ObservationDefinition
SpecializedSet of definitional characteristics for a kind of observation or measurement produced or consumed by an orderable health care service.
| Path | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|
| ObservationDefinition | 0..* | — | Definition of an observation |
| .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 |
| .categoryΣ | 0..* | CodeableConcept | Category of observation Bindingobservation-category(example) |
| .codeΣ | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Type of observation (code / type) Bindingobservation-codes(example) |
| .identifierΣ | 0..* | Identifier | Business identifier for this ObservationDefinition instance |
| .permittedDataType | 0..* | code | Quantity | CodeableConcept | string | boolean | integer | Range | Ratio | SampledData | time | dateTime | Period Bindingpermitted-data-type(required) |
| .multipleResultsAllowed | 0..1 | boolean | Multiple results allowed |
| .method | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Method used to produce the observation Bindingobservation-methods(example) |
| .preferredReportName | 0..1 | string | Preferred report name |
| .quantitativeDetails | 0..1 | BackboneElement | Characteristics of quantitative results |
| .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 |
| .customaryUnit | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Customary unit for quantitative results Bindingucum-units(extensible) |
| .unit | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | SI unit for quantitative results Bindingucum-units(extensible) |
| .conversionFactor | 0..1 | decimal | SI to Customary unit conversion factor |
| .decimalPrecision | 0..1 | integer | Decimal precision of observation quantitative results |
| .qualifiedInterval | 0..* | BackboneElement | Qualified range for continuous and ordinal observation results |
| .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 |
| .category | 0..1 | code | reference | critical | absolute Bindingobservation-range-category(required) |
| .range | 0..1 | Range | The interval itself, for continuous or ordinal observations |
| .context | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Range context qualifier Bindingreferencerange-meaning(extensible) |
| .appliesTo | 0..* | CodeableConcept | Targetted population of the range Bindingreferencerange-appliesto(example) |
| .gender | 0..1 | code | male | female | other | unknown Bindingadministrative-gender(required) |
| .age | 0..1 | Range | Applicable age range, if relevant |
| .gestationalAge | 0..1 | Range | Applicable gestational age range, if relevant |
| .condition | 0..1 | string | Condition associated with the reference range |
| .validCodedValueSet | 0..1 | Reference(ValueSet) | Value set of valid coded values for the observations conforming to this ObservationDefinition |
| .normalCodedValueSet | 0..1 | Reference(ValueSet) | Value set of normal coded values for the observations conforming to this ObservationDefinition |
| .abnormalCodedValueSet | 0..1 | Reference(ValueSet) | Value set of abnormal coded values for the observations conforming to this ObservationDefinition |
| .criticalCodedValueSet | 0..1 | Reference(ValueSet) | Value set of critical coded values for the observations conforming to this ObservationDefinition |