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<OperationDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="ConceptMap-translate"/> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> Concept Translation</h2> 
      <p> OPERATION: Concept Translation</p> 
      <p> The official URL for this operation definition is: </p> 
      <pre> http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/ConceptMap-translate</pre> 
      <div> 
        <p> Translate a code from one value set to another, based on the existing value set and concept
           maps resources, and/or other additional knowledge available to the server.</p> 

        <p> One (and only one) of the in parameters (code, coding, codeableConcept) must be provided,
           to identify the code that is to be translated.</p> 

        <p> The operation returns a set of parameters including a 'result' for whether there is an
           acceptable match, and a list of possible matches. Note that the list of matches may include
           notes of codes for which mapping is specifically excluded, so implementers have to check
           the match.equivalence for each match</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> URL: [base]/ConceptMap/$translate</p> 
      <p> URL: [base]/ConceptMap/[id]/$translate</p> 
      <p> Parameters</p> 
      <table class="grid">
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <b> Use</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Name</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Cardinality</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Type</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Binding</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Documentation</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> url</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#uri">uri</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> A canonical URL for a concept map. The server must know the concept map (e.g. it is defined
                 explicitly in the server's concept maps, or it is defined implicitly by some code system
                 known to the server.</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> conceptMap</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="conceptmap.html">ConceptMap</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The concept map is provided directly as part of the request. Servers may choose not to
                 accept concept maps in this fashion.</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> conceptMapVersion</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#string">string</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The identifier that is used to identify a specific version of the concept map to be used
                 for the translation. This is an arbitrary value managed by the concept map author and
                 is not expected to be globally unique. For example, it might be a timestamp (e.g. yyyymmdd)
                 if a managed version is not available.</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> code</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#code">code</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The code that is to be translated. If a code is provided, a system must be provided</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> system</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#uri">uri</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The system for the code that is to be translated</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> version</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#string">string</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The version of the system, if one was provided in the source data</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> source</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#uri">uri</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> Identifies the value set used when the concept (system/code pair) was chosen. May be a
                 logical id, or an absolute or relative location. The source value set is an optional parameter
                 because in some cases, the client cannot know what the source value set is. However, without
                 a source value set, the server may be unable to safely identify an applicable concept
                 map, and would return an error. For this reason, a source value set SHOULD always be provided.
                 Note that servers may be able to identify an appropriate concept map without a source
                 value set if there is a full mapping for the entire code system in the concept map, or
                 by manual intervention</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> coding</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#Coding">Coding</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> A coding to translate</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> codeableConcept</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#CodeableConcept">CodeableConcept</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> A full codeableConcept to validate. The server can translate any of the coding values
                 (e.g. existing translations) as it chooses</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> target</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#uri">uri</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> Identifies the value set in which a translation is sought. May be a logical id, or an
                 absolute or relative location. If there's no target specified, the server should return
                 all known translations, along with their source</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> targetsystem</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#uri">uri</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> identifies a target code system in which a mapping is sought. This parameter is an alternative
                 to the target parameter - only one is required. Searching for any translation to a target
                 code system irrespective of the context (e.g. target valueset) may lead to unsafe results,
                 and it is at the discretion of the server to decide when to support this operation</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> dependency</td> 
          <td> 0..*</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> Another element that may help produce the correct mapping</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> dependency.element</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#uri">uri</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The element for this dependency</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> dependency.concept</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#CodeableConcept">CodeableConcept</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The value for this dependency</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> reverse</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#boolean">boolean</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> if this is true, then the operation should return all the codes that might be mapped to
                 this code. This parameter reverses the meaning of the source and target parameters</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> OUT</td> 
          <td> result</td> 
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#boolean">boolean</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> True if the concept could be translated successfully. The value can only be true if at
                 least one returned match has an equivalence which is not  unmatched or disjoint</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> OUT</td> 
          <td> message</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#string">string</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> Error details, for display to a human. If this is provided when result = true, the message
                 carries hints and warnings (e.g. a note that the matches could be improved by providing
                 additional detail)</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> OUT</td> 
          <td> match</td> 
          <td> 0..*</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> A concept in the target value set with an equivalence. Note that there may be multiple
                 matches of equal or differing equivalence, and the matches may include equivalence values
                 that mean that there is no match</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> OUT</td> 
          <td> match.equivalence</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#code">code</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> A code indicating the equivalence of the translation, using values from 
                <a href="valueset-concept-map-equivalence.html">ConceptMapEquivalence</a> 
              </p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> OUT</td> 
          <td> match.concept</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#Coding">Coding</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The translation outcome. Note that this would never have userSelected = true, since the
                 process of translations implies that the user is not selecting the code (and only the
                 client could know differently)</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> OUT</td> 
          <td> match.product</td> 
          <td> 0..*</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> Another element that is the product of this mapping</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> OUT</td> 
          <td> match.product.element</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#uri">uri</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The element for this product</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> OUT</td> 
          <td> match.product.concept</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#Coding">Coding</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The value for this product</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> OUT</td> 
          <td> match.source</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#uri">uri</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The canonical reference to the concept map from which this mapping comes from</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
      <div/>  
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="3"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="trial-use"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/ConceptMap-translate"/> 
  <version value="4.0.1"/> 
  <name value="Concept Translation"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <kind value="operation"/> 
  <date value="2019-11-01T09:29:23+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="Translate a code from one value set to another, based on the existing value set and concept
   maps resources, and/or other additional knowledge available to the server. 

