant. Use on Element ID Observation | |
|  Documentation for this format | ||||
Full Structure
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   extension | 0..1 | Extension | URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-delta delta: The qualitative change in the value relative to the previous measurement. Usually only recorded if the change is clinically significant. Use on Element ID Observation | |
|    extension | 0..0 | |||
|    url | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-delta" | |
|    value[x] | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension | |
|  Documentation for this format | ||||
XML Template
<!-- delta --><extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-delta" > <!-- from Element: extension --> <valueCodeableConcept><!--
1..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension --></valueCodeableConcept> </extension>
JSON Template
{ // delta
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-delta", // R! 
    "valueCodeableConcept" : { CodeableConcept } // C? R! Value of extension
  }
 Summary
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   delta | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-delta delta: The qualitative change in the value relative to the previous measurement. Usually only recorded if the change is clinically significant. Use on Element ID Observation | |
|  Documentation for this format | ||||
Full Structure
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   extension | 0..1 | Extension | URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-delta delta: The qualitative change in the value relative to the previous measurement. Usually only recorded if the change is clinically significant. Use on Element ID Observation | |
|    extension | 0..0 | |||
|    url | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-delta" | |
|    value[x] | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension | |
|  Documentation for this format | ||||
XML Template
<!-- delta --><extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-delta" > <!-- from Element: extension --> <valueCodeableConcept><!--
1..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension --></valueCodeableConcept> </extension>
JSON Template
{ // delta
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-delta", // R! 
    "valueCodeableConcept" : { CodeableConcept } // C? R! Value of extension
  }
 
Constraints