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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: 1 | Trial Use | Security Category: Patient | Compartments: Patient |
Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the BodyStructure resource.
| BodyStructure | |
| Element Id | BodyStructure |
| Definition | Record details about an anatomical structure. This resource may be used when a coded concept does not provide the necessary detail needed for the use case. |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Type | DomainResource |
| Alternate Names | anatomical location |
| Summary | false |
| BodyStructure.identifier | |
| Element Id | BodyStructure.identifier |
| Definition | Identifier for this instance of the anatomical structure. |
| Note | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion) |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Type | Identifier |
| Summary | true |
| BodyStructure.active | |
| Element Id | BodyStructure.active |
| Definition | Whether this body site is in active use. |
| Cardinality | 0..1 |
| Type | boolean |
| Is Modifier | true (Reason: This element is labelled as a modifier because it is a status element that can indicate that a record should not be treated as valid) |
| Meaning if Missing | This resource is generally assumed to be active if no value is provided for the active element |
| Requirements | Need to be able to mark a body site entry as not to be used because it was created in error. |
| Summary | true |
| Comments | This element is labeled as a modifier because it may be used to mark that the resource was created in error. |
| BodyStructure.morphology | |
| Element Id | BodyStructure.morphology |
| Definition | The kind of structure being represented by the body structure at |
| Cardinality | 0..1 |
| Terminology Binding | SNOMED CT Morphologic Abnormalities (Example) |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| Summary | true |
| Comments | The minimum cardinality of 0 supports the use case of specifying a location without defining a morphology. |
| BodyStructure.location | |
| Element Id | BodyStructure.location |
| Definition | The anatomical location or region of the specimen, lesion, or body structure. |
| Cardinality | 0..1 |
| Terminology Binding | SNOMED CT Body Structures (Example) |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| Summary | true |
| BodyStructure.locationQualifier | |
| Element Id | BodyStructure.locationQualifier |
| Definition | Qualifier to refine the anatomical location. These include qualifiers for laterality, relative location, directionality, number, and plane. |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Terminology Binding | Bodystructure Location Qualifier (Example) |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| Summary | false |
| BodyStructure.description | |
| Element Id | BodyStructure.description |
| Definition | A summary, characterization or explanation of the body structure. |
| Cardinality | 0..1 |
| Type | string |
| Summary | true |
| Comments | This description could include any visual markings used to orientate the viewer e.g. external reference points, special sutures, ink markings. |
| BodyStructure.image | |
| Element Id | BodyStructure.image |
| Definition | Image or images used to identify a location. |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Type | Attachment |
| Summary | false |
| BodyStructure.patient | |
| Element Id | BodyStructure.patient |
| Definition | The person to which the body site belongs. |
| Cardinality | 1..1 |
| Type | Reference(Patient) |
| Summary | true |