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Operation-codesystem-lookup

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Standards Status: Informative

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Concept Look Up & Decomposition

OPERATION: Concept Look Up & Decomposition

The official URL for this operation definition is:

http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/CodeSystem-lookup

Given a code/system, or a Coding, get additional details about the concept, including definition, status, designations, and properties. One of the products of this operation is a full decomposition of a code from a structured terminology.

When invoking this operation, a client SHALL provide both a system and a code, either using the system+code parameters, or in the coding parameter. Other parameters are optional

URL: [base]/CodeSystem/$lookup

Parameters

Use

Name

Cardinality

Type

Binding

Documentation

IN

code

0..1

code

The code that is to be located. If a code is provided, a system must be provided

IN

system

0..1

uri

The system for the code that is to be located

IN

version

0..1

string

The version of the system, if one was provided in the source data

IN

coding

0..1

Coding

A coding to look up

IN

date

0..1

dateTime

The date for which the information should be returned. Normally, this is the current conditions (which is the default value) but under some circumstances, systems need to acccess this information as it would have been in the past. A typical example of this would be where code selection is constrained to the set of codes that were available when the patient was treated, not when the record is being edited. Note that which date is appropriate is a matter for implementation policy.

IN

displayLanguage

0..1

code

The requested language for display (see $expand.displayLanguage)

IN

property

0..*

code

A property that the client wishes to be returned in the output. If no properties are specified, the server chooses what to return. The following properties are defined for all code systems: url, name, version (code system info) and code information: display, definition, designation, parent and child, and for designations, lang.X where X is a designation language code. Some of the properties are returned explicit in named parameters (when the names match), and the rest (except for lang.X) in the property parameter group

OUT

name

1..1

string

A display name for the code system

OUT

version

0..1

string

The version that these details are based on

OUT

display

1..1

string

The preferred display for this concept

OUT

designation

0..*

Additional representations for this concept

OUT

designation.language

0..1

code

The language this designation is defined for

OUT

designation.use

0..1

Coding

A code that details how this designation would be used

OUT

designation.value

1..1

string

The text value for this designation

OUT

property

0..*

One or more properties that contain additional information about the code, including status. For complex terminologies (e.g. SNOMED CT, LOINC, medications), these properties serve to decompose the code

OUT

property.code

1..1

code

Identifies the property returned

OUT

property.value

0..1

The value of the property returned

OUT

property.description

0..1

string

Human Readable representation of the property value (e.g. display for a code)

OUT

property.subproperty

0..*

Nested Properties (mainly used for SNOMED CT decomposition, for relationship Groups)

OUT

property.subproperty.code

1..1

code

Identifies the sub-property returned

OUT

property.subproperty.value

1..1

The value of the sub-property returned

OUT

property.subproperty.description

0..1

string

Human Readable representation of the property value (e.g. display for a code)

Note that the $lookup operation is more than just a code system search - the server finds the concept, and gathers the return information from the underlying code system definitions.

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.