secondaryFinding

Secondary Finding

draftComplex Type5 elementsv4.0.1

Secondary findings are genetic test results that provide information about variants in a gene unrelated to the primary purpose for the testing, most often discovered when Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) or Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) is performed. This extension should be used to denote when a genetic finding is being shared as a secondary finding, and ideally refer to a corresponding guideline or policy statement.

For more detail, please see: https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/testing/secondaryfindings.

Metadata

hl7.org/fhir
Canonical URL
http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-secondaryFinding
ID
observation-secondaryFinding
Type
Base Definition
Derivation
constraint
Publisher
Health Level Seven, Inc. - OO WG
Version
4.0.1

Context (1)

This extension can be used on the following elements:

elementObservation
PathCard.TypeDescription
Extension
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Secondary findings are genetic test results that provide information about variants in a gene unrelated to the primary purpose for the testing, most often discovered when [Whole Exome Sequencing (WES)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exome_sequencing) or [Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_genome_sequencing) is performed. This extension should be used to denote when a genetic finding is being shared as a secondary finding, and ideally refer to a corresponding guideline or policy statement. For more detail, please see: https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/testing/secondaryfindings
id
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string
Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension
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Extension
url
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string
identifies the meaning of the extension
value[x]
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Value of extensionextensible: secondary-finding