A sample to be used for analysis. The HCIM LaboratoryTestResult only contains Specimen details at container and collection level. It is not prohibited, rather expected that other details will be present too.

Identification number of the material obtained, as a reference for inquiries to the source organization. In a transmural setting, this number will consist of a specimen number including the identification of the issuing organization, to be unique outside of the borders of an organization.

SpecimenMaterial describes the material obtained or the isolate that was derived from the material. If the LOINC test code also implicitly describes a material, this element may not conflict with the description. If desired, this component can provide a more detailed description of the material: LOINC codes only contain the materials at a main level. This is in line with the agreements made in the IHE/Nictiz program e-Lab.

If the test is carried out on derived material (such as plasma), this element will still contain the material drawn (in this case, blood). In this case, the LOINC code will generally refer to plasma.

If the material is not collected directly from the patient but comes from a patient-related object, e.g. a cathetertip, this source of material can be recorded here.

In particular in microbiological determinations the subject of the test is an isolate of certain microorganism rather then a material. This concept provides the ability to capture information about this microorganism.

Date and time that the material is handed over at the laboratory or specimen collection center. This is the issue with material that is collected by the patient himself.

Time at which the material was collected.

If the material has not been collected at a single point in time but over a certain period, this period can be captured in this concept. An example is 24 hour urine.

Total volume of the collected material. If it is necessary to determine the absolute amount of a particular substance in the collected material, the volume thereof must be given.

If relevant for the results, the method of obtaining the specimen can be entered as well.

Anatomic location where the material is collected, e.g. elbow.

SpecimenAnatomicalLocationCodelist

Laterality adds information about body side to the anatomic location, e.g. left

LateralityCodelist

Morphology describes morphological abnormalities of the anatomical location where the material is taken, for example wound, ulcer.

MorphologyCodelist

The specimen number extension is used when the collected material is distributed from the original tube or container across multiple tubes. In combination with the specimen Id the extension yield a unique identification of the tube or container

Container type describes the envelope in which the material is collected or sent. Examples include blood tubes, transport container, possibly including culture medium.

ContainerTypeCodelist

A sample to be used for analysis. The HCIM LaboratoryTestResult only contains Specimen details at container and collection level. It is not prohibited, rather expected that other details will be present too.

A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content.

Asserting this rule set restricts the content to be only understood by a limited set of trading partners. This inherently limits the usefulness of the data in the long term. However, the existing health eco-system is highly fractured, and not yet ready to define, collect, and exchange data in a generally computable sense. Wherever possible, implementers and/or specification writers should avoid using this element.

This element is labelled as a modifier because the implicit rules may provide additional knowledge about the resource that modifies it's meaning or interpretation.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource, and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

Identification number of the material obtained, as a reference for inquiries to the source organization. In a transmural setting, this number will consist of a specimen number including the identification of the issuing organization, to be unique outside of the borders of an organization.

The availability of the specimen.

This element is labeled as a modifier because the status contains codes that mark the resource as not currently valid.

Codes providing the status/availability of a specimen.

SpecimenMaterial describes the material obtained or the isolate that was derived from the material. If the LOINC test code also implicitly describes a material, this element may not conflict with the description. If desired, this component can provide a more detailed description of the material: LOINC codes only contain the materials at a main level. This is in line with the agreements made in the IHE/Nictiz program e-Lab.

If the test is carried out on derived material (such as plasma), this element will still contain the material drawn (in this case, blood). In this case, the LOINC code will generally refer to plasma.

The type can change the way that a specimen is handled, and drives what kind of analyses can properly be performed on the specimen. It is frequently used in diagnostic work flow decision making systems.

If the material is not collected directly from the patient but comes from a patient-related object, e.g. a cathetertip, this source of material can be recorded here.

In particular in microbiological determinations the subject of the test is an isolate of certain microorganism rather then a material. This concept provides the ability to capture information about this microorganism.

Must know the subject context.

Date and time that the material is handed over at the laboratory or specimen collection center. This is the issue with material that is collected by the patient himself.

Reference to the parent (source) specimen which is used when the specimen was either derived from or a component of another specimen.

The parent specimen could be the source from which the current specimen is derived by some processing step (e.g. an aliquot or isolate or extracted nucleic acids from clinical samples) or one of many specimens that were combined to create a pooled sample.

The container holding the specimen. The recursive nature of containers; i.e. blood in tube in tray in rack is not addressed here.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element, and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

The specimen number extension is used when the collected material is distributed from the original tube or container across multiple tubes. In combination with the specimen Id the extension yield a unique identification of the tube or container

Container type describes the envelope in which the material is collected or sent. Examples include blood tubes, transport container, possibly including culture medium.

ContainerTypeCodelist

To communicate any details or issues about the specimen or during the specimen collection. (for example: broken vial, sent with patient, frozen).

A sample to be used for analysis. The HCIM LaboratoryTestResult only contains Specimen details at container and collection level. It is not prohibited, rather expected that other details will be present too.

The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes.

The only time that a resource does not have an id is when it is being submitted to the server using a create operation.

The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content may not always be associated with version changes to the resource.

A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content.

Asserting this rule set restricts the content to be only understood by a limited set of trading partners. This inherently limits the usefulness of the data in the long term. However, the existing health eco-system is highly fractured, and not yet ready to define, collect, and exchange data in a generally computable sense. Wherever possible, implementers and/or specification writers should avoid using this element.

This element is labelled as a modifier because the implicit rules may provide additional knowledge about the resource that modifies it's meaning or interpretation.

The base language in which the resource is written.

Language is provided to support indexing and accessibility (typically, services such as text to speech use the language tag). The html language tag in the narrative applies to the narrative. The language tag on the resource may be used to specify the language of other presentations generated from the data in the resource Not all the content has to be in the base language. The Resource.language should not be assumed to apply to the narrative automatically. If a language is specified, it should it also be specified on the div element in the html (see rules in HTML5 for information about the relationship between xml:lang and the html lang attribute).

A human language.

A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource, and may be used to represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode all the structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it "clinically safe" for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions may define what content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical safety.

Contained resources do not have narrative. Resources that are not contained SHOULD have a narrative. In some cases, a resource may only have text with little or no additional discrete data (as long as all minOccurs=1 elements are satisfied). This may be necessary for data from legacy systems where information is captured as a "text blob" or where text is additionally entered raw or narrated and encoded in formation is added later.

These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them - they cannot be identified independently, and nor can they have their own independent transaction scope.

This should never be done when the content can be identified properly, as once identification is lost, it is extremely difficult (and context dependent) to restore it again.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource, and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

Identification number of the material obtained, as a reference for inquiries to the source organization. In a transmural setting, this number will consist of a specimen number including the identification of the issuing organization, to be unique outside of the borders of an organization.

The identifier assigned by the lab when accessioning specimen(s). This is not necessarily the same as the specimen identifier, depending on local lab procedures.

The availability of the specimen.

This element is labeled as a modifier because the status contains codes that mark the resource as not currently valid.

Codes providing the status/availability of a specimen.

SpecimenMaterial describes the material obtained or the isolate that was derived from the material. If the LOINC test code also implicitly describes a material, this element may not conflict with the description. If desired, this component can provide a more detailed description of the material: LOINC codes only contain the materials at a main level. This is in line with the agreements made in the IHE/Nictiz program e-Lab.

If the test is carried out on derived material (such as plasma), this element will still contain the material drawn (in this case, blood). In this case, the LOINC code will generally refer to plasma.

The type can change the way that a specimen is handled, and drives what kind of analyses can properly be performed on the specimen. It is frequently used in diagnostic work flow decision making systems.

If the material is not collected directly from the patient but comes from a patient-related object, e.g. a cathetertip, this source of material can be recorded here.

In particular in microbiological determinations the subject of the test is an isolate of certain microorganism rather then a material. This concept provides the ability to capture information about this microorganism.

Must know the subject context.

