Release 4B

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Extension: specimenCode

Orders and Observations Work Group

Maturity Level: 1

Informative

Use Context: Any

URL for this extension:

http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-specimenCode

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven, Inc. - OO WG

A code representing the the type of specimen used for this observation. Should only be used if not implicit in the code found in Observation.code.

Context of Use: Use on Element ID Observation

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
specimenCode		0..1	CodeableConcept	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-specimenCode specimenCode: A code representing the the type of specimen used for this observation. Should only be used if not implicit in the code found in Observation.code. Binding: hl7VS-specimenType (example) Use on Element ID Observation
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension	0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-specimenCode specimenCode: A code representing the the type of specimen used for this observation. Should only be used if not implicit in the code found in Observation.code. Use on Element ID Observation
extension	0..0
url	1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-specimenCode"
value[x]	1..1	CodeableConcept	Value of extension Binding: hl7VS-specimenType (example)
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- specimenCode -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-specimenCode" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCodeableConcept><!--  1..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension --></valueCodeableConcept>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // specimenCode
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-specimenCode", // R! 
    "valueCodeableConcept" : { CodeableConcept } // C? R! Value of extension
  }

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
specimenCode		0..1	CodeableConcept	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-specimenCode specimenCode: A code representing the the type of specimen used for this observation. Should only be used if not implicit in the code found in Observation.code. Binding: hl7VS-specimenType (example) Use on Element ID Observation
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension	0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-specimenCode specimenCode: A code representing the the type of specimen used for this observation. Should only be used if not implicit in the code found in Observation.code. Use on Element ID Observation
extension	0..0
url	1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-specimenCode"
value[x]	1..1	CodeableConcept	Value of extension Binding: hl7VS-specimenType (example)
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- specimenCode -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-specimenCode" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCodeableConcept><!--  1..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension --></valueCodeableConcept>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // specimenCode
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-specimenCode", // R! 
    "valueCodeableConcept" : { CodeableConcept } // C? R! Value of extension
  }

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children unless an empty Parameters resource (xpath: @value|f:*|h:div|self::f:Parameters)
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')]))
ele-1: On Extension.extension: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.extension: @value|f:*|h:div)
ext-1: On Extension.extension: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath on Extension.extension: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), "value")]))
ele-1: On Extension.value[x]: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.value[x]: @value|f:*|h:div)