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.
| Path | Card. | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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 |