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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: 1 | Trial Use | Security Category: Patient | Compartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the NutritionIntake resource.
NutritionIntake | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake |
Definition | A record of food or fluid that is being consumed by a patient. A NutritionIntake may indicate that the patient may be consuming the food or fluid now or has consumed the food or fluid in the past. The source of this information can be the patient, significant other (such as a family member or spouse), or a clinician. A common scenario where this information is captured is during the history taking process during a patient visit or stay or through an app that tracks food or fluids consumed. The consumption information may come from sources such as the patient's memory, from a nutrition label, or from a clinician documenting observed intake. |
Short Display | Record of food or fluid being taken by a patient |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Type | DomainResource |
Summary | false |
NutritionIntake.identifier | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.identifier |
Definition | Identifiers associated with this Nutrition Intake that are defined by business processes and/or used to refer to it when a direct URL reference to the resource itself is not appropriate. They are business identifiers assigned to this resource by the performer or other systems and remain constant as the resource is updated and propagates from server to server. |
Short Display | External identifier |
Note | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion) |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Type | Identifier |
Summary | true |
Comments | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier. |
NutritionIntake.instantiatesCanonical | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.instantiatesCanonical |
Definition | Instantiates FHIR protocol or definition. |
Short Display | Instantiates FHIR protocol or definition |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Type | canonical(Definition[ActivityDefinition, ChargeItemDefinition, EventDefinition, Measure, MessageDefinition, ObservationDefinition, OperationDefinition, PlanDefinition, Questionnaire, SubscriptionTopic, TestScript]) |
Summary | false |
NutritionIntake.instantiatesUri | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.instantiatesUri |
Definition | Instantiates external protocol or definition. |
Short Display | Instantiates external protocol or definition |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Type | uri |
Summary | false |
NutritionIntake.basedOn | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.basedOn |
Definition | A plan, proposal or order that is fulfilled in whole or in part by this event. |
Short Display | Fulfils plan, proposal or order |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Type | Reference(NutritionOrder | CarePlan | ServiceRequest) |
Requirements | Allows tracing of authorization for the event and tracking whether proposals/recommendations were acted upon. |
Summary | true |
NutritionIntake.partOf | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.partOf |
Definition | A larger event of which this particular event is a component or step. |
Short Display | Part of referenced event |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Type | Reference(NutritionIntake | Procedure | Observation) |
Requirements | This should not be used when indicating which resource a NutritionIntake has been derived from. If that is the use case, then NutritionIntake.derivedFrom should be used. |
Summary | true |
NutritionIntake.status | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.status |
Definition | A code representing the patient or other source's judgment about the state of the intake that this assertion is about. Generally, this will be active or completed. |
Short Display | preparation | in-progress | not-done | on-hold | stopped | completed | entered-in-error | unknown |
Cardinality | 1..1 |
Terminology Binding | EventStatus (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 |
Comments | NutritionIntake is a statement at a point in time. The status is only representative at the point when it was asserted. The value set for NutritionIntake.status contains codes that assert the status of the consumption of the food or fluid by the patient (for example, stopped or on hold) as well as codes that assert the status of the Nutrition Intake itself (for example, entered in error). This element is labeled as a modifier because the status contains codes that mark the resource as not currently valid. |
NutritionIntake.statusReason | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.statusReason |
Definition | Captures the reason for the current state of the NutritionIntake. |
Short Display | Reason for current status |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Terminology Binding | ClinicalImpression Status Reason (Example) |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | false |
Comments | This is generally only used for "exception" statuses such as "not-taken", "on-hold", "cancelled" or "entered-in-error". The reason for performing the event at all is captured in reasonCode, not here. |
NutritionIntake.code | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.code |
Definition | Overall type of nutrition intake. |
Short Display | Code representing an overall type of nutrition intake |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Terminology Binding | Diet Codes (Example) |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
NutritionIntake.subject | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.subject |
Definition | The person, animal or group who is/was consuming the food or fluid. |
Short Display | Who is/was consuming the food or fluid |
Cardinality | 1..1 |
Type | Reference(Patient | Group) |
Summary | true |
NutritionIntake.encounter | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.encounter |
Definition | The encounter that establishes the context for this NutritionIntake. |
Short Display | Encounter associated with NutritionIntake |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | Reference(Encounter) |
Summary | true |
NutritionIntake.occurrence[x] | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.occurrence[x] |
Definition | The interval of time during which it is being asserted that the patient is/was consuming the food or fluid. |
Short Display | The date/time or interval when the food or fluid is/was consumed |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | dateTime|Period |
[x] Note | See Choice of Datatypes for further information about how to use [x] |
Summary | true |
Comments | This attribute reflects the period over which the patient consumed the food fluid and is expected to be populated on the majority of NutritionIntake. If the food or fluid is still being taken and is expected to continue indefinitely at the time the usage is recorded, the "end" date will be omitted. If the end date is known, then it is included as the "end date". The date/time attribute supports a variety of dates - year, year/month and exact date. If something more than this is required, this should be conveyed as text. |
NutritionIntake.recorded | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.recorded |
Definition | The date when the Nutrition Intake was asserted by the information source. |
Short Display | When the intake was recorded |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | dateTime |
Summary | true |
NutritionIntake.reported[x] | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.reported[x] |
