This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v0.4.0: DSTU 2 Draft). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions
Operation Definition
<OperationDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="ValueSet-validate"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- Snipped for brevity --></div> </text> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/ValueSet-validate"/> <name value="Value Set based Validation"/> <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="Validate that a coded value is in the set of codes allowed by a value set. If the operation is not called at the instance level, one of the in parameters identifier or valueset must be provided. One (and only one) of the in parameters (code, coding, codeableConcept) must be provided. || The outcome is an OperationOutcome with hints, warnings, or errors."/> <status value="draft"/> <date value="2015-02-23T09:07:27+11:00"/> <kind value="operation"/> <code value="validate"/> <system value="false"/> <type value="ValueSet"/> <instance value="true"/> <parameter> <name value="identifier"/> <use value="in"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <documentation value="A logical value set identifier (i.e. ValueSet.identifier). The server must know the value set (e.g. it is defined explicitly in the server's valuesets, or it is defined implicitly by some code system known to the server"/> <type value="uri"/> </parameter> <parameter> <name value="valueSet"/> <use value="in"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <documentation value="The value set is provided directly as part of the request. Servers may choose not to accept value sets in this fashion"/> <type value="ValueSet"/> </parameter> <parameter> <name value="code"/> <use value="in"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <documentation value="The code that is to be validated. 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 validated"/> <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="display"/> <use value="in"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <documentation value="The display associated with the code, if provided. If a display is provided a code must be provided. If no display is provided, the server cannot validate the display value, but may choose to return athe recommended display name in an extension in the outcome"/> <type value="string"/> </parameter> <parameter> <name value="coding"/> <use value="in"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <documentation value="A coding to validate"/> <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 returns true if one of the coding values is in the value set, and may also validate that the codings are not in conflict with each other"/> <type value="CodeableConcept"/> </parameter> <parameter> <name value="date"/> <use value="in"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <documentation value="The date for which the validation should be checked. Normally, this is the current conditions (which is the default values) but under some circumstances, systems need to validate that a correct code was used at some point 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."/> <type value="dateTime"/> </parameter> <parameter> <name value="abstract"/> <use value="in"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <documentation value="if true, then an abstract code is allowed to be used in the context of the code that is being validated. Typically, abstract codes are allowed to be used in value set specifications (e.g. any code that is subsumed by an abstract code). If false (which is the default value), then only concrete codes as defined by the value set are allowed"/> <type value="boolean"/> </parameter> <parameter> <name value="result"/> <use value="out"/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <documentation value="True if the concept details supplied are valid"/> <type value="boolean"/> </parameter> <parameter> <name value="message"/> <use value="out"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <documentation value="Error details, if result = false. If this is provided when result = true, the message carries hints and wanrings"/> <type value="string"/> </parameter> <parameter> <name value="display"/> <use value="out"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <documentation value="A valid display for the concept if the system wishes to display this to a user"/> <type value="string"/> </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.