servicerequest-specimenSuggestion
type: StructureDefinition
node role: treeRoot
id:
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text:
  status:
    v: extensions
  div:
    v: Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition servicerequest-specimenSuggestion Name Flags Card. Type Description & Constraints<img src="[binary]" alt="doco" style="background-color: inherit"/> <a href="StructureDefinition-servicerequest-specimenSuggestion-definitions.html#Extension" title="This attribute enables the requester of this service to indicate they would like a certain specimen to be used, but if that is not available/appropriate to be used whether to have another specimen drawn, or that this test is not performed. When a specimen is referenced it is expected to be used. If it cannot be used, the decision to collect another specimen or not perform the test must be based on established policies or determined in some other agreed to way with the requester.">Extension 0..* Extension Suggested specimen to be used #xD; Slices for extension Content/Rules for all slices #xD; extension:reference 1..1 Extension Extension #xD; extension 0..0 Extension #xD; url 1..1 uri "reference" #xD; value[x] 0..1 CodeableReference(Specimen | ServiceRequest) Reference to suggested specimen or ServiceRequest that yielded the specimen #xD; extension:fallBackAction 0..1 Extension Extension #xD; extension 0..0 Extension #xD; url 1..1 uri "fallBackAction" #xD; value[x] 0..1 code Value of extension Binding: FallBackAction (extensible) #xD; url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/servicerequest-specimenSuggestion" #xD; value[x] 0..0 Value of extension #xD; <img src="[binary]" alt="doco" style="background-color: inherit"/> Documentation for this format
extension:
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url:
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name:
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title:
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status:
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experimental:
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date:
  v: 2025-07-25
publisher:
  v: HL7 International / Orders and Observations
contact:
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    value:
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description:
  v: This attribute enables the requester of this service to indicate they would like a certain specimen to be used, but if that is not available/appropriate to be used whether to have another specimen drawn, or that this test is not performed. When a specimen is referenced it is expected to be used. If it cannot be used, the decision to collect another specimen or not perform the test must be based on established policies or determined in some other agreed to way with the requester.
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kind:
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abstract:
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context:
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derivation:
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      v: This attribute enables the requester of this service to indicate they would like a certain specimen to be used, but if that is not available/appropriate to be used whether to have another specimen drawn, or that this test is not performed. When a specimen is referenced it is expected to be used. If it cannot be used, the decision to collect another specimen or not perform the test must be based on established policies or determined in some other agreed to way with the requester.
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    definition:
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Url
v: id
l: id

v: value

v: url

v: Additional content defined by implementations

v: May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.

v: There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

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source:
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source:
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v: false

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id:
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comment:
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mapping:
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id:
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path:
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mapping:
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definition:
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short:
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definition:
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comment:
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is summary:
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mapping:
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path:
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short:
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definition:
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code:
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code:
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code:
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code:
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code:
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identity:
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element:
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  path:
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  short:
    v: Suggested specimen to be used
  definition:
    v: This attribute enables the requester of this service to indicate they would like a certain specimen to be used, but if that is not available/appropriate to be used whether to have another specimen drawn, or that this test is not performed. When a specimen is referenced it is expected to be used. If it cannot be used, the decision to collect another specimen or not perform the test must be based on established policies or determined in some other agreed to way with the requester.
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      l: CodeableReference
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element:
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