ObservationDefinition
Set of definitional characteristics for a kind of observation or measurement produced or consumed by an orderable health care service.
These interaction paths describe standard FHIR R4 patterns. Availability can depend on the API capabilities enabled for your Ovok project.
| Interaction | Method | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Read | GET | /fhir/R4/ObservationDefinition/[id] |
| Vread | GET | /fhir/R4/ObservationDefinition/[id]/_history/[vid] |
| Update | PUT | /fhir/R4/ObservationDefinition/[id] |
| Patch | PATCH | /fhir/R4/ObservationDefinition/[id] |
| Delete | DELETE | /fhir/R4/ObservationDefinition/[id] |
| Create | POST | /fhir/R4/ObservationDefinition |
| Search | GET | /fhir/R4/ObservationDefinition |
| History | GET | /fhir/R4/ObservationDefinition/[id]/_history |
Top-level elements
| Element | Type | Cardinality | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
id | string | 0..1 | Logical id of this artifact |
meta | Meta | 0..1 | Metadata about the resource |
implicitRules | uri | 0..1 | A set of rules under which this content was created |
language | code | 0..1 | Language of the resource content |
text | Narrative | 0..1 | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation |
contained | Resource | 0..* | Contained, inline Resources |
extension | Extension | 0..* | Additional content defined by implementations |
modifierExtension | Extension | 0..* | Extensions that cannot be ignored |
category | CodeableConcept | 0..* | Category of observation |
code | CodeableConcept | 1..1 | Type of observation (code / type) |
identifier | Identifier | 0..* | Business identifier for this ObservationDefinition instance |
permittedDataType | code | 0..* | Quantity | CodeableConcept | string | boolean | integer | Range | Ratio | SampledData | time | dateTime | Period |
multipleResultsAllowed | boolean | 0..1 | Multiple results allowed |
method | CodeableConcept | 0..1 | Method used to produce the observation |
preferredReportName | string | 0..1 | Preferred report name |
quantitativeDetails | BackboneElement | 0..1 | Characteristics of quantitative results |
qualifiedInterval | BackboneElement | 0..* | Qualified range for continuous and ordinal observation results |
validCodedValueSet | Reference | 0..1 | Value set of valid coded values for the observations conforming to this ObservationDefinition |
normalCodedValueSet | Reference | 0..1 | Value set of normal coded values for the observations conforming to this ObservationDefinition |
abnormalCodedValueSet | Reference | 0..1 | Value set of abnormal coded values for the observations conforming to this ObservationDefinition |
criticalCodedValueSet | Reference | 0..1 | Value set of critical coded values for the observations conforming to this ObservationDefinition |
Resource-specific search parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| — | — | No resource-specific search parameters are listed in the package. |
Reference
Official FHIR R4 spec: ObservationDefinition.
Maturity: Draft (FMM 0).