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Extension-questionnaire-constraint.json

Example Observation/f204 (XML)

FHIR Infrastructure Orders and Observations Work Group Maturity Level : N/A Standards Status : Informative Compartments : Device , Encounter , Patient , Practitioner , RelatedPerson

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constraint Real-world patient - creatinine (id = "f204")

{ "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition", "id" : "questionnaire-constraint", "extension" : [{ "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg", "valueCode" : "fhir" }, { "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm", "valueInteger" : 1 }], "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/questionnaire-constraint", "version" : "4.0.1", "name" : "constraint", "status" : "draft", "date" : "2013-07-04", "publisher" : "HL7", "contact" : [{ "telecom" : [{ "system" : "url", "value" : "http://www.hl7.org" }] }], "description" : "An invariant that must be satisfied before responses to the questionnaire can be considered \"complete\".", "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1", "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3", "name" : "RIM Mapping" }], "kind" : "complex-type", "abstract" : false, "context" : [{ "type" : "element", "expression" : "Questionnaire" }, { "type" : "element", "expression" : "Questionnaire.item" }, { "type" : "element", "expression" : "Questionnaire.item.item" }], "type" : "Extension", "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension", "derivation" : "constraint", "snapshot" : { "element" : [{ "id" : "Extension", "path" : "Extension", "short" : "Constraint", "definition" : "An invariant that must be satisfied before responses to the questionnaire can be considered \"complete\".", "comment" : "This maps to the ElementDefinition.constraint element.", "min" : 0, "max" : "*", "base" : { "path" : "Extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "*" }, "condition" : ["ele-1"], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }, { "key" : "ext-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" }], "isModifier" : false }, { "id" : "Extension.id", "path" : "Extension.id", "representation" : ["xmlAttr"], "short" : "Unique id for inter-element referencing", "definition" : "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.", "min" : 0, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Element.id", "min" : 0, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "extension" : [{ "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type", "valueUrl" : "string" }], "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "n/a" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension", "path" : "Extension.extension", "slicing" : { "discriminator" : [{ "type" : "value", "path" : "url" }], "description" : "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url", "rules" : "open" }, "short" : "Additional content defined by implementations", "definition" : "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. 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 can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.", "comment" : "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.", "alias" : ["extensions", "user content"], "min" : 0, "max" : "*", "base" : { "path" : "Element.extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "*" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }, { "key" : "ext-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "n/a" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:key", "path" : "Extension.extension", "sliceName" : "key", "short" : "Unique identifier", "definition" : "Unique id for the constraint within the questionnaire.", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Element.extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "*" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }, { "key" : "ext-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:key.id", "path" : "Extension.extension.id", "representation" : ["xmlAttr"], "short" : "Unique id for inter-element referencing", "definition" : "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.", "min" : 0, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Element.id", "min" : 0, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "extension" : [{ "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type", "valueUrl" : "string" }], "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "n/a" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:key.extension", "path" : "Extension.extension.extension", "slicing" : { "discriminator" : [{ "type" : "value", "path" : "url" }], "description" : "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url", "rules" : "open" }, "short" : "Extension", "definition" : "An Extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "0", "base" : { "path" : "Element.extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "*" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }, { "key" : "ext-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:key.url", "path" : "Extension.extension.url", "representation" : ["xmlAttr"], "short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension", "definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.", "comment" : "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.", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Extension.url", "min" : 1, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "uri" }], "fixedUri" : "key", "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "N/A" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:key.value[x]", "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]", "short" : "Value of extension", "definition" : "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/extensibility.html) for a list).", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Extension.value[x]", "min" : 0, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "id" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "N/A" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:requirements", "path" : "Extension.extension", "sliceName" : "requirements", "short" : "Why needed", "definition" : "An explanation of why this extension is required (for documentation purposes).", "min" : 0, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Element.extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "*" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }, { "key" : "ext-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:requirements.id", "path" : "Extension.extension.id", "representation" : ["xmlAttr"], "short" : "Unique id for inter-element referencing", "definition" : "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.", "min" : 0, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Element.id", "min" : 0, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "extension" : [{ "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type", "valueUrl" : "string" }], "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "n/a" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:requirements.extension", "path" : "Extension.extension.extension", "slicing" : { "discriminator" : [{ "type" : "value", "path" : "url" }], "description" : "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url", "rules" : "open" }, "short" : "Extension", "definition" : "An Extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "0", "base" : { "path" : "Element.extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "*" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }, { "key" : "ext-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:requirements.url", "path" : "Extension.extension.url", "representation" : ["xmlAttr"], "short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension", "definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.", "comment" : "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.", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Extension.url", "min" : 1, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "uri" }], "fixedUri" : "requirements", "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "N/A" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:requirements.value[x]", "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]", "short" : "Value of extension", "definition" : "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/extensibility.html) for a list).", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Extension.value[x]", "min" : 0, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "string" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "N/A" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:severity", "path" : "Extension.extension", "sliceName" : "severity", "short" : "error|warning", "definition" : "Indicates how serious violating the invariant is.", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Element.extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "*" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }, { "key" : "ext-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:severity.id", "path" : "Extension.extension.id", "representation" : ["xmlAttr"], "short" : "Unique