Clinical Practice Guidelines
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Clinical Practice Guidelines, published by HL7 International / Clinical Decision Support. 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/cqf-recommendations/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Extension: CPG Direction Of Recommendation Extension

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cpg/StructureDefinition/cpg-directionOfRecommendation Version: 2.0.0
Active as of 2026-04-29 Computable Name: CPGDirectionOfRecommendation
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.48.42.49

Specifies whether the recommendation is "for" or "against" a particular activity. For example, the recommendation to prescribe a particular medication, versus the recommendation not to perform a particular procedure.

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Formal Views of Extension Content

Description Differentials, Snapshots, and other representations.

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension CPG Direction Of Recommendation Extension
... extension 0..0 Extension
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cpg/StructureDefinition/cpg-directionOfRecommendation"
... value[x] 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
Binding: CPG Recommendation Direction Value Set (required): The direction of the recommendation, for or against

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings (Differential)

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
Extension.value[x] Base required CPG Recommendation Direction Value Set 📦2.0.0 This IG
NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension CPG Direction Of Recommendation Extension
... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..0 Extension
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cpg/StructureDefinition/cpg-directionOfRecommendation"

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
Extension.value[x] Base required CPG Recommendation Direction Value Set 📦2.0.0 This IG

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()

Summary

Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: Specifies whether the recommendation is "for" or "against" a particular activity. For example, the recommendation to prescribe a particular medication, versus the recommendation not to perform a particular procedure.

Differential ViewDifferential View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension CPG Direction Of Recommendation Extension
... extension 0..0 Extension
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cpg/StructureDefinition/cpg-directionOfRecommendation"
... value[x] 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
Binding: CPG Recommendation Direction Value Set (required): The direction of the recommendation, for or against

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings (Differential)

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
Extension.value[x] Base required CPG Recommendation Direction Value Set 📦2.0.0 This IG

Snapshot View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension CPG Direction Of Recommendation Extension
... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..0 Extension
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cpg/StructureDefinition/cpg-directionOfRecommendation"

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
Extension.value[x] Base required CPG Recommendation Direction Value Set 📦2.0.0 This IG

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()

Summary

Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: Specifies whether the recommendation is "for" or "against" a particular activity. For example, the recommendation to prescribe a particular medication, versus the recommendation not to perform a particular procedure.

 

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