Class: Observation_intent_or_order

Description of: Observation_intent_or_order

Class steward is Orders/Observation
An authoritative direction or instruction concerning an observation service for a patient.

Rationale: Conformance to new name generalization. Broaden concept of observation at the actual instance level

Attribute definitions for: Observation_intent_or_order

patient_hazard_code

Code and/or text indicating any known or suspected patient or specimen hazards.

Rationale: to capture patient hazards that would be indicated in related V2.3 field.

OpenIssue:

|OBR^12^00246^Danger Code|

reason_for_study_cd

Text or code describing the reason for the observation order.

Rationale: V2.3 field is CE datatype

|OBR^31^00263^Reason For Study|

relevant_clinical_information_txt

Additional clinical information about the patient or specimen, such as the suspected diagnosis and clinical findings on requests for interpreted diagnostic studies.

Rationale: : better alignment with V2.3

|OBR^13^00247^Relevant Clinical Info.|

reporting_priority_cd

A code indicating the reporting priority of the patient service order.

specimen_action_cd

A code identifying the action to be taken with respect to the specimen.

|OBR^11^00245^Specimen Action Code|