# Coded Annotation - HL7 BE Laboratory WG Implementation Guide v1.0.1

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Coded Annotation**

## Data Type Profile: Coded Annotation 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/lab/StructureDefinition/coded-annotation | *Version*:1.0.1 |
| Draft as of 2026-03-25 | *Computable Name*:BeCodedAnnotation |

 
Annotation DataType with added CodeableConcept extension element 

**Usages:**

* Use this DataType Profile: [Comment extension for ReferenceRange](StructureDefinition-be-ext-referencerange-comment.md) and [BeObservationLaboratory](StructureDefinition-be-observation-laboratory.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/hl7.fhir.be.lab|current/StructureDefinition/coded-annotation)

### 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-coded-annotation.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-coded-annotation.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-coded-annotation.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "coded-annotation",
  "url" : "https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/lab/StructureDefinition/coded-annotation",
  "version" : "1.0.1",
  "name" : "BeCodedAnnotation",
  "title" : "Coded Annotation",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2026-03-25T14:20:28+00:00",
  "publisher" : "eHealth Platform",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "eHealth Platform",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "https://www.ehealth.fgov.be"
    }]
  },
  {
    "name" : "eHealth Platform",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "support@be-ehealth-standards.atlassian.net",
      "use" : "work"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Annotation DataType with added CodeableConcept extension element",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "BE",
      "display" : "Belgium"
    }]
  }],
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Annotation",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Annotation",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Annotation.extension:code",
      "path" : "Annotation.extension",
      "sliceName" : "code",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/lab/StructureDefinition/annotation-code"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Annotation.text",
      "path" : "Annotation.text",
      "short" : "The annotation - plain text without markdown is strongly recommended"
    }]
  }
}

```
