AdverseEvent

Clinical

Actual or potential/avoided event causing unintended physical injury resulting from or contributed to by medical care, a research study or other healthcare setting factors that requires additional monitoring, treatment, or hospitalization, or that results in death.

AdverseEvent is a FHIR R4 Clinical resource — medical care, research study or other healthcare event causing physical injury. It defines 41 elements and supports 21 search parameters.

Official spec

Path	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
AdverseEvent	0..*	—	Medical care, research study or other healthcare event causing physical injury
.idΣ	0..1	String	Logical id of this artifact
.metaΣ	0..1	Meta	Metadata about the resource
.implicitRules?!Σ	0..1	uri	A set of rules under which this content was created
.language	0..1	code	Language of the resource content Bindinglanguages(preferred)
.text	0..1	Narrative	Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation
.contained	0..*	Resource	Contained, inline Resources
.extension	0..*	Extension	Additional content defined by implementations
.modifierExtension?!	0..*	Extension	Extensions that cannot be ignored
.identifierΣ	0..1	Identifier	Business identifier for the event
.actuality?!Σ	1..1	code	actual \| potential Bindingadverse-event-actuality(required)
.categoryΣ	0..*	CodeableConcept	product-problem \| product-quality \| product-use-error \| wrong-dose \| incorrect-prescribing-information \| wrong-technique \| wrong-route-of-administration \| wrong-rate \| wrong-duration \| wrong-time \| expired-drug \| medical-device-use-error \| problem-different-manufacturer \| unsafe-physical-environment Bindingadverse-event-category(extensible)
.eventΣ	0..1	CodeableConcept	Type of the event itself in relation to the subject Bindingadverse-event-type(example)
.subjectΣ	1..1	Reference(Patient \| Group \| Practitioner \| RelatedPerson)	Subject impacted by event
.encounterΣ	0..1	Reference(Encounter)	Encounter created as part of
.dateΣ	0..1	dateTime	When the event occurred
.detectedΣ	0..1	dateTime	When the event was detected
.recordedDateΣ	0..1	dateTime	When the event was recorded
.resultingConditionΣ	0..*	Reference(Condition)	Effect on the subject due to this event
.locationΣ	0..1	Reference(Location)	Location where adverse event occurred
.seriousnessΣ	0..1	CodeableConcept	Seriousness of the event Bindingadverse-event-seriousness(example)
.severityΣ	0..1	CodeableConcept	mild \| moderate \| severe Bindingadverse-event-severity(required)
.outcomeΣ	0..1	CodeableConcept	resolved \| recovering \| ongoing \| resolvedWithSequelae \| fatal \| unknown Bindingadverse-event-outcome(required)
.recorderΣ	0..1	Reference(Patient \| Practitioner \| PractitionerRole \| RelatedPerson)	Who recorded the adverse event
.contributorΣ	0..*	Reference(Practitioner \| PractitionerRole \| Device)	Who was involved in the adverse event or the potential adverse event
.suspectEntityΣ	0..*	BackboneElement	The suspected agent causing the adverse event
.id	0..1	String	Unique id for inter-element referencing
.extension	0..*	Extension	Additional content defined by implementations
.modifierExtension?!Σ	0..*	Extension	Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized
.instanceΣ	1..1	Reference(Immunization \| Procedure \| Substance \| Medication \| MedicationAdministration \| MedicationStatement \| Device)	Refers to the specific entity that caused the adverse event
.causalityΣ	0..*	BackboneElement	Information on the possible cause of the event
.id	0..1	String	Unique id for inter-element referencing
.extension	0..*	Extension	Additional content defined by implementations
.modifierExtension?!Σ	0..*	Extension	Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized
.assessmentΣ	0..1	CodeableConcept	Assessment of if the entity caused the event Bindingadverse-event-causality-assess(example)
.productRelatednessΣ	0..1	string	AdverseEvent.suspectEntity.causalityProductRelatedness
.authorΣ	0..1	Reference(Practitioner \| PractitionerRole)	AdverseEvent.suspectEntity.causalityAuthor
.methodΣ	0..1	CodeableConcept	ProbabilityScale \| Bayesian \| Checklist Bindingadverse-event-causality-method(example)
.subjectMedicalHistoryΣ	0..*	Reference(Condition \| Observation \| AllergyIntolerance \| FamilyMemberHistory \| Immunization \| Procedure \| Media \| DocumentReference)	AdverseEvent.subjectMedicalHistory
.referenceDocumentΣ	0..*	Reference(DocumentReference)	AdverseEvent.referenceDocument
.studyΣ	0..*	Reference(ResearchStudy)	AdverseEvent.study

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