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| Draft as of 2026-05-13 |
Definitions for the Surgery logical model.
Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be foundhere
| 0. Surgery | |
| Definition | Logical model representing a surgical treatment episode delivered to the patient for cancer management. Derived from Cancer_Common_Logical_Model_20260521.xlsx (sheet Surgery). |
| Short | Surgery |
| Control | 0..* |
| Is Modifier | false |
| Logical Model | Instances of this logical model are not marked to be the target of a Reference |
| 2. Surgery.subject | |
| Definition | Reference to the patient (subject) undergoing the surgery. |
| Short | Subject |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | http://hl7.eu/fhir/cancer-common/StructureDefinition/CancerPatient |
| 4. Surgery.cancerConditionAtDiagnosisReference | |
| Definition | Reference to the cancer condition at diagnosis targeted by the surgery. |
| Short | CancerCondition AtDiagnosis Reference |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | Reference(CancerConditionAtDiagnosis) |
| 6. Surgery.clinicalCancerProgressionReference | |
| Definition | Reference to the clinical progression event, if surgery is performed in response to progression. |
| Short | ClinicalCancerProgressionReference |
| Comments | It shall not be provided at the time of diagnosis, but shall always be provided in the event of ClinicalCancerProgression. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(ClinicalCancerProgression) |
| 8. Surgery.intent | |
| Definition | Surgical intent (Definitive/curative vs Palliative). |
| Short | Intent |
| Comments | Choice: Definitive | Palliative |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| 10. Surgery.date | |
| Definition | Date when the surgical procedure was performed. |
| Short | Date |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | dateTime |
| Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
| 12. Surgery.bodySite | |
| Definition | Anatomical site(s) where the surgery was performed. |
| Short | BodySite |
| Control | 1..* |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be foundhere
| 0. Surgery | |
| Definition | Logical model representing a surgical treatment episode delivered to the patient for cancer management. Derived from Cancer_Common_Logical_Model_20260521.xlsx (sheet Surgery). |
| Short | Surgery |
| Logical Model | Instances of this logical model are not marked to be the target of a Reference |
| 2. Surgery.subject | |
| Definition | Reference to the patient (subject) undergoing the surgery. |
| Short | Subject |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | http://hl7.eu/fhir/cancer-common/StructureDefinition/CancerPatient |
| 4. Surgery.cancerConditionAtDiagnosisReference | |
| Definition | Reference to the cancer condition at diagnosis targeted by the surgery. |
| Short | CancerCondition AtDiagnosis Reference |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | Reference(CancerConditionAtDiagnosis) |
| 6. Surgery.clinicalCancerProgressionReference | |
| Definition | Reference to the clinical progression event, if surgery is performed in response to progression. |
| Short | ClinicalCancerProgressionReference |
| Comments | It shall not be provided at the time of diagnosis, but shall always be provided in the event of ClinicalCancerProgression. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(ClinicalCancerProgression) |
| 8. Surgery.intent | |
| Definition | Surgical intent (Definitive/curative vs Palliative). |
| Short | Intent |
| Comments | Choice: Definitive | Palliative |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| 10. Surgery.date | |
| Definition | Date when the surgical procedure was performed. |
| Short | Date |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | dateTime |
| Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
| 12. Surgery.bodySite | |
| Definition | Anatomical site(s) where the surgery was performed. |
| Short | BodySite |
| Control | 1..* |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be foundhere
| 0. Surgery | |
| Definition | Logical model representing a surgical treatment episode delivered to the patient for cancer management. Derived from Cancer_Common_Logical_Model_20260521.xlsx (sheet Surgery). |
| Short | Surgery |
| Control | 0..* |
| Is Modifier | false |
| Logical Model | Instances of this logical model are not marked to be the target of a Reference |
| 2. Surgery.subject | |
| Definition | Reference to the patient (subject) undergoing the surgery. |
| Short | Subject |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | http://hl7.eu/fhir/cancer-common/StructureDefinition/CancerPatient |
| 4. Surgery.cancerConditionAtDiagnosisReference | |
| Definition | Reference to the cancer condition at diagnosis targeted by the surgery. |
| Short | CancerCondition AtDiagnosis Reference |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | Reference(CancerConditionAtDiagnosis) |
| 6. Surgery.clinicalCancerProgressionReference | |
| Definition | Reference to the clinical progression event, if surgery is performed in response to progression. |
| Short | ClinicalCancerProgressionReference |
| Comments | It shall not be provided at the time of diagnosis, but shall always be provided in the event of ClinicalCancerProgression. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(ClinicalCancerProgression) |
| 8. Surgery.intent | |
| Definition | Surgical intent (Definitive/curative vs Palliative). |
| Short | Intent |
| Comments | Choice: Definitive | Palliative |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| 10. Surgery.date | |
| Definition | Date when the surgical procedure was performed. |
| Short | Date |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | dateTime |
| Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
| 12. Surgery.bodySite | |
| Definition | Anatomical site(s) where the surgery was performed. |
| Short | BodySite |
| Control | 1..* |
| Type | CodeableConcept |