AU Base Implementation Guide
5.0.0 - Working Standard
AU Base Implementation Guide
5.0.0 - Working Standard
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 in its permanent home (it will always be available at this URL). For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/encounter-description | Version: 5.0.0 | |||
| Standards status: Deprecated | 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. 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.
This extension may be used on the following element(s):
This extension is deprecated as supporting clinical summary information (including clinical notes) in a resource-level extension is not in alignment with widely implemented approaches internationally and not considered best practice. Support for clinical notes in Australia is subject to further discussion and input is sought from the community.
Usage:
Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  Extension |
0..1 | Extension | Deprecated: Description, overview or summary of an encounter | |
  id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
 extension |
0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | |
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/encounter-description" | |
 value[x] |
1..1 | string | Encounter description | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Simple Extension of type string: This extension applies to the Encounter resource and is used to represent a narrative description of the healthcare event or 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.
Maturity: 1
Differential View
This structure is derived from Extension
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..1 | Extension | Deprecated: Description, overview or summary of an encounter | |
| id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| extension |
0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | |
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/encounter-description" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | string | Encounter description | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Details | Requirements |
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) | |
| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both : extension.exists() != value.exists() |
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