Slot - FHIR v3.2.0

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12.13.6 Resource Slot - Detailed Descriptions

Patient Administration

Work Group

Maturity Level: 3

Trial Use

Compartments: Not linked to any defined compartments

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the Slot resource.

Slot
Definition	A slot of time on a schedule that may be available for booking appointments.
Control	1..1
Slot.identifier
Definition	External Ids for this item.
Note	This is a business identifer, not a resource identifier (see discussion)
Control	0..*
Type	Identifier
Summary	true
Slot.serviceCategory
Definition	A broad categorisation of the service that is to be performed during this appointment.
Control	0..1
Terminology Binding	ServiceCategory (Example)
Type	CodeableConcept
Summary	true
Slot.serviceType
Definition	The type of appointments that can be booked into this slot (ideally this would be an identifiable service - which is at a location, rather than the location itself). If provided then this overrides the value provided on the availability resource.
Control	0..*
Terminology Binding	ServiceType (Example)
Type	CodeableConcept
Summary	true
Slot.specialty
Definition	The specialty of a practitioner that would be required to perform the service requested in this appointment.
Control	0..*
Terminology Binding	Practice Setting Code Value Set (Preferred)
Type	CodeableConcept
Summary	true
Slot.appointmentType
Definition	The style of appointment or patient that may be booked in the slot (not service type).
Control	0..1
Terminology Binding	v2 Appointment reason codes (Preferred)
Type	CodeableConcept
Summary	true
Slot.schedule
Definition	The schedule resource that this slot defines an interval of status information.
Control	1..1
Type	Reference(Schedule)
Summary	true
Slot.status
Definition	busy \| free \| busy-unavailable \| busy-tentative \| entered-in-error.
Control	1..1
Terminology Binding	SlotStatus (Required)
Type	code
Summary	true
Slot.start
Definition	Date/Time that the slot is to begin.
Control	1..1
Type	instant
Summary	true
Slot.end
Definition	Date/Time that the slot is to conclude.
Control	1..1
Type	instant
Summary	true
Slot.overbooked
Definition	This slot has already been overbooked, appointments are unlikely to be accepted for this time.
Control	0..1
Type	boolean
Meaning if Missing	If overbooked is missing, systems may assume that there are still appointments available
Slot.comment
Definition	Comments on the slot to describe any extended information. Such as custom constraints on the slot.
Control	0..1
Type	string