id for inter-element referencing", "definition" : "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.", "min" : 0, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Element.id", "min" : 0, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "extension" : [{ "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type", "valueUrl" : "string" }], "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "n/a" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:severity.extension", "path" : "Extension.extension.extension", "slicing" : { "discriminator" : [{ "type" : "value", "path" : "url" }], "description" : "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url", "rules" : "open" }, "short" : "Extension", "definition" : "An Extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "0", "base" : { "path" : "Element.extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "*" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }, { "key" : "ext-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:severity.url", "path" : "Extension.extension.url", "representation" : ["xmlAttr"], "short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension", "definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.", "comment" : "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.", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Extension.url", "min" : 1, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "uri" }], "fixedUri" : "severity", "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "N/A" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:severity.value[x]", "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]", "short" : "Value of extension", "definition" : "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/extensibility.html) for a list).", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Extension.value[x]", "min" : 0, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "code" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "binding" : { "extension" : [{ "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName", "valueString" : "ConstraintSeverity" }], "strength" : "required", "description" : "How important the invariant is.", "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/constraint-severity|4.0.1" }, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "N/A" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:expression", "path" : "Extension.extension", "sliceName" : "expression", "short" : "Formal rule", "definition" : "The FHIRPath expression of the rule for computable interpretation.", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Element.extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "*" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }, { "key" : "ext-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:expression.id", "path" : "Extension.extension.id", "representation" : ["xmlAttr"], "short" : "Unique id for inter-element referencing", "definition" : "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.", "min" : 0, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Element.id", "min" : 0, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "extension" : [{ "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type", "valueUrl" : "string" }], "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "n/a" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:expression.extension", "path" : "Extension.extension.extension", "slicing" : { "discriminator" : [{ "type" : "value", "path" : "url" }], "description" : "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url", "rules" : "open" }, "short" : "Extension", "definition" : "An Extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "0", "base" : { "path" : "Element.extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "*" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }, { "key" : "ext-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:expression.url", "path" : "Extension.extension.url", "representation" : ["xmlAttr"], "short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension", "definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.", "comment" : "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.", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Extension.url", "min" : 1, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "uri" }], "fixedUri" : "expression", "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "N/A" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:expression.value[x]", "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]", "short" : "Value of extension", "definition" : "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/extensibility.html) for a list).", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Extension.value[x]", "min" : 0, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "string" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "N/A" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:human", "path" : "Extension.extension", "sliceName" : "human", "short" : "Human-readable rule", "definition" : "A free text expression of the rule to display to the user if the rule is violated.", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Element.extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "*" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }, { "key" : "ext-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:human.id", "path" : "Extension.extension.id", "representation" : ["xmlAttr"], "short" : "Unique id for inter-element referencing", "definition" : "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.", "min" : 0, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Element.id", "min" : 0, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "extension" : [{ "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type", "valueUrl" : "string" }], "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "n/a" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:human.extension", "path" : "Extension.extension.extension", "slicing" : { "discriminator" : [{ "type" : "value", "path" : "url" }], "description" : "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url", "rules" : "open" }, "short" : "Extension", "definition" : "An Extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "0", "base" : { "path" : "Element.extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "*" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }, { "key" : "ext-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:human.url", "path" : "Extension.extension.url", "representation" : ["xmlAttr"], "short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension", "definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.", "comment" : "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.", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Extension.url", "min" : 1, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "uri" }], "fixedUri" : "human", "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "N/A" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:human.value[x]", "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]", "short" : "Value of extension", "definition" : "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/extensibility.html) for a list).", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Extension.value[x]", "min" : 0, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "string" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "N/A" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:location", "path" : "Extension.extension", "sliceName" : "location", "short" : "Relative path to elements", "definition" : "Relative paths to the questions this rule is enforced against.", "min" : 0, "max" : "*", "base" : { "path" : "Element.extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "*" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }, { "key" : "ext-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:location.id", "path" : "Extension.extension.id", "representation" : ["xmlAttr"], "short" : "Unique id for inter-element referencing", "definition" : "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.", "min" : 0, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Element.id", "min" : 0, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "extension" : [{ "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type", "valueUrl" : "string" }], "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "n/a" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:location.extension", "path" : "Extension.extension.extension", "slicing" : { "discriminator" : [{ "type" : "value", "path" : "url" }], "description" : "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url", "rules" : "open" }, "short" : "Extension", "definition" : "An Extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "0", "base" : { "path" : "Element.extension", "min" : 