DSTU2

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Extension Kind of observation - Detailed Descriptions

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the extension.

Extension
Definition

This extension is used to classify the kind of observation in Observation.value for laboratory reporting and to differentiate between actual test results, responses to filler questions when ordering tests and other unsolicted responses. This may be required to drive operational functionality.

Control1..1
TypeExtension
Extension.id
Definition

unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references).

Control0..1
Typeid
Extension.extension(extension)
Definition

An Extension

Control0..0
TypeExtension
Extension.url
Definition

Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.

Control1..1
Typeuri
Comments

The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition should be version specific. This will ideally be the URI for the Resource Profile defining the extension, with the code for the extension after a #.

Fixed Valuehttp://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/uslab-observationkind
Extension.valueCode
Definition

Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).

Control1..1
BindingCode to classify the kind of observation in Observation.value[x]
The codes SHALL be taken from uslab-observationkind; other codes may be used where these codes are not suitable
Typecode