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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: 1 | Trial Use | Compartments: Patient |
Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the BodySite resource.
BodySite | |
Definition | Record details about the anatomical location of a specimen or body part. This resource may be used when a coded concept does not provide the necessary detail needed for the use case. |
Control | 1..1 |
Alternate Names | anatomical location |
BodySite.identifier | |
Definition | Identifier for this instance of the anatomical location. |
Note | This is a business identifer, not a resource identifier (see discussion) |
Control | 0..* |
Type | Identifier |
Summary | true |
BodySite.active | |
Definition | Whether this body site is in active use. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | boolean |
Is Modifier | true |
Default Value | true |
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. |
BodySite.code | |
Definition | Named anatomical location - ideally coded where possible. |
Control | 0..1 |
Terminology Binding | SNOMED CT Body Structures (Example) |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
BodySite.qualifier | |
Definition | Qualifier to refine the anatomical location. These include qualifiers for laterality, relative location, directionality, number, and plane. |
Control | 0..* |
Terminology Binding | Bodysite Location Qualifier (Example) |
Type | CodeableConcept |
BodySite.description | |
Definition | A summary, charactarization or explanation of the anatomic location. |
Control | 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. |
BodySite.image | |
Definition | Image or images used to identify a location. |
Control | 0..* |
Type | Attachment |
BodySite.patient | |
Definition | The person to which the body site belongs. |
Control | 1..1 |
Type | Reference(Patient) |
Summary | true |