C-CDA Age Observation (Conformance Package)

Scope and Usage

This is FHIR Profile is mapped from the Age Observation CCDA EntryTemplate : HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA R2: IHE Health Story Consolidation, DSTU R1.1, 5.3 Age Observation [observation: templateId 2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.4.31(open)]

This Age Observation represents the subject's age at onset of an event or observation. The age of a relative in a Family History Observation at the time of that observation could also be inferred by comparing birth date with the effective time of the observation. However, a common scenario is that a patient will know the age of a relative when the relative had a certain condition or when the relative died, but will not know the actual year (e.g., "grandpa died of a heart attack at the age of 50"). Often times, neither precise dates nor ages are known (e.g. "cousin died of congenital heart disease as an infant").