Blood Pressure Cross-Country Cross-Language Cross-Paradigm (Demo) IG, published by FO. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.7.2 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/frankoemig/bloodpressure/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

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Cross Version Analysis

This is an R4 IG. None of the features it uses are changed in R4B, so it can be used as is with R4B systems. Packages for both R4 (bloodpressure.r4) and R4B (bloodpressure.r4b) are available.

Dependency Table

Package hl7.fhir.uv.extensions.r4#5.3.0 This IG defines the global extensions - the ones defined for everyone. These extensions are always in scope wherever FHIR is being used (built Sat, May 16, 2026 18:32+1000+10:00)

Package hl7.fhir.uv.tools.r4#1.3.0 This IG defines the extensions that the tools use internally. Some of these extensions are content that are being evaluated for elevation into the main spec, and others are tooling concerns (built Tue, Oct 6, 2026 15:55+1100+11:00)

Globals Table

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IP Statements

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  • Anaesthesia: AnaesthesiaVS, BloodPressure and BloodPressureLongTerm
  • Consciousness: BloodPressure, CDAlm, ConsciousnessExt, ConsciousnessVS and USCoreModifiedBloodPressure2Profile
  • Cuff Size: BloodPressure, CuffSizeVS and USCoreModifiedBloodPressure2Profile
  • Cuff Type: BloodPressure, CuffTypeVS and USCoreModifiedBloodPressure2Profile
  • Device Type: DeviceTypeVS
  • Exertion: CDAlm, ExertionExt and ExertionVS
  • Location: BloodPressure, CDAlm, LocationVS and USCoreModifiedBloodPressure2Profile
  • Observation Category: DiastolicExt, Observation/BloodPressureExample... Show 8 more, ObservationCategoryVS, ObservationVitalSignsBPCategoryVS, ObservationVitalSignsCategoryVS, SystolicExt, USCoreBloodPressureCategory, USCoreModifiedBloodPressure2Profile, USCoreModifiedBloodPressureProfile and USCoreModifiedVitalSigns
  • Observation Codes: CDAlm, OBXexertion... Show 4 more, OBXlocation, OBXmeanArterialBP, ObservationCodesVS and USCoreModifiedBloodPressure2Profile
  • Position: BloodPressure, BodyPositionVS, PositionVS and USCoreModifiedBloodPressure2Profile
  • v2 Data Types: OBXdiastolicBP, OBXlocation and V2DataTypesVS
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  • LOINC: BloodPressure, BloodPressureLongTerm... Show 13 more, CDAlm, OBXdiastolicBP, OBXmainBP, OBXsystolicBP, Observation/BloodPressureExample, USCoreBloodPressureCodes, USCoreBloodPressureProfile, USCoreDiastolicBloodPressureCodes, USCoreMeanArterialBloodPressureCodes, USCoreModifiedBloodPressure2Profile, USCoreModifiedBloodPressureProfile, USCorePulseBloodPressureCodes and USCoreSystolicBloodPressureCodes
• This material contains content that is copyright of SNOMED International. Implementers of these specifications must have the appropriate SNOMED CT Affiliate license - for more information contact https://www.snomed.org/get-snomed or info@snomed.org.
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  • SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®): BloodPressure, BloodPressureLongTerm, BodyPositionVS, MeasurementSettingVS and USCoreModifiedBloodPressure2Profile
• This material derives from the HL7 Terminology (THO). THO is copyright ©1989+ Health Level Seven International and is made available under the CC0 designation. For more licensing information see: https://terminology.hl7.org/license.html
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  • DataAbsentReason: BloodPressure and BloodPressureLongTerm
  • ActClass: CDAlm
  • ActMood: CDAlm
  • ActRelationshipType: CDAlm
  • ObservationInterpretation: BloodPressure, BloodPressureLongTerm and Interpretation

Links to Other Guides

• https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYP.0000000000000087
• CIMI: Vital Signs
• US Core Artifacts
  • https://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/vitals/STU1
  • https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/US-Core
• AU/NZ IG