Definition | The person or organization that provided the information about the consumption of this food or fluid. Note: Use derivedFrom when a NutritionIntake is derived from other resources. |
Short Display | Person or organization that provided the information about the consumption of this food or fluid |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | boolean|Reference(Patient | RelatedPerson | Practitioner | PractitionerRole | Organization) |
[x] Note | See Choice of Datatypes for further information about how to use [x] |
Summary | false |
NutritionIntake.consumedItem | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.consumedItem |
Definition | What food or fluid product or item was consumed. |
Short Display | What food or fluid product or item was consumed |
Cardinality | 1..* |
Summary | false |
NutritionIntake.consumedItem.type | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.consumedItem.type |
Definition | Indicates what a category of item that was consumed: eg., food, fluid, enteral, etc. |
Short Display | The type of food or fluid product |
Cardinality | 1..1 |
Terminology Binding | Types of Edible Substances (Example) |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
NutritionIntake.consumedItem.nutritionProduct | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.consumedItem.nutritionProduct |
Definition | Identifies the food or fluid product that was consumed. This is potentially a link to a resource representing the details of the food product (TBD) or a simple attribute carrying a code that identifies the food from a known list of foods. |
Short Display | Code that identifies the food or fluid product that was consumed |
Cardinality | 1..1 |
Terminology Binding | Food Type Codes (Example) |
Type | CodeableReference(NutritionProduct) |
Summary | true |
Comments | If only a code is specified, then it needs to be a code for a specific product. If more information is required, then the use of a new nutritionProduct resource is recommended. |
NutritionIntake.consumedItem.schedule | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.consumedItem.schedule |
Definition | Scheduled frequency of consumption. |
Short Display | Scheduled frequency of consumption |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | Timing |
Summary | false |
NutritionIntake.consumedItem.amount | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.consumedItem.amount |
Definition | Quantity of the specified food. |
Short Display | Quantity of the specified food |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | SimpleQuantity |
Summary | true |
NutritionIntake.consumedItem.rate | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.consumedItem.rate |
Definition | Rate at which enteral feeding was administered. |
Short Display | Rate at which enteral feeding was administered |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | SimpleQuantity |
Summary | true |
NutritionIntake.consumedItem.notConsumed | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.consumedItem.notConsumed |
Definition | Indicator when a patient is in a setting where it is helpful to know if food was not consumed, such as it was refused, held (as in tube feedings), or otherwise not provided. If a consumption is being recorded from an app, such as MyFitnessPal, this indicator will likely not be used. |
Short Display | Flag to indicate if the food or fluid item was refused or otherwise not consumed |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | boolean |
Summary | false |
NutritionIntake.consumedItem.notConsumedReason | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.consumedItem.notConsumedReason |
Definition | Document the reason the food or fluid was not consumed, such as refused, held, etc. |
Short Display | Reason food or fluid was not consumed |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Terminology Binding | Reasons for why a food item was not consumed (Example) |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | false |
NutritionIntake.ingredientLabel | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.ingredientLabel |
Definition | Total nutrient amounts for the whole meal, product, serving, etc. |
Short Display | Total nutrient for the whole meal, product, serving |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Summary | false |
Comments | Individual item nutrients are not currently included in the resource and will likely end up as a reference in nutritionProduct to represent the individual items. |
NutritionIntake.ingredientLabel.nutrient | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.ingredientLabel.nutrient |
Definition | Total nutrient consumed. This could be a macronutrient (protein, fat, carbohydrate), or a vitamin and mineral. |
Short Display | Total nutrient consumed |
Cardinality | 1..1 |
Terminology Binding | Nutrient Modifier Codes (Example) |
Type | CodeableReference(Substance) |
Summary | false |
NutritionIntake.ingredientLabel.amount | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.ingredientLabel.amount |
Definition | Total amount of nutrient consumed. |
Short Display | Total amount of nutrient consumed |
Cardinality | 1..1 |
Type | SimpleQuantity |
Summary | false |
NutritionIntake.performer | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.performer |
Definition | Who performed the intake and how they were involved. |
Short Display | Who was performed in the intake |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Summary | false |
NutritionIntake.performer.function | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.performer.function |
Definition | Type of performer. |
Short Display | Type of performer |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Terminology Binding | Procedure Performer Role Codes (Example) |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | false |
NutritionIntake.performer.actor | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.performer.actor |
Definition | Who performed the intake. |
Short Display | Who performed the intake |
Cardinality | 1..1 |
Type | Reference(Practitioner | PractitionerRole | Organization | CareTeam | Patient | Device | RelatedPerson) |
Summary | false |
NutritionIntake.location | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.location |
Definition | Where the intake occurred. |
Short Display | Where the intake occurred |
Cardinality | 0..1 |
Type | Reference(Location) |
Summary | false |
NutritionIntake.derivedFrom | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.derivedFrom |
Definition | Allows linking the NutritionIntake to the underlying NutritionOrder, or to other information, such as AllergyIntolerance, that supports or is used to derive the NutritionIntake. |
Short Display | Additional supporting information |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Type | Reference(Any) |
Summary | false |
Comments | Likely references would be to AllergyIntolerance, Observation or QuestionnaireAnswers. |
NutritionIntake.reason | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.reason |
Definition | A reason, Condition or observation for why the food or fluid is /was consumed. |
Short Display | Reason for why the food or fluid is /was consumed |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Terminology Binding | Condition/Problem/Diagnosis Codes (Example) |
Type | CodeableReference(Condition | Observation | DiagnosticReport | DocumentReference) |
Summary | false |
NutritionIntake.note | |
Element Id | NutritionIntake.note |
Definition | Provides extra information about the Nutrition Intake that is not conveyed by the other attributes. |
Short Display | Further information about the consumption |
Cardinality | 0..* |
Type | Annotation |
Summary | false |