 One (and only one) of the in parameters (code, coding, codeableConcept) must be provided,
   to identify the code that is to be translated.  

 The operation returns a set of parameters including a 'result' for whether there is an
   acceptable match, and a list of possible matches. Note that the list of matches may include
   notes of codes for which mapping is specifically excluded, so implementers have to check
   the match.equivalence for each match"/> 
  <code value="translate"/> 
  <resource value="ConceptMap"/> 
  <system value="false"/> 
  <type value="true"/> 
  <instance value="true"/> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="url"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="A canonical URL for a concept map. The server must know the concept map (e.g. it is defined
     explicitly in the server's concept maps, or it is defined implicitly by some code system
     known to the server."/> 
    <type value="uri"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="conceptMap"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The concept map is provided directly as part of the request. Servers may choose not to
     accept concept maps in this fashion."/> 
    <type value="ConceptMap"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="conceptMapVersion"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The identifier that is used to identify a specific version of the concept map to be used
     for the translation. This is an arbitrary value managed by the concept map author and
     is not expected to be globally unique. For example, it might be a timestamp (e.g. yyyymmdd)
     if a managed version is not available."/> 
    <type value="string"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="code"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The code that is to be translated. If a code is provided, a system must be provided"/> 
    <type value="code"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="system"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The system for the code that is to be translated"/> 
    <type value="uri"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="version"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The version of the system, if one was provided in the source data"/> 
    <type value="string"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="source"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="Identifies the value set used when the concept (system/code pair) was chosen. May be a
     logical id, or an absolute or relative location. The source value set is an optional parameter
     because in some cases, the client cannot know what the source value set is. However, without
     a source value set, the server may be unable to safely identify an applicable concept
     map, and would return an error. For this reason, a source value set SHOULD always be provided.
     Note that servers may be able to identify an appropriate concept map without a source
     value set if there is a full mapping for the entire code system in the concept map, or
     by manual intervention"/> 
    <type value="uri"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="coding"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="A coding to translate"/> 
    <type value="Coding"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="codeableConcept"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="A full codeableConcept to validate. The server can translate any of the coding values
     (e.g. existing translations) as it chooses"/> 
    <type value="CodeableConcept"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="target"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="Identifies the value set in which a translation is sought. May be a logical id, or an
     absolute or relative location. If there's no target specified, the server should return
     all known translations, along with their source"/> 
    <type value="uri"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="targetsystem"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="identifies a target code system in which a mapping is sought. This parameter is an alternative
     to the target parameter - only one is required. Searching for any translation to a target
     code system irrespective of the context (e.g. target valueset) may lead to unsafe results,
     and it is at the discretion of the server to decide when to support this operation"/> 
    <type value="uri"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="dependency"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="*"/> 
    <documentation value="Another element that may help produce the correct mapping"/> 
    <part> 
      <name value="element"/> 
      <use value="in"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <documentation value="The element for this dependency"/> 
      <type value="uri"/> 
    </part> 
    <part> 
      <name value="concept"/> 
      <use value="in"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <documentation value="The value for this dependency"/> 
      <type value="CodeableConcept"/> 
    </part> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="reverse"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="if this is true, then the operation should return all the codes that might be mapped to
     this code. This parameter reverses the meaning of the source and target parameters"/> 
    <type value="boolean"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="result"/> 
    <use value="out"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="True if the concept could be translated successfully. The value can only be true if at
     least one returned match has an equivalence which is not  unmatched or disjoint"/> 
    <type value="boolean"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="message"/> 
    <use value="out"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="Error details, for display to a human. If this is provided when result = true, the message
     carries hints and warnings (e.g. a note that the matches could be improved by providing
     additional detail)"/> 
    <type value="string"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="match"/> 
    <use value="out"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="*"/> 
    <documentation value="A concept in the target value set with an equivalence. Note that there may be multiple
     matches of equal or differing equivalence, and the matches may include equivalence values
     that mean that there is no match"/> 
    <part> 
      <name value="equivalence"/> 
      <use value="out"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <documentation value="A code indicating the equivalence of the translation, using values from [ConceptMapEquivalence](valu
      eset-concept-map-equivalence.html)"/> 
      <type value="code"/> 
    </part> 
    <part> 
      <name value="concept"/> 
      <use value="out"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <documentation value="The translation outcome. Note that this would never have userSelected = true, since the
       process of translations implies that the user is not selecting the code (and only the
       client could know differently)"/> 
      <type value="Coding"/> 
    </part> 
    <part> 
      <name value="product"/> 
      <use value="out"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <documentation value="Another element that is the product of this mapping"/> 
      <part> 
        <name value="element"/> 
        <use value="out"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
        <documentation value="The element for this product"/> 
        <type value="uri"/> 
      </part> 
      <part> 
        <name value="concept"/> 
        <use value="out"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
        <documentation value="The value for this product"/> 
        <type value="Coding"/> 
      </part> 
    </part> 
    <part> 
      <name value="source"/> 
      <use value="out"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <documentation value="The canonical reference to the concept map from which this mapping comes from"/> 
      <type value="uri"/> 
    </part> 
  </parameter> 
</OperationDefinition> 

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.