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Extension: bodyPosition

Orders and Observations Work Group

Maturity Level: 1

Informative

Use Context: Any

URL for this extension:

http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven, Inc. - OO WG

The position of the body when the observation was done, e.g. standing, sitting. To be used only when the body position in not precoordinated in the observation code.

Context of Use: Use on Element ID Observation or Element ID Specimen.collection

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
bodyPosition		0..1	CodeableConcept	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition bodyPosition: The position of the body when the observation was done, e.g. standing, sitting. To be used only when the body position in not precoordinated in the observation code. Use on Element ID Observation or Element ID Specimen.collection
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension	0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition bodyPosition: The position of the body when the observation was done, e.g. standing, sitting. To be used only when the body position in not precoordinated in the observation code. Use on Element ID Observation or Element ID Specimen.collection
extension	0..0
url	1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition"
value[x]	1..1	CodeableConcept	Value of extension
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- bodyPosition -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCodeableConcept><!--  1..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension --></valueCodeableConcept>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // bodyPosition
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition", // R! 
    "valueCodeableConcept" : { CodeableConcept } // C? R! Value of extension
  }

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
bodyPosition		0..1	CodeableConcept	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition bodyPosition: The position of the body when the observation was done, e.g. standing, sitting. To be used only when the body position in not precoordinated in the observation code. Use on Element ID Observation or Element ID Specimen.collection
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension	0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition bodyPosition: The position of the body when the observation was done, e.g. standing, sitting. To be used only when the body position in not precoordinated in the observation code. Use on Element ID Observation or Element ID Specimen.collection
extension	0..0
url	1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition"
value[x]	1..1	CodeableConcept	Value of extension
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- bodyPosition -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCodeableConcept><!--  1..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension --></valueCodeableConcept>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // bodyPosition
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition", // R! 
    "valueCodeableConcept" : { CodeableConcept } // C? R! Value of extension
  }

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children unless an empty Parameters resource (xpath: @value|f:*|h:div|self::f:Parameters)
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')]))
ele-1: On Extension.extension: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.extension: @value|f:*|h:div)
ext-1: On Extension.extension: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath on Extension.extension: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), "value")]))
ele-1: On Extension.value[x]: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.value[x]: @value|f:*|h:div)