DSTU2

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Uslab\extension-uslab-observationkind.xml

Raw XML (canonical form)

Kind of observation

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

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.