cimi.encounter

Element Encounter

Documentation:

A description of an interaction between a patient and healthcare provider(s) for the purpose of providing healthcare service(s) or assessing the health status of a patient.

Ancestors:

• Locatable
• • