FHIR R4 Symptoms Implementation Guide
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FHIR R4 Symptoms Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Clinical Interoperability Council. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhir-symptoms-ig/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Example Observation: AbdominalPainSymptom

Page standards status: Informative

Language: en

Profile: Symptom Observation

Supporting info: Observation Symptom

Supporting info: Observation Symptom

Supporting info: Observation Symptom

Supporting info: Observation Symptom

Supporting info: Observation Symptom

Supporting info: Observation Symptom

status: Final

category: Symptom

code: Symptom

subject: John Doe Male, DoB: 1953-02-21

effective: 2025-09-01 13:22:17+0200 --> (ongoing)

issued: 2025-11-10 13:42:17+0200

performer: John Doe Male, DoB: 1953-02-21

value: Abdominal pain (finding)

bodySite: Intestinal structure (body structure)

component

code: Problem quality or description

value: Cramping pain (finding)

component

Assessment Scale Information: Observation Pain scale [Type]

code: Severity of symptoms

value: Severe (severity modifier) (qualifier value)

component

Functional Assessment: Observation Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) - Cancer Specific Measures Panel

code: Appetite

value: Not at all

component

code: Clinical course

value: Acute fulminating (qualifier value)

component

code: Trend

value: Worse (qualifier value)

component

code: Speed of condition onset

value: Sudden onset (qualifier value)