Cancer Pathology Data Sharing
2.0.0 - STU 2

Cancer Pathology Data Sharing, published by HL7 International / Orders and Observations. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/cancer-reporting/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## : Breast Specimen Example - XML Representation

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    <Specimen xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="specimen-breast"/>
      <meta>
        <profile
                 value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/cancer-reporting/StructureDefinition/us-pathology-specimen"/>
      </meta>
      <text>
        <status value="generated"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: Specimen specimen-breast</b></p><a name="specimen-breast"> </a><a name="hcspecimen-breast"> </a><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"/><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Profile: <a href="StructureDefinition-us-pathology-specimen.html">US Pathology Specimen</a></p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: <code>https://www.example.org/some-lis/fhir/specimen-identifier-provisioner</code>/987654321</p><p><b>accessionIdentifier</b>: <code>https://www.example.org/some-lis/fhir/specimen-identifier-provisioner</code>/987654321X</p><p><b>type</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://snomed.info/sct 119376003}">Tissue specimen (specimen)</span></p><p><b>request</b>: <a href="ServiceRequest-servicerequest-cancer-path.html">ServiceRequest Surgical pathology study</a></p><h3>Collections</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td style="display: none">-</td><td><b>Collected[x]</b></td><td><b>Method</b></td><td><b>BodySite</b></td></tr><tr><td style="display: none">*</td><td>2025-03-18 17:00:14-0500</td><td><span title="Codes:{http://snomed.info/sct 65801008}">Excision (procedure)</span></td><td><span title="Codes:{http://snomed.info/sct 76752008}">Right breast, 8 o'clock, 4 cm from nipple</span></td></tr></table><h3>Containers</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td style="display: none">-</td><td><b>Identifier</b></td><td><b>Type</b></td></tr><tr><td style="display: none">*</td><td><code>https://www.example.org/some-lis/fhir/specimen-containerID-provisioner</code>/123456789</td><td><span title="Codes:{http://snomed.info/sct 434711009}">Specimen container (physical object)</span></td></tr></table></div>
      </text>
      <identifier>
        <system
                value="https://www.example.org/some-lis/fhir/specimen-identifier-provisioner"/>
        <value value="987654321"/>
      </identifier>
      <accessionIdentifier>
        <system
                value="https://www.example.org/some-lis/fhir/specimen-identifier-provisioner"/>
        <value value="987654321X"/>
      </accessionIdentifier>
      <type>
        <coding>
          <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
          <code value="119376003"/>
          <display value="Tissue specimen (specimen)"/>
        </coding>
      </type>
      <request>🔗
        <reference value="ServiceRequest/servicerequest-cancer-path"/>
      </request>
      <collection>
        <collectedDateTime value="2025-03-18T17:00:14-05:00"/>
        <method>
          <coding>
            <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
            <code value="65801008"/>
            <display value="Excision (procedure)"/>
          </coding>
        </method>
        <bodySite>
          <coding>
            <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
            <code value="76752008"/>
            <display value="Breast structure (body structure)"/>
          </coding>
          <text value="Right breast, 8 o'clock, 4 cm from nipple"/>
        </bodySite>
      </collection>
      <container>
        <identifier>
          <system
                  value="https://www.example.org/some-lis/fhir/specimen-containerID-provisioner"/>
          <value value="123456789"/>
        </identifier>
        <type>
          <coding>
            <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
            <code value="434711009"/>
            <display value="Specimen container (physical object)"/>
          </coding>
        </type>
      </container>
    </Specimen>