2nd DSTU Draft For Comment

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Extension-uslabobservationkind.xml

Raw XML (canonical form)

Kind of observation

Raw XML

<ExtensionDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="uslabobservationkind"/>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ExtensionDefinition/uslabobservationkind"/>
  <name value="Kind of observation"/>
  <display value="Kind of observation"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International - Orders and Observations WG"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="This extension is used to classify the kind of observation in Observation.value for laboratory
   reporting and to differentiate between actual test results, responses to filler questions
   when ordering tests and other unsolicted responses.  This may be required to drive operational
   functionality."/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <date value="2014-11-17"/>
  <contextType value="resource"/>
  <context value="Observation"/>
  <element>
    <path value="Extension"/>
    <short value="Kind of observation"/>
    <definition value="This extension is used to classify the kind of observation in Observation.value for laboratory
     reporting and to differentiate between actual test results, responses to filler questions
     when ordering tests and other unsolicted responses.  This may be required to drive operational
     functionality."/>
    <min value="1"/>
    <max value="1"/>
    <type>
      <code value="code"/>
    </type>
    <binding>
      <name value="USLabObservationKind"/>
      <isExtensible value="true"/>
      <conformance value="required"/>
      <description value="Code to classify the kind of observation in Observation.value[x]"/>
      <referenceReference>
        <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/valueset-obs-uslab-kind"/>
      </referenceReference>
    </binding>
  </element>
</ExtensionDefinition>

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.