AU Base Implementation Guide
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Extension: Encounter Description

Official URL: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/encounter-description Version: 4.1.0-ballot
Draft as of 2022-11-10 Maturity Level: 1 Computable Name: EncounterDescription

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This extension applies to the Encounter resource and is used to represent a narrative description of the healthcare event or encounter.

This extension may be used on the following element(s):

  • Encounter

The description may include a summary of the issues or problems, management strategies, outcomes or progress, possible prognosis, and the patient’s understanding of the healthcare event. The description may capture text about the encounter that is not captured in other fields.

Usage:

Formal Views of Extension Content

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

This structure is derived from Extension

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..1ExtensionDescription, overview or summary of an encounter
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/encounter-description"
... value[x] 1..1stringEncounter description

doco Documentation for this format
NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..1ExtensionDescription, overview or summary of an encounter
... id 0..1stringUnique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..*ExtensionAdditional content defined by implementations
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/encounter-description"

doco Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Mandatory: 1 element
Fixed Value: 1 element

Maturity: 1

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..1ExtensionDescription, overview or summary of an encounter
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/encounter-description"
... value[x] 1..1stringEncounter description

doco Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..1ExtensionDescription, overview or summary of an encounter
... id 0..1stringUnique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..*ExtensionAdditional content defined by implementations
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/encounter-description"

doco Documentation for this format

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

Notes:

none defined