AU Base Implementation Guide
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AU Base Implementation Guide, published by HL7 Australia. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 6.0.1-ci-build built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/AuDigitalHealth/au-fhir-base/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## Extension: Encounter Description

Official URL: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/encounter-description | Version: 6.0.1-ci-build
Standards status: Deprecated | Maturity Level: 1 | Computable Name: EncounterDescription
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This extension applies to the Encounter resource and is used to represent a narrative description of the healthcare event or encounter. The description may include a summary of the issues or problems, management strategies, outcomes or progress, possible prognosis, and the patient’s understanding of the healthcare event. The description may capture text about the encounter that is not captured in other fields.

Context of Use

This extension is deprecated and should no longer be used

This extension is deprecated as supporting clinical summary information (including clinical notes) in a resource-level extension is not in alignment with widely implemented approaches internationally and not considered best practice.

Support for clinical notes in Australia is subject to further discussion and input is sought from the community.

This extension may be used on the following element(s)

- Element ID: `Encounter`

### Usage Notes

Usage info

Usages:

- This Extension is not used by any profiles in this Implementation Guide

You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics

Changes since version 5.0.0:

- No changes

### Formal Views of Extension Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

- Differential Table
- Snapshot Table
- Statistics/References
- All

This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..1 | Extension | Deprecated: Description, overview or summary of an encounter
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/encounter-description"
value[x] |  | 1..1 | string | Encounter description
Documentation for this format

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..1 | Extension | Deprecated: Description, overview or summary of an encounter
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/encounter-description"
value[x] |  | 1..1 | string | Encounter description
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type string: This extension applies to the Encounter resource and is used to represent a narrative description of the healthcare event or encounter. The description may include a summary of the issues or problems, management strategies, outcomes or progress, possible prognosis, and the patient’s understanding of the healthcare event. The description may capture text about the encounter that is not captured in other fields.

Maturity: 1

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..1 | Extension | Deprecated: Description, overview or summary of an encounter
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/encounter-description"
value[x] |  | 1..1 | string | Encounter description
Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..1 | Extension | Deprecated: Description, overview or summary of an encounter
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/encounter-description"
value[x] |  | 1..1 | string | Encounter description
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type string: This extension applies to the Encounter resource and is used to represent a narrative description of the healthcare event or encounter. The description may include a summary of the issues or problems, management strategies, outcomes or progress, possible prognosis, and the patient’s understanding of the healthcare event. The description may capture text about the encounter that is not captured in other fields.

Maturity: 1

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

#### Constraints

Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression
ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children | `hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`
ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both | `extension.exists() != value.exists()`