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10.7.10 10.7.11 Specimen HL7 Extensions

Orders and Observations Work Group

Maturity Level : N/A

Standards Status : Informative

Defines common extensions used with or related to the Specimen resource

10.7.10.1 10.7.11.1 Content

Extensions :
specimen-sequenceNumber	sequenceNumber : An assigned number on the specimen denoting the order of collection.
specimen-collectionPriority	collectionPriority : The urgency of sample collection, such as STAT, ASAP, ASAP-ED, ROUTINE, ROUTINE-AM, etc….
specimen-specialHandling	specialHandling : Special handling during the collection, transport, or storage of the specimen.
specimen-isDryWeight	isDryWeight : If the recorded quantity of the specimen is reported as a weight, if it is a dry weight.
specimen-processingTime	processingTime : Period or duration of processing.