Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be found here

0. Observation
2. Observation.category
Control1..1
4. Observation.category.coding
Control1..1
6. Observation.category.coding.system
Control1..?
Pattern Valuehttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category
8. Observation.category.coding.code
Control1..?
Pattern Valuevital-signs
10. Observation.code
12. Observation.code.coding
BindingThe codes SHALL be taken from VitalSigns
(required to http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-vitalsignresult)
14. Observation.subject
Control1..?
TypeReference(RareLink IPS Patient)
16. Observation.subject.reference
Must Supporttrue
18. Observation.subject.identifier
NoteThis is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion)
Must Supporttrue
20. Observation.effective[x]
Control1..?
[x] NoteSeeChoice of Data Typesfor further information about how to use [x]
22. Observation.value[x]
[x] NoteSeeChoice of Data Typesfor further information about how to use [x]
SlicingThis element introduces a set of slices on Observation.value[x]. The slices areUnordered and Open, and can be differentiated using the following discriminators:
  • type @ $this
    • 24. Observation.value[x]:valueQuantity
    Slice NamevalueQuantity
    Control0..1
    TypeQuantity
    [x] NoteSeeChoice of Data Typesfor further information about how to use [x]
    26. Observation.value[x]:valueQuantity.value
    Must Supporttrue
    28. Observation.value[x]:valueQuantity.unit
    Must Supporttrue
    30. Observation.interpretation
    32. Observation.interpretation.coding
    Control0..1
    34. Observation.interpretation.coding.system
    Pattern Valuehttp://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl
    36. Observation.interpretation.coding.code
    Must Supporttrue
    38. Observation.method
    40. Observation.method.coding
    42. Observation.method.coding.system
    Pattern Valuehttp://loinc.org
    44. Observation.method.coding.code
    Must Supporttrue