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 - JSON Representation

Page standards status: Informative

Raw json | Download

    {
      "resourceType" : "Specimen",
      "id" : "specimen-breast",
      "meta" : {
        "profile" : [
          🔗 "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/cancer-reporting/StructureDefinition/us-pathology-specimen"
        ]
      },
      "text" : {
        "status" : "generated",
        "div" : "<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>"
      },
      "identifier" : [
        {
          "system" : "https://www.example.org/some-lis/fhir/specimen-identifier-provisioner",
          "value" : "987654321"
        }
      ],
      "accessionIdentifier" : {
        "system" : "https://www.example.org/some-lis/fhir/specimen-identifier-provisioner",
        "value" : "987654321X"
      },
      "type" : {
        "coding" : [
          {
            "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code" : "119376003",
            "display" : "Tissue specimen (specimen)"
          }
        ]
      },
      "request" : [
        {
          🔗 "reference" : "ServiceRequest/servicerequest-cancer-path"
        }
      ],
      "collection" : {
        "collectedDateTime" : "2025-03-18T17:00:14-05:00",
        "method" : {
          "coding" : [
            {
              "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
              "code" : "65801008",
              "display" : "Excision (procedure)"
            }
          ]
        },
        "bodySite" : {
          "coding" : [
            {
              "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
              "code" : "76752008",
              "display" : "Breast structure (body structure)"
            }
          ],
          "text" : "Right breast, 8 o'clock, 4 cm from nipple"
        }
      },
      "container" : [
        {
          "identifier" : [
            {
              "system" : "https://www.example.org/some-lis/fhir/specimen-containerID-provisioner",
              "value" : "123456789"
            }
          ],
          "type" : {
            "coding" : [
              {
                "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
                "code" : "434711009",
                "display" : "Specimen container (physical object)"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }