Class: Service_reason

Description of: Service_reason

Interested committees Patient Care
A class which captures the reason(s) for a service when instantiated for a particular target of service by a particular participant in the service e.g., a free text reason, coded value(s), or associations with prior service_event(s).

Rationale: Regulatory agencies demand reasons for services e.g., 1500 billing forms. Frequently, a prior observation is the reason for a treatment or a prior treatment is the reason for an observation.

Attribute definitions for: Service_reason

determination_dttm

The date and time at which the determination is made that the reason applies.

Rationale: Required to manage reasons.

documentation_dttm

The date and time at which the applicability of the reason is document.

Rationale: Required to manage reasons.

reason_txt

Capture free text for the reason for a service event when the connection to another service event is not known (connection as a reason).

Association definitions for: Service_reason

has_as_evidence (0,1) :: Service_event :: is_evidence_for (0,n)

Rationale: Establish Service_event as the evidence for a Service_reason.

is_reason_for (0,1) :: Service_event :: has_as_reason (0,n)

Rationale: Establish Service_reason as the reason for a Service_event.

is_reason_for (0,1) :: Service_intent_or_order :: has_as_reason (0,n)

Rationale: Establish Service_reason as the reason for a Service_intent_or_order.