ObservationDefinition

ObservationDefinition

draftResource40 elementsv4.0.1

Set of definitional characteristics for a kind of observation or measurement produced or consumed by an orderable health care service.

Metadata

hl7.org/fhir
Canonical URL
http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ObservationDefinition
ID
ObservationDefinition
Type
Base Definition
Derivation
specialization
Publisher
Health Level Seven International (Orders and Observations)
Version
4.0.1
Purpose
In a catalog of health-related services that use or produce observations and measurements, this resource describes the expected characteristics of these observation / measurements.
PathCard.TypeDescription
ObservationDefinition
0..*
Definition of an observation
id
0..1
string
Logical id of this artifact
meta
0..1
Metadata about the resource
implicitRules
0..1
uri
A set of rules under which this content was created
language
0..1
code
Language of the resource contentpreferred: languages
text
0..1
Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation
contained
0..*
Resource
Contained, inline Resources
extension
0..*
Additional content defined by implementations
modifierExtension
0..*
Extensions that cannot be ignored
category
0..*
Category of observationexample: observation-category
code
1..1
Type of observation (code / type)example: observation-codes
identifier
0..*
Business identifier for this ObservationDefinition instance
permittedDataType
0..*
code
Quantity | CodeableConcept | string | boolean | integer | Range | Ratio | SampledData | time | dateTime | Periodrequired: permitted-data-type
multipleResultsAllowed
0..1
boolean
Multiple results allowed
method
0..1
Method used to produce the observationexample: observation-methods
preferredReportName
0..1
string
Preferred report name
quantitativeDetails
0..1
BackboneElement
Characteristics of quantitative results
qualifiedInterval
0..*
BackboneElement
Qualified range for continuous and ordinal observation results
validCodedValueSet
0..1
Value set of valid coded values for the observations conforming to this ObservationDefinition
normalCodedValueSet
0..1
Value set of normal coded values for the observations conforming to this ObservationDefinition
abnormalCodedValueSet
0..1
Value set of abnormal coded values for the observations conforming to this ObservationDefinition
criticalCodedValueSet
0..1
Value set of critical coded values for the observations conforming to this ObservationDefinition