FHIR Release 3 (STU) 4

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

This table lists profiles and extensions for the Observation resource. For background information, see Profiling Resources and Extensibility . Additional profiles and resources extensions may be found in published Implementation Guides , or in the Conformance resource registry .

BMI Profile Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving Vital Signs information. Description for Vital Signs Profile Context
BP BMI Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving Vital Signs information. the vital sign body mass index. for Vital Signs Profile observation-bmi
BodyHeight BP Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving Vital Signs information. the vital sign blood pressure. for Vital Signs Profile observation-bp
BodyLength BodyHeight Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving Vital Signs information. the vital sign body height. for Vital Signs Profile observation-bodyheight
BodyTemp Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving Vital Signs information. the vital sign body temperature. for Vital Signs Profile observation-bodytemp
BodyWeight Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving Vital Signs information. the vital sign body weight. for Vital Signs Profile observation-bodyweight
DeviceMetricObservation This profile describes the direct or derived, qualitative or quantitative physiological measurement, setting, or calculation data produced by a medical device or a device component. for Device Metric Observation Profile
HeadCircum Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving Vital Signs information. the vital sign head circumference. for Vital Signs Profile observation-headcircum
HeartRate Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving Vital Signs information. the vital sign heart rate. for Vital Signs Profile observation-heartrate
Observation-Genetics Describes how the observation resource is used to report structured genetic test results for Observation-genetics
OxygenSat Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving Vital Signs information. the vital sign oxygen saturation. for Vital Signs Profile observation-oxygensat
RespRate Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving Vital Signs information. the vital sign respiratory rate. for Vital Signs Profile observation-resprate
VitalSigns Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving Vital Signs information. for Vital Signs Profile observation-vitalsigns
VitalsPanel Defines constraints and extensions on the Observation resource for use in querying and retrieving Vital Signs information. the vital signs panel. for Vital Signs Profile observation-vitalspanel
event-OnBehalfOf diagnosticReport-risk OnBehalfOf Observation risk for Event Pattern DiagnosticReport HL7 Extensions
event-definition event-eventHistory definition Observation eventHistory for Event Pattern HL7 Extensions
event-partOf event-location partOf Observation location for Event Pattern HL7 Extensions
event-performerRole event-performerFunction performerRole Observation.performer performerFunction for Event Pattern HL7 Extensions
event-reasonCode event-statusReason reasonCode Observation statusReason for Event Pattern HL7 Extensions
event-reasonReference observation-bodyPosition reasonReference Observation bodyPosition for Event Pattern Observation HL7 Extensions
observation-bodyPosition observation-delta bodyPosition Observation delta for Observation HL7 Extensions
observation-delta observation-deviceCode delta Observation deviceCode for Observation HL7 Extensions
observation-eventTiming observation-focusCode eventTiming Observation focusCode for Observation HL7 Extensions
observation-focal-subject observation-gatewayDevice focal-subject Observation gatewayDevice for Observation HL7 Extensions
observation-geneticsAlleleName observation-geneticsAllele AlleleName Observation Allele for Observation-genetics
observation-geneticsAllelicFrequency observation-geneticsAminoAcidChange AllelicFrequency Observation AminoAcidChange for Observation-genetics
observation-geneticsAllelicState observation-geneticsAncestry AllelicState Observation Ancestry for Observation-genetics
observation-geneticsAminoAcidChangeName observation-geneticsCopyNumberEvent AminoAcidChangeName Observation CopyNumberEvent for Observation-genetics
observation-geneticsAminoAcidChangeType observation-geneticsDNARegionName AminoAcidChangeType Observation DNARegionName for Observation-genetics
observation-geneticsCopyNumberEvent observation-geneticsGene CopyNumberEvent Observation Gene for Observation-genetics
observation-geneticsDNARegionName observation-geneticsGenomicSourceClass DNARegionName Observation GenomicSourceClass for Observation-genetics
observation-geneticsDNASequenceVariantName observation-geneticsInterpretation DNASequenceVariantName Observation Interpretation for Observation-genetics
observation-geneticsDNASequenceVariantType observation-geneticsPhaseSet DNASequenceVariantType Observation PhaseSet for Observation-genetics
observation-geneticsDNAVariantId observation-geneticsVariant DNAVariantId Observation Variant for Observation-genetics
observation-geneticsGene observation-precondition Gene Observation precondition for Observation-genetics Observation HL7 Extensions
observation-geneticsGenomicSourceClass observation-reagent GenomicSourceClass Observation reagent for Observation-genetics Observation HL7 Extensions
observation-geneticsInterpretation observation-replaces Interpretation Observation replaces for Observation-genetics Observation HL7 Extensions
observation-geneticsPhaseSet observation-secondaryFinding PhaseSet Observation secondaryFinding for Observation-genetics Observation HL7 Extensions
observation-geneticsSequence observation-sequelTo Sequence Observation sequelTo for Observation-genetics Observation HL7 Extensions
observation-time-offset observation-specimenCode time-offset Observation specimenCode for Observation HL7 Extensions
observation-timeOffset Observation.component timeOffset for Observation HL7 Extensions that reference this resource:
condition-partOf workflow-episodeOfCare partOf Observation episodeOfCare for Condition Workflow Pattern HL7 Extensions
event-reasonReference workflow-instantiatesCanonical Observation instantiatesCanonical for Workflow Pattern HL7 Extensions
workflow-instantiatesUri Observation instantiatesUri for Workflow Pattern HL7 Extensions
workflow-reasonCode Observation reasonCode for Workflow Pattern HL7 Extensions
workflow-reasonReference Observation reasonReference for Event Workflow Pattern HL7 Extensions
workflow-relatedArtifact Observation relatedArtifact for Workflow Pattern HL7 Extensions
workflow-researchStudy Observation researchStudy for Workflow Pattern HL7 Extensions
workflow-supportingInfo Observation supportingInfo for Workflow Pattern HL7 Extensions
Extensions for all resources or elements
resource-pertainsToGoal pertainsToGoal for Resource HL7 Extensions

