# LabSpecimenDefinition Profile - Order Catalog Implementation Guide v1.0.0

* [**Table Content**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **LabSpecimenDefinition Profile**

## Resource Profile: LabSpecimenDefinition Profile ( Experimental ) 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/order-catalog/StructureDefinition/LabSpecimenDefinition | *Version*:1.0.0 |
| * Standards status: *[Informative](http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/versions.html#std-process) | *Computable Name*:LabSpecimenDefinition |
| *Other Identifiers:*OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.55.42.19 | |

 
The LabSpecimenDefinition profile constrains the SpecimenDefinition resource to represent definitions of IVD specimens attached to laboratory procedures described in catalogs of laboratory services using these procedures and specimens. 

 
This profile only sets MustSupport on the minimal data of a SpecimenDefinition used in a laboratory compendium. 

**Usages:**

* Refer to this Profile: [Laboratory Procedure Definition](StructureDefinition-LabProcedureDefinition.md) and [Specimens requested by a laboratory service](StructureDefinition-SpecimenRequested.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [SpecimenDefinition/example-specimen-2ml-serum](SpecimenDefinition-example-specimen-2ml-serum.md), [SpecimenDefinition/example-specimen-3ml-serum](SpecimenDefinition-example-specimen-3ml-serum.md), [SpecimenDefinition/example-specimen-capillary-serum-single-test](SpecimenDefinition-example-specimen-capillary-serum-single-test.md), [SpecimenDefinition/example-specimen-serum-plasma](SpecimenDefinition-example-specimen-serum-plasma.md)... Show 2 more, [SpecimenDefinition/example-specimen-urine-24h](SpecimenDefinition-example-specimen-urine-24h.md) and [SpecimenDefinition/example-specimen-venous-serum-single-test](SpecimenDefinition-example-specimen-venous-serum-single-test.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/resource/hl7.fhir.uv.order-catalog|current/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition-LabSpecimenDefinition.json)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-LabSpecimenDefinition.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-LabSpecimenDefinition.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-LabSpecimenDefinition.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "LabSpecimenDefinition",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "oo"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "informative",
    "_valueCode" : {
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
        "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/order-catalog/ImplementationGuide/ig-uv-order-catalog"
      }]
    }
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/order-catalog/StructureDefinition/LabSpecimenDefinition",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.55.42.19"
  }],
  "version" : "1.0.0",
  "name" : "LabSpecimenDefinition",
  "title" : "Laboratory IVD Specimen Definition",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : true,
  "date" : "2026-06-03T16:34:09+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International / Orders and Observations",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/orders"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "The LabSpecimenDefinition profile constrains the SpecimenDefinition resource to represent definitions of IVD specimens attached to laboratory procedures described in catalogs of laboratory services using these procedures and specimens.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "001"
    }]
  }],
  "purpose" : "This profile only sets MustSupport on the minimal data of a SpecimenDefinition used in a laboratory compendium.",
  "fhirVersion" : "5.0.0",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "SpecimenDefinition",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/SpecimenDefinition",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "SpecimenDefinition",
      "path" : "SpecimenDefinition"
    },
    {
      "id" : "SpecimenDefinition.typeTested",
      "path" : "SpecimenDefinition.typeTested",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "SpecimenDefinition.typeTested.type",
      "path" : "SpecimenDefinition.typeTested.type",
      "mustSupport" : true
    }]
  }
}

```
