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The official URL for this profile is:
http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/qicore-substance
Profile of Substance for decision support/quality metrics. Defines the core set of elements and extensions for quality rule and measure authors.
This profile was published on Tue, Mar 17, 2015 00:00+1100 as a draft by Health Level Seven International (Clinical Quality Information - QICore).

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
This structure is derived from Substance.
This structure is derived from Substance.
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   Substance | 0..* | Substance | A homogeneous material with a definite composition | |
|    meta | ∑ | 0..1 | Meta | Metadata about the resource | 
|    implicitRules | ?! ∑ | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created | 
|    language | 0..1 | code | Language of the resource content Binding: IETF BCP-47  (required) | |
|    text | I | 0..1 | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation | 
|    contained | 0..* | Resource | Contained, inline Resources | |
|    extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional Content defined by implementations | |
|    modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | 
|    identifier | ∑ | 0..* | Identifier | Unique identifier | 
|    category | ∑ | 0..* | CodeableConcept | What class/type of substance this is Binding: Substance Category Codes (extensible) | 
|    code | S ∑ | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | What substance this is Binding: Substance Code (example) | 
|    description | ∑ | 0..1 | string | Textual description of the substance, comments | 
|    instance | ∑ | 0..* | BackboneElement | If this describes a specific package/container of the substance | 
|     extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional Content defined by implementations | |
|     modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | 
|     identifier | ∑ | 0..1 | Identifier | Identifier of the package/container | 
|     expiry | ∑ | 0..1 | dateTime | When no longer valid to use | 
|     quantity | S ∑ | 0..1 | SimpleQuantity | Amount of substance in the package | 
|    ingredient | ∑ | 0..* | BackboneElement | Composition information about the substance | 
|     extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional Content defined by implementations | |
|     modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | 
|     quantity | S ∑ | 0..1 | Ratio | Optional amount (concentration) | 
|     substance | S ∑ | 1..1 | Reference(QICore-Substance) | A component of the substance | 
|  Documentation for this format | ||||
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This structure is derived from Substance.
Differential View
This structure is derived from Substance.
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   Substance | 0..* | Substance | A homogeneous material with a definite composition | |
|    meta | ∑ | 0..1 | Meta | Metadata about the resource | 
|    implicitRules | ?! ∑ | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created | 
|    language | 0..1 | code | Language of the resource content Binding: IETF BCP-47  (required) | |
|    text | I | 0..1 | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation | 
|    contained | 0..* | Resource | Contained, inline Resources | |
|    extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional Content defined by implementations | |
|    modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | 
|    identifier | ∑ | 0..* | Identifier | Unique identifier | 
|    category | ∑ | 0..* | CodeableConcept | What class/type of substance this is Binding: Substance Category Codes (extensible) | 
|    code | S ∑ | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | What substance this is Binding: Substance Code (example) | 
|    description | ∑ | 0..1 | string | Textual description of the substance, comments | 
|    instance | ∑ | 0..* | BackboneElement | If this describes a specific package/container of the substance | 
|     extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional Content defined by implementations | |
|     modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | 
|     identifier | ∑ | 0..1 | Identifier | Identifier of the package/container | 
|     expiry | ∑ | 0..1 | dateTime | When no longer valid to use | 
|     quantity | S ∑ | 0..1 | SimpleQuantity | Amount of substance in the package | 
|    ingredient | ∑ | 0..* | BackboneElement | Composition information about the substance | 
|     extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional Content defined by implementations | |
|     modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | 
|     quantity | S ∑ | 0..1 | Ratio | Optional amount (concentration) | 
|     substance | S ∑ | 1..1 | Reference(QICore-Substance) | A component of the substance | 
|  Documentation for this format | ||||
XML Template
JSON Template
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Other representations of profile: Schematron

| Path | Name | Conformance | ValueSet | 
| Substance.language | ?ext | required | http://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47  | 
| Substance.category | Substance Category Codes | extensible | Substance Category Codes | 
| Substance.code | Substance Code | example | Substance Code | 

| Id | Path | Details | Requirements |