Extensions that reference this resource:

family-member-history-genetics-observation observation for Family member history for genetics analysis
observation-geneticsInterpretation Interpretation for Observation-genetics
observation-precondition precondition for Observation HL7 Extensions
observation-replaces replaces for Observation HL7 Extensions
observation-sequelTo sequelTo for Observation HL7 Extensions
openEHR-test test for openEHR Archetype Profile
procedure-causedBy causedBy for Procedure HL7 Extensions
procedurerequest-geneticsItem servicerequest-geneticsItem Item for ProcedureRequest-Genetics ServiceRequest-Genetics
workflow-reasonReference reasonReference for Workflow Pattern HL7 Extensions
Extensions that refer to Any resource
cqf-relativeDateTime relativeDateTime for Clinical Reasoning Extensions
event-basedOn basedOn for Event Pattern HL7 Extensions
event-partOf partOf for Event Pattern HL7 Extensions
flag-detail detail for Flag HL7 Extensions
relative-date Relative Date Criteria for General Extensions for use by FHIR Implementers
replaces replaces for General Extensions for use by FHIR Implementers
request-replaces replaces for Request Pattern HL7 Extensions
workflow-supportingInfo supportingInfo for Workflow Pattern HL7 Extensions
No Search Extensions defined for this resource amino-acid-change string HGVS Protein Change
Expression: Observation.extension('http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-geneticsAminoAcidChangeName')
dna-variant string HGVS DNA variant
Expression: Observation.extension('http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-geneticsDnaVariant')
gene-amino-acid-change string HGNC gene symbol and HGVS Protein change
Expression: Observation.extension('http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-geneticsAminoAcidChangeName')
gene-dnavariant string HGNC gene symbol and HGVS DNA Variant
Expression: Observation.extension('http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-geneticsDnaVariant')
gene-identifier token HGNC gene symbol and identifier
Expression: Observation.extension('http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-geneticsGene')