FHIR Release 3 (STU)

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Extension: allowedUnits

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group Maturity Level: 1InformativeUse Context: Any

URL for this extension: 

http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-allowedUnits

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

Identifies the units of measure in which the element should be captured or expressed.

Context of Use: Use on data type: ElementDefinition

usage info: insert a list of places where this extension is used

Extension Content

Summary

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. extension0..1CodeableConcept, Reference(ValueSet)URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-allowedUnits
allowedUnits: Identifies the units of measure in which the element should be captured or expressed.
Binding: UCUM Codes (required)
Use on data type: ElementDefinition

doco Documentation for this format

Full Structure

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. extension0..1ExtensionURL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-allowedUnits
allowedUnits: Identifies the units of measure in which the element should be captured or expressed.
Use on data type: ElementDefinition
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-allowedUnits"
... value[x] 1..1CodeableConcept, Reference(ValueSet)Value of extension
Binding: UCUM Codes (required)

doco Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- allowedUnits -->doco

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-allowedUnits" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <value[x]><!-- 1..1 CodeableConcept|Reference(ValueSet) Value of extension --></value[x]>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // allowedUnits
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified orderOpen
    ],
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-allowedUnits", // R! 
// value[x]: Value of extension. One of these 2:
    "valueCodeableConcept" : { CodeableConcept } // R! Value of extension
    "valueReference" : { Reference(ValueSet) }, // R! Value of extension
  }

Summary

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. extension0..1CodeableConcept, Reference(ValueSet)URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-allowedUnits
allowedUnits: Identifies the units of measure in which the element should be captured or expressed.
Binding: UCUM Codes (required)
Use on data type: ElementDefinition

doco Documentation for this format

Full Structure

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. extension0..1ExtensionURL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-allowedUnits
allowedUnits: Identifies the units of measure in which the element should be captured or expressed.
Use on data type: ElementDefinition
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-allowedUnits"
... value[x] 1..1CodeableConcept, Reference(ValueSet)Value of extension
Binding: UCUM Codes (required)

doco Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- allowedUnits -->doco

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-allowedUnits" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <value[x]><!-- 1..1 CodeableConcept|Reference(ValueSet) Value of extension --></value[x]>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // allowedUnits
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified orderOpen
    ],
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-allowedUnits", // R! 
// value[x]: Value of extension. One of these 2:
    "valueCodeableConcept" : { CodeableConcept } // R! Value of extension
    "valueReference" : { Reference(ValueSet) }, // R! Value of extension
  }

 

Constraints

  • ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath: @value|f:*|h:div)
  • ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')]))