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: Specimen (CDA Class)

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

A specimen is a part of some entity, typically the subject, that is the target of focused laboratory, radiology or other observations. In many clinical observations, such as physical examination of a patient, the patient is the subject of the observation, and there is no specimen. The specimen participant is only used when observations are made against some substance or object that is taken or derived from the subject.

Usage:

Formal Views of Template Content

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

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Specimen 1..1 InfrastructureRoot XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3
Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor, realmCode, typeId, templateId
Base for all types and resources
Instance of this type are validated by templateId
Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)
... @nullFlavor 0..1 cs Binding: CDANullFlavor (required)
... realmCode 0..* CS
... typeId C 0..1 II II-1: An II instance must have either a root or an nullFlavor.
.... @nullFlavor 0..1 cs Binding: CDANullFlavor (required)
.... @assigningAuthorityName 0..1 st
.... @displayable 0..1 bl
.... @root 1..1 oid, uuid, ruid Fixed Value: 2.16.840.1.113883.1.3
.... @extension 1..1 st
... @typeCode 0..1 cs Binding: CDAParticipationType (required)
Fixed Value: SPC
... specimenRole 1..1 SpecimenRole

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

PathConformanceValueSet / CodeURI
Specimen.nullFlavorrequiredCDANullFlavor
http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/ValueSet/CDANullFlavor
from this IG
Specimen.typeId.nullFlavorrequiredCDANullFlavor
http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/ValueSet/CDANullFlavor
from this IG
Specimen.typeCoderequiredFixed Value: SPC
http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/ValueSet/CDAParticipationType
from this IG

Constraints

IdGradePath(s)DetailsRequirements
II-1errorSpecimen.typeIdAn II instance must have either a root or an nullFlavor.
: root.exists() or nullFlavor.exists()

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel