DSTU2

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Uslab\extension-uslab-observationkind.json

Raw JSON (canonical form)

Kind of observation

{
  "resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
  "id": "uslab-observationkind",
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/uslab-observationkind",
  "name": "Kind of observation",
  "display": "Kind of observation",
  "status": "draft",
  "publisher": "Health Level Seven International (Orders and Observations - US Lab)",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "other",
          "value": "http://hl7.org"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "date": "2014-11-17",
  "description": "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.",
  "fhirVersion": "1.0.2",
  "kind": "datatype",
  "constrainedType": "Extension",
  "abstract": false,
  "contextType": "resource",
  "context": [
    "Observation"
  ],
  "base": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
  "snapshot": {
    "element": [
      {
        "path": "Extension",
        "short": "Kind of observation",
        "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.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "*"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.id",
        "representation": [
          "xmlAttr"
        ],
        "short": "xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)",
        "definition": "unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references).",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.id",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "1"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "id"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "n/a"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension",
        "name": "extension",
        "short": "Extension",
        "definition": "An Extension",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "0",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.extension",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "*"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.url",
        "representation": [
          "xmlAttr"
        ],
        "short": "identifies the meaning of the extension",
        "definition": "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
        "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 #.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.url",
          "min": 1,
          "max": "1"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/uslab-observationkind",
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.valueCode",
        "short": "Value of extension",
        "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).",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.value[x]",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "1"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "code"
          }
        ],
        "binding": {
          "strength": "extensible",
          "description": "Code to classify the kind of observation in Observation.value[x]",
          "valueSetReference": {
            "reference": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/uslab-obs-kind"
          }
        },
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "differential": {
    "element": [
      {
        "path": "Extension",
        "short": "Kind of observation",
        "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.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension",
        "name": "extension",
        "max": "0"
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.url",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/uslab-observationkind"
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.value[x]",
        "min": 1,
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "code"
          }
        ],
        "binding": {
          "strength": "extensible",
          "description": "Code to classify the kind of observation in Observation.value[x]",
          "valueSetReference": {
            "reference": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/uslab-obs-kind"
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.