# AU Base Diagnostic Result - AU Base Implementation Guide v6.0.0-preview

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**FHIR Artefacts**](fhirartefacts.md)
* [**Artefacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **AU Base Diagnostic Result**

## Resource Profile: AU Base Diagnostic Result 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-diagnosticresult | *Version*:6.0.0-preview | |
| *Standards status:*[Trial-use](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](generalguidance.md#maturity-levels): 1 | *Computable Name*:AUBaseDiagnosticResult |
| **Copyright/Legal**: HL7 Australia© 2018+; Licensed Under Creative Commons No Rights Reserved. | | |

 
This profile defines an observation structure to represent a diagnostic investigation result issued by a diagnostic service provider in an Australian context. This profile may be used to represent a specialist or other diagnostic (not imaging or pathology) observation including results of audiology studies, sleep studies or speech pathology. The observation may represent the result of a simple investigation or it may group the set of results of a multi-modality procedure or multi-test study / panel. 

### Usage Notes

**Profile specific implementation guidance:**

* The [BodyStructure Reference](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extension-bodysite.html) extension may be suitable for use where 
* body site is not implicit in the code found in `Observation.code` and
* body site information is to be handled as a separate resource (e.g. to identify and track separately) instead of an inline coded element in `Observation.bodySite`.
 
* See the [AU Base Pathology Result](StructureDefinition-au-pathologyresult.md) profile for guidance on representing the result of a pathology test.
* See the [AU Base Diagnostic Imaging Result](StructureDefinition-au-imagingresult.md) profile for guidance on representing the result of a radiology examination or an imaging intensive diagnostic investigation.

**Usages:**

* Refer to this Profile: [AU Base DiagnosticReport](StructureDefinition-au-diagnosticreport.md), [AU Base Diagnostic Result](StructureDefinition-au-diagnosticresult.md), [AU Base Diagnostic Imaging Report](StructureDefinition-au-imagingreport.md), [AU Base Diagnostic Imaging Result](StructureDefinition-au-imagingresult.md)...Show 2 more,[AU Base Pathology Report](StructureDefinition-au-pathologyreport.md)and[AU Base Pathology Result](StructureDefinition-au-pathologyresult.md)

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

**Changes since version 5.0.0:**

* The data elements list has changed

### 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-au-diagnosticresult.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-au-diagnosticresult.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-au-diagnosticresult.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "au-diagnosticresult",
  "extension" : [
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
      "valueInteger" : 1
    },
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
      "valueCode" : "trial-use",
      "_valueCode" : {
        "extension" : [
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
            "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.au.base"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-diagnosticresult",
  "version" : "6.0.0-preview",
  "name" : "AUBaseDiagnosticResult",
  "title" : "AU Base Diagnostic Result",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2025-11-26T07:22:59+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Australia",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "name" : "HL7 Australia FHIR Working Group",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "https://confluence.hl7.org/display/HAFWG",
          "use" : "work"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "This profile defines an observation structure to represent a diagnostic investigation result issued by a diagnostic service provider in an Australian context. This profile may be used to represent a specialist or other diagnostic (not imaging or pathology) observation including results of audiology studies, sleep studies or speech pathology. The observation may represent the result of a simple investigation or it may group the set of results of a multi-modality procedure or multi-test study / panel.",
  "jurisdiction" : [
    {
      "coding" : [
        {
          "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
          "code" : "AU"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "copyright" : "HL7 Australia© 2018+; Licensed Under Creative Commons No Rights Reserved.",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [
    {
      "identity" : "workflow",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/workflow",
      "name" : "Workflow Pattern"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "sct-concept",
      "uri" : "http://snomed.info/conceptdomain",
      "name" : "SNOMED CT Concept Domain Binding"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "v2",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
      "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "rim",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name" : "RIM Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "w5",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
      "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "sct-attr",
      "uri" : "http://snomed.org/attributebinding",
      "name" : "SNOMED CT Attribute Binding"
    }
  ],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Observation",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Observation",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [
      {
        "id" : "Observation",
        "path" : "Observation",
        "short" : "A diagnostic result observation in an Australian healthcare context",
        "definition" : "Diagnostic measurements and simple assertions made about a patient, device or other subject.",
        "constraint" : [
          {
            "key" : "inv-obs-0",
            "severity" : "error",
            "human" : "A diagnostic result shall at least have value or data absent reason or a child observation with a value or data absent reason",
            "expression" : "value.exists() or dataAbsentReason.exists() or hasMember.exists() or component.value.exists() or component.dataAbsentReason.exists()"
          },
          {
            "key" : "inv-obs-1",
            "severity" : "error",
            "human" : "BodyStructure Reference extension shall only be present if the body site is not present",
            "expression" : "bodySite.exists() implies extension('http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/bodySite').empty()"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Observation.extension",
        "path" : "Observation.extension",
        "slicing" : {
          "discriminator" : [
            {
              "type" : "value",
              "path" : "url"
            }
          ],
          "rules" : "open"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "Observation.extension:bodyStructure",
        "path" : "Observation.extension",
        "sliceName" : "bodyStructure",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Extension",
            "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/bodySite"]
          }
        ],
        "condition" : ["inv-obs-1"]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Observation.category",
        "path" : "Observation.category",
        "short" : "Diagnostic service section",
        "min" : 1,
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "preferred",
          "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/diagnostic-service-sections"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "Observation.code",
        "path" : "Observation.code",
        "short" : "Diagnostic procedure",
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "example",
          "valueSet" : "https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/evaluation-procedure-1"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "Observation.subject",
        "path" : "Observation.subject",
        "min" : 1,
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Reference",
            "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient"]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Observation.effective[x]",
        "path" : "Observation.effective[x]",
        "min" : 1
      },
      {
        "id" : "Observation.value[x]",
        "path" : "Observation.value[x]",
        "condition" : ["inv-obs-0"]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Observation.dataAbsentReason",
        "path" : "Observation.dataAbsentReason",
        "condition" : ["inv-obs-0"]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Observation.hasMember",
        "path" : "Observation.hasMember",
        "short" : "Individual examinations in a group or study series",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Reference",
            "targetProfile" : [
              "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-diagnosticresult",
              "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-imagingresult",
              "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-pathologyresult"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "condition" : ["inv-obs-0"]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Observation.component.value[x]",
        "path" : "Observation.component.value[x]",
        "condition" : ["inv-obs-0"]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Observation.component.dataAbsentReason",
        "path" : "Observation.component.dataAbsentReason",
        "condition" : ["inv-obs-0"]
      }
    ]
  }
}

```