0, "max" : "*" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }, { "key" : "ext-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:location.url", "path" : "Extension.extension.url", "representation" : ["xmlAttr"], "short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension", "definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.", "comment" : "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.", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Extension.url", "min" : 1, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "uri" }], "fixedUri" : "location", "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "N/A" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:location.value[x]", "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]", "short" : "Value of extension", "definition" : "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/extensibility.html) for a list).", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Extension.value[x]", "min" : 0, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "string" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "N/A" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.url", "path" : "Extension.url", "representation" : ["xmlAttr"], "short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension", "definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.", "comment" : "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.", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "base" : { "path" : "Extension.url", "min" : 1, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "extension" : [{ "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type", "valueUrl" : "uri" }], "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String" }], "fixedUri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/questionnaire-constraint", "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "N/A" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.value[x]", "path" : "Extension.value[x]", "short" : "Value of extension", "definition" : "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/extensibility.html) for a list).", "min" : 0, "max" : "0", "base" : { "path" : "Extension.value[x]", "min" : 0, "max" : "1" }, "type" : [{ "code" : "base64Binary" }, { "code" : "boolean" }, { "code" : "canonical" }, { "code" : "code" }, { "code" : "date" }, { "code" : "dateTime" }, { "code" : "decimal" }, { "code" : "id" }, { "code" : "instant" }, { "code" : "integer" }, { "code" : "markdown" }, { "code" : "oid" }, { "code" : "positiveInt" }, { "code" : "string" }, { "code" : "time" }, { "code" : "unsignedInt" }, { "code" : "uri" }, { "code" : "url" }, { "code" : "uuid" }, { "code" : "Address" }, { "code" : "Age" }, { "code" : "Annotation" }, { "code" : "Attachment" }, { "code" : "CodeableConcept" }, { "code" : "Coding" }, { "code" : "ContactPoint" }, { "code" : "Count" }, { "code" : "Distance" }, { "code" : "Duration" }, { "code" : "HumanName" }, { "code" : "Identifier" }, { "code" : "Money" }, { "code" : "Period" }, { "code" : "Quantity" }, { "code" : "Range" }, { "code" : "Ratio" }, { "code" : "Reference" }, { "code" : "SampledData" }, { "code" : "Signature" }, { "code" : "Timing" }, { "code" : "ContactDetail" }, { "code" : "Contributor" }, { "code" : "DataRequirement" }, { "code" : "Expression" }, { "code" : "ParameterDefinition" }, { "code" : "RelatedArtifact" }, { "code" : "TriggerDefinition" }, { "code" : "UsageContext" }, { "code" : "Dosage" }, { "code" : "Meta" }], "constraint" : [{ "key" : "ele-1", "severity" : "error", "human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div", "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" }], "isModifier" : false, "isSummary" : false, "mapping" : [{ "identity" : "rim", "map" : "N/A" }] }] }, "differential" : { "element" : [{ "id" : "Extension", "path" : "Extension", "short" : "Constraint", "definition" : "An invariant that must be satisfied before responses to the questionnaire can be considered \"complete\".", "comment" : "This maps to the ElementDefinition.constraint element.", "min" : 0, "max" : "*" }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:key", "path" : "Extension.extension", "sliceName" : "key", "short" : "Unique identifier", "definition" : "Unique id for the constraint within the questionnaire.", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:key.extension", "path" : "Extension.extension.extension", "max" : "0" }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:key.url", "path" : "Extension.extension.url", "type" : [{ "code" : "uri" }], "fixedUri" : "key" }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:key.value[x]", "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]", "min" : 1, "type" : [{ "code" : "id" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:requirements", "path" : "Extension.extension", "sliceName" : "requirements", "short" : "Why needed", "definition" : "An explanation of why this extension is required (for documentation purposes).", "min" : 0, "max" : "1", "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:requirements.extension", "path" : "Extension.extension.extension", "max" : "0" }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:requirements.url", "path" : "Extension.extension.url", "type" : [{ "code" : "uri" }], "fixedUri" : "requirements" }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:requirements.value[x]", "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]", "min" : 1, "type" : [{ "code" : "string" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:severity", "path" : "Extension.extension", "sliceName" : "severity", "short" : "error|warning", "definition" : "Indicates how serious violating the invariant is.", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:severity.extension", "path" : "Extension.extension.extension", "max" : "0" }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:severity.url", "path" : "Extension.extension.url", "type" : [{ "code" : "uri" }], "fixedUri" : "severity" }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:severity.value[x]", "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]", "min" : 1, "type" : [{ "code" : "code" }], "binding" : { "extension" : [{ "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName", "valueString" : "ConstraintSeverity" }], "strength" : "required", "description" : "How important the invariant is.", "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/constraint-severity|4.0.1" } }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:expression", "path" : "Extension.extension", "sliceName" : "expression", "short" : "Formal rule", "definition" : "The FHIRPath expression of the rule for computable interpretation.", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:expression.extension", "path" : "Extension.extension.extension", "max" : "0" }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:expression.url", "path" : "Extension.extension.url", "type" : [{ "code" : "uri" }], "fixedUri" : "expression" }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:expression.value[x]", "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]", "min" : 1, "type" : [{ "code" : "string" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:human", "path" : "Extension.extension", "sliceName" : "human", "short" : "Human-readable rule", "definition" : "A free text expression of the rule to display to the user if the rule is violated.", "min" : 1, "max" : "1", "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:human.extension", "path" : "Extension.extension.extension", "max" : "0" }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:human.url", "path" : "Extension.extension.url", "type" : [{ "code" : "uri" }], "fixedUri" : "human" }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:human.value[x]", "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]", "min" : 1, "type" : [{ "code" : "string" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:location", "path" : "Extension.extension", "sliceName" : "location", "short" : "Relative path to elements", "definition" : "Relative paths to the questions this rule is enforced against.", "min" : 0, "max" : "*", "type" : [{ "code" : "Extension" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:location.extension", "path" : "Extension.extension.extension", "max" : "0" }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:location.url", "path" : "Extension.extension.url", "type" : [{ "code" : "uri" }], "fixedUri" : "location" }, { "id" : "Extension.extension:location.value[x]", "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]", "min" : 1, "type" : [{ "code" : "string" }] }, { "id" : "Extension.url", "path" : "Extension.url", "fixedUri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/questionnaire-constraint" }, { "id" : "Extension.value[x]", "path" : "Extension.value[x]", "min" : 0, "max" : "0" }] } }
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<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="f204"/>     <!--    The observation is complete    -->    <!--    No reliability concerns    --><text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="f204"> </a> </p> <div style="display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border:

