AU Base Implementation Guide
5.0.0 - Working Standard Australia flag

This page is part of the Australian Base IG (v5.0.0: R4) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Resource Profile: AU Base Encounter

Official URL: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-encounter Version: 5.0.0
Standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 1 Computable Name: AUBaseEncounter

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This profile defines an encounter structure that localises core concepts, including terminology, for use in an Australian context. This profile is intended to be applicable for recording details of ambulatory and non-ambulatory patient encounters in an Australian healthcare context. The purpose of this profile is to provide national level agreement on core localised concepts. This profile does not force conformance to core localised concepts. It enables implementers and modellers to make their own rules, i.e. profiling, about how to support these concepts for specific implementation needs.

Breaking Change in 5.0.0 (see all)

Implementers should note that there are changes to the ActEncounterCode - AU Extended value set removing codes PHONE, VIDEO, EMAIL and SMS (ActCode AU code system). These are agreed to be child concepts of the VR ActEncounterCode term and therefore cannot be used as the FHIR R4 Encounter.class element has an existing extensible binding to HL7 v3 Value Set ActEncounterCode. Consequently use of PHONE, VIDEO, EMAIL and SMS in preference to the VR code is invalid in Encounter.class.

Usage Notes

Usage:

Formal Views of Profile Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work.

This structure is derived from Encounter

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Encounter 0..* Encounter An encounter in an Australian healthcare context
... Slices for extension 0..* Extension Extension
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
.... associatedHealthcareService 0..* Reference(HealthcareService) Associated healthcare service
URL: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/associated-healthcareservice
... class 1..1 Coding Classification of patient encounter
Binding: ActEncounterCode - AU Extended (extensible)
... type 0..* CodeableConcept Specific type of encounter
Binding: Encounter Type . (preferred)
... hospitalization 0..1 BackboneElement Details about the admission to a healthcare service
.... dischargeDisposition 0..1 CodeableConcept Separation Mode
Binding: Separation Mode . (extensible)

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings (Differential)

PathConformanceValueSetURI
Encounter.classextensibleActEncounterCodeAUExtended
http://terminology.hl7.org.au/ValueSet/v3-ActEncounterCode-extended
from this IG
Encounter.typepreferredEncounterType .
https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-type-1
Encounter.serviceTypepreferredServiceType .
https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/service-type-1
Encounter.hospitalization.dischargeDispositionextensibleSeparationMode . (a valid code from https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/CodeSystem/separation-mode-1)
https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/separation-mode-1

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron