# Colorado BHA Encounter Profile - Colorado BHA FHIR Implementation Guide v0.1.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Colorado BHA Encounter Profile**

## Resource Profile: Colorado BHA Encounter Profile 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://bha.colorado.gov/fhir/bha-test-ig/StructureDefinition/bha-encounter | *Version*:0.1.0 |
| Draft as of 2026-03-06 | *Computable Name*:BHAEncounter |

 
Encounter profile for client visits and encounters related to BHA episodes 

**Usages:**

* Refer to this Profile: [Colorado BHA Episode Diagnosis Profile](StructureDefinition-bha-episode-diagnosis.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [Encounter/BHAEncounterExample](Encounter-BHAEncounterExample.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/bha-test-ig|current/StructureDefinition/bha-encounter)

### 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-bha-encounter.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-bha-encounter.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-bha-encounter.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "bha-encounter",
  "url" : "http://bha.colorado.gov/fhir/bha-test-ig/StructureDefinition/bha-encounter",
  "version" : "0.1.0",
  "name" : "BHAEncounter",
  "title" : "Colorado BHA Encounter Profile",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2026-03-06T01:29:46+00:00",
  "publisher" : "Colorado Behavioral Health Administration",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "Colorado Behavioral Health Administration",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "https://bha.colorado.gov"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "cdhs_bha_provider_support@state.co.us"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Encounter profile for client visits and encounters related to BHA episodes",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "840"
    }]
  }],
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "workflow",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/workflow",
    "name" : "Workflow Pattern"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Encounter",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-encounter|6.1.0",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Encounter",
      "path" : "Encounter"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Encounter.extension",
      "path" : "Encounter.extension",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "value",
          "path" : "url"
        }],
        "ordered" : false,
        "rules" : "open"
      },
      "min" : 1
    },
    {
      "id" : "Encounter.extension:actionType",
      "path" : "Encounter.extension",
      "sliceName" : "actionType",
      "short" : "CCAR Action Type (01=admission, 03=update, 05=discharge)",
      "min" : 1,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://bha.colorado.gov/fhir/bha-test-ig/StructureDefinition/bha-action-type"]
      }],
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "Encounter.extension:updateType",
      "path" : "Encounter.extension",
      "sliceName" : "updateType",
      "short" : "Type of update when applicable",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://bha.colorado.gov/fhir/bha-test-ig/StructureDefinition/bha-update-type"]
      }],
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "Encounter.episodeOfCare",
      "path" : "Encounter.episodeOfCare",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "Encounter.period",
      "path" : "Encounter.period",
      "min" : 1
    },
    {
      "id" : "Encounter.period.start",
      "path" : "Encounter.period.start",
      "min" : 1,
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "Encounter.period.end",
      "path" : "Encounter.period.end",
      "min" : 1,
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "Encounter.diagnosis",
      "path" : "Encounter.diagnosis",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "Encounter.diagnosis.condition",
      "path" : "Encounter.diagnosis.condition",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://bha.colorado.gov/fhir/bha-test-ig/StructureDefinition/bha-episode-diagnosis"]
      }],
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "Encounter.diagnosis.use",
      "path" : "Encounter.diagnosis.use",
      "mustSupport" : true,
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "required",
        "valueSet" : "http://bha.colorado.gov/fhir/bha-test-ig/ValueSet/bha-diagnosis-type-vs"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "Encounter.diagnosis.rank",
      "path" : "Encounter.diagnosis.rank",
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "Encounter.serviceProvider",
      "path" : "Encounter.serviceProvider",
      "min" : 1
    }]
  }
}

```
