CIMI_Clinical.TopicCore

Class FindingTopic

Documentation:

The base topic class for assertions and evaluation results that result from medical investigations or diagnostics, independent of the context of the result being present, absent, or hypothetical (as in the case of a goal).

Ancestors:

• Locatable
• • NonIndependent
• • • StatementTopic
• • • • FindingTopic

Descendants:

• AdverseReactionTopic,
• AdverseSensitivityToSubstanceTopic,
• AssertionTopic,
• BradenScaleAssessmentResult,
• ConditionTopic,
• EvaluationResultTopic,
• FindingSiteConditionTopic,
• LaboratoryTestResultTopic,
• PanelTopic,
• PhysicalEvaluationResultTopic,
• TunnelingTopic,
• UnderminingTopic,
• WoundAssertionTopic,
• WoundExudateTopic

Property Summary

Properties

Property Name	Type and Description	Existence	Cardinality
description	PlainText An optional description of the finding in human narrative form.	0..1	N/A
multimedia	List<Multimedia> Audio, visual, or other binary content produced during the evaluation, such as an X-ray.	0..1	0..*
interpretation	List<Concept> A clinical judgment concerning the significance or impact of the finding with respect to its subject (e.g., the patient).	0..1	0..*
method	List<Concept> The means by which a clinical finding is determined.	0..1	0..*

Properties inherited from class StatementTopic

topicCode

Properties inherited from class NonIndependent

Properties inherited from class Locatable

archetype_node_id, name, archetype_details