Date and time that the material is handed over at the laboratory or specimen collection center. This is the issue with material that is collected by the patient himself.

Reference to the parent (source) specimen which is used when the specimen was either derived from or a component of another specimen.

The parent specimen could be the source from which the current specimen is derived by some processing step (e.g. an aliquot or isolate or extracted nucleic acids from clinical samples) or one of many specimens that were combined to create a pooled sample.

Details concerning a test or procedure request that required a specimen to be collected.

The request may be explicit or implied such with a ProcedureRequest that requires a blood draw.

Details concerning the specimen collection.

unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element, and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

Person who collected the specimen.

Time at which the material was collected.

If the material has not been collected at a single point in time but over a certain period, this period can be captured in this concept. An example is 24 hour urine.

Time when specimen was collected from subject - the physiologically relevant time.

Time when specimen was collected from subject - the physiologically relevant time.

unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.

An Extension

An Extension

The start of the period. The boundary is inclusive.

If the low element is missing, the meaning is that the low boundary is not known.

The end of the period. If the end of the period is missing, it means that the period is ongoing. The start may be in the past, and the end date in the future, which means that period is expected/planned to end at that time.

The high value includes any matching date/time. i.e. 2012-02-03T10:00:00 is in a period that has a end value of 2012-02-03.

Total volume of the collected material. If it is necessary to determine the absolute amount of a particular substance in the collected material, the volume thereof must be given.

If relevant for the results, the method of obtaining the specimen can be entered as well.

Anatomic location where the material is collected, e.g. elbow.

If the use case requires BodySite to be handled as a separate resource instead of an inline coded element (e.g. to identify and track separately) then use the standard extension body-site-instance.

SpecimenAnatomicalLocationCodelist

unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.

An Extension

Laterality adds information about body side to the anatomic location, e.g. left

unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.

The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.

Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).

Qualifier to refine the anatomical location. These include qualifiers for laterality, relative location, directionality, number, and plane.

LateralityCodelist

Morphology describes morphological abnormalities of the anatomical location where the material is taken, for example wound, ulcer.

unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.

The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.

Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).

Morphology describes morphological abnormalities of the anatomical location where the material is taken, for example wound, ulcer.

MorphologyCodelist

A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.

Codes may be defined very casually in enumerations, or code lists, up to very formal definitions such as SNOMED CT - see the HL7 v3 Core Principles for more information. Ordering of codings is undefined and SHALL NOT be used to infer meaning. Generally, at most only one of the coding values will be labeled as UserSelected = true.

Allows for translations and alternate encodings within a code system. Also supports communication of the same instance to systems requiring different encodings.

A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.

Very often the text is the same as a displayName of one of the codings.

The codes from the terminologies do not always capture the correct meaning with all the nuances of the human using them, or sometimes there is no appropriate code at all. In these cases, the text is used to capture the full meaning of the source.

Details concerning processing and processing steps for the specimen.

unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element, and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

Textual description of procedure.

A coded value specifying the procedure used to process the specimen.

Type indicating the technique used to process the specimen

Material used in the processing step.

A record of the time or period when the specimen processing occurred. For example the time of sample fixation or the period of time the sample was in formalin.

The container holding the specimen. The recursive nature of containers; i.e. blood in tube in tray in rack is not addressed here.

unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element, and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

The specimen number extension is used when the collected material is distributed from the original tube or container across multiple tubes. In combination with the specimen Id the extension yield a unique identification of the tube or container

Textual description of the container.

Container type describes the envelope in which the material is collected or sent. Examples include blood tubes, transport container, possibly including culture medium.

ContainerTypeCodelist

The capacity (volume or other measure) the container may contain.

The quantity of specimen in the container; may be volume, dimensions, or other appropriate measurements, depending on the specimen type.

Introduced substance to preserve, maintain or enhance the specimen. Examples: Formalin, Citrate, EDTA.

Substance added to specimen container

To communicate any details or issues about the specimen or during the specimen collection. (for example: broken vial, sent with patient, frozen).