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This page is part of the Da Vinci Payer Data Exchange (v2.1.0-ballot: STU2.1 Ballot 1) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. The current version which supersedes this version is 2.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

US Core Laboratory Result Observation

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The US Core Laboratory Result Observation profile sets minimum expectations for the Observation resource to record, search, and fetch laboratory test results associated with a patient/member. It identifies which core elements, extensions, vocabularies and value sets SHALL be present in the resource when using this profile.

In US Core 6.1.0 a number of new Observation profiles were created. Many of them replaced the Vital Signs profiles from the base FHIR R4 base specification. The full list of US Core 6.1.0 Observation profiles in can be found here:

The essential fields (Must Support or Cardinality greater than 0..*) to be provided in the US Core 3.1.1 LaboratoryResultObservation or US Core 6.1.0 LaboratoryResultObservation resource are:

R4 Element Name Cardinality Type
Observation.status status 1..1 code
Observation.category category 1..* (Slice Definition)
Observation.category:Laboratory category:Laboratory 1..1 CodeableConcept
Observation.category:Laboratory.coding Laboratory.coding 1..* Coding
Observation.category:Laboratory.system Laboratory.system 1..1 uri
Observation.category:Laboratory.code Laboratory.code 1..1 code
Observation.code code 1..1 CodeableConcept
Observation.subject subject 1..1 Reference(US Core Patient Profile)
Observation.effective[x] effective[x] 0..1  
Observation.value[x] value[x] 0..1  
Observation.dataAbsentReason dataAbsentReason 0..1 CodeableConcept

Table Definition

Example Laboratory Results Profile

Link to urine specific gravity laboratory result: https://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/Observation-usg.html

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