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1 value setQuestionnaireItemType
http://hl7.org/fhir/item-type
Distinguishes groups from questions and display text and indicates data type for questions.
Official specConcepts (17)
| Code | Display | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| group | Group | An item with no direct answer but should have at least one child item. |
| display | Display | Text for display that will not capture an answer or have child items. |
| question | Question | An item that defines a specific answer to be captured, and which may have child items. (the answer provided in the QuestionnaireResponse should be of the defined datatype). |
| boolean | Boolean | Question with a yes/no answer (valueBoolean). |
| decimal | Decimal | Question with is a real number answer (valueDecimal). |
| integer | Integer | Question with an integer answer (valueInteger). |
| date | Date | Question with a date answer (valueDate). |
| dateTime | Date Time | Question with a date and time answer (valueDateTime). |
| time | Time | Question with a time (hour:minute:second) answer independent of date. (valueTime). |
| string | String | Question with a short (few words to short sentence) free-text entry answer (valueString). |
| text | Text | Question with a long (potentially multi-paragraph) free-text entry answer (valueString). |
| url | Url | Question with a URL (website, FTP site, etc.) answer (valueUri). |
| choice | Choice | Question with a Coding drawn from a list of possible answers (specified in either the answerOption property, or via the valueset referenced in the answerValueSet property) as an answer (valueCoding). |
| open-choice | Open Choice | Answer is a Coding drawn from a list of possible answers (as with the choice type) or a free-text entry in a string (valueCoding or valueString). |
| attachment | Attachment | Question with binary content such as an image, PDF, etc. as an answer (valueAttachment). |
| reference | Reference | Question with a reference to another resource (practitioner, organization, etc.) as an answer (valueReference). |
| quantity | Quantity | Question with a combination of a numeric value and unit, potentially with a comparator (<, >, etc.) as an answer. (valueQuantity) There is an extension 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/questionnaire-unit' that can be used to define what unit should be captured (or the unit that has a ucum conversion from the provided unit). |