SpecimenDefinition

Draft Specialized — Quality & Testing

A kind of specimen with associated set of requirements.

Endpoints

alphahttps://api.dev.ovok.com/fhir/R4/SpecimenDefinition

Interaction	Method	Path
Read	GET	/fhir/R4/SpecimenDefinition/[id]
Vread	GET	/fhir/R4/SpecimenDefinition/[id]/_history/[vid]
Update	PUT	/fhir/R4/SpecimenDefinition/[id]
Patch	PATCH	/fhir/R4/SpecimenDefinition/[id]
Delete	DELETE	/fhir/R4/SpecimenDefinition/[id]
Create	POST	/fhir/R4/SpecimenDefinition
Search	GET	/fhir/R4/SpecimenDefinition
History	GET	/fhir/R4/SpecimenDefinition/[id]/_history

Top-level elements

Element	Type(s)	Cardinality	Description
identifier	Identifier	0..1	Business identifier of a kind of specimen
typeCollected	CodeableConcept	0..1	Kind of material to collect
patientPreparation	CodeableConcept	0..*	Patient preparation for collection
timeAspect	string	0..1	Time aspect for collection
collection	CodeableConcept	0..*	Specimen collection procedure
typeTested	BackboneElement	0..*	Specimen in container intended for testing by lab

Resource-specific search parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
_compartment	string
_count	string	https://www.hl7.org/fhir/search.html#_count
_elements	string	https://www.hl7.org/fhir/search.html#_elements
_id	string
_lastUpdated	string
_profile	string
_security	string
_sort	string	https://www.hl7.org/fhir/search.html#_sort
_source	string
_summary	string	https://www.hl7.org/fhir/search.html#_summary
_tag	string
_total	string	https://www.hl7.org/fhir/search.html#_total
container	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/SpecimenDefinition-container
identifier	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/SpecimenDefinition-identifier
type	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/SpecimenDefinition-type

Reference

• Official FHIR R4 spec: SpecimenDefinition
• Maturity: Draft (FMM 0).