       1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%"><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Resource Observation &quot;f204&quot; </p> </div> <p> <b> identifier</b> : <span title="  The observation is complete  &amp;#10;  No reliability concerns  ">id: 1304-03720-Creatinine</span> </p> <p> <b> status</b> : <span title="  Creatinine was measured on April fourth  ">final</span> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : Creatinine(Serum) <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (labtestcodes#20005)</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-example-f201-roel.html">Patient/f201: Roel</a>  &quot;Roel&quot;</p> <p> <b> issued</b> : 5 Apr 2013, 12:34:00 am</p> <p> <b> performer</b> : <a href="practitioner-example-f202-lm.html">Practitioner/f202: Luigi Maas</a>  &quot;Luigi Maas&quot;</p> <p> <b> value</b> : 122 umol/L<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: SNOMED CT code 258814008 = 'umol/L')</span> </p> <p> <b> interpretation</b> : Serum creatinine raised <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #166717003; <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/4.0.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html">ObservationInterpretation</a> #H)</span> </p> <h3> ReferenceRanges</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Low</b> </td> <td> <b> High</b> </td> <td> <b> Type</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> <span title="  Healthy creatinine level ranges from 64umol/L to 104umol/L  ">64</span> </td> <td> 104</td> <td> Normal Range <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/4.0.0/CodeSystem-referencerange-meaning.html">Observation Reference Range Meaning Codes</a> #normal)</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <identifier> 
    <system value="https://intranet.aumc.nl/labvalues"/>     <!--    Does not exist    --><value value="1304-03720-Creatinine"/> 
  </identifier>     <!--    Creatinine was measured on April fourth    --><status value="final"/> 
  <code>     <!--    Kind of observation = Serum Creatinine, Using only a local code in this example

         --><coding> 
      <system value="https://intranet.aumc.nl/labtestcodes"/>     <!--    Does not exist    --><code value="20005"/> 
      <display value="Creatinine(Serum)"/> 
    </coding> 
  </code> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/f201"/> 
    <display value="Roel"/> 
  </subject> 
  <issued value="2013-04-04T14:34:00+01:00"/> 
  <performer> 
    <reference value="Practitioner/f202"/> 
    <display value="Luigi Maas"/> 
  </performer> 
  <valueQuantity>     <!--    Creatinine=122mmol/L    --><value value="122"/> 
    <unit value="umol/L"/> 
    <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
    <code value="258814008"/> 
  </valueQuantity> 
  <interpretation> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
      <code value="166717003"/> 
      <display value="Serum creatinine raised"/> 
    </coding> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation"/> 
      <code value="H"/> 
    </coding> 
  </interpretation> 
  <referenceRange>     <!--    Healthy creatinine level ranges from 64umol/L to 104umol/L    --><low> 
      <value value="64"/> 
    </low> 
    <high> 
      <value value="104"/> 
    </high> 
    <type> 
      <coding> 
        <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning"/> 
        <code value="normal"/> 
        <display value="Normal Range"/> 
      </coding> 
    </type> 
  </referenceRange> 

</

Observation

>

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.