Clinical Document Architecture
2.0.1-sd - release

Clinical Document Architecture, published by Health Level 7. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2.0.1-sd built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/CDA-core-sd/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Logical Model: REAL: RealNumber (V3 Data Type)

Official URL: http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/REAL Version: 2.0.1-sd
Active as of 2025-04-04 Computable Name: REAL

Fractional numbers. Typically used whenever quantities are measured, estimated, or computed from other real numbers. The typical representation is decimal, where the number of significant decimal digits is known as the precision.

Usage:

Formal Views of Template Content

Description of Template, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work.

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. REAL C 1..* QTY XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3
Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor
Base for all types and resources
Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)
value-null: value and nullFlavor are mutually exclusive (one must be present)
... (Choice of one) 1..1
.... @nullFlavor 0..1 cs Binding: CDANullFlavor (required)
.... @value 0..1 real

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

PathConformanceValueSetURI
REAL.nullFlavorrequiredCDANullFlavor
http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/ValueSet/CDANullFlavor
from this IG

Constraints

IdGradePath(s)DetailsRequirements
value-nullerrorREALvalue and nullFlavor are mutually exclusive (one must be present)
: (value | nullFlavor).count() = 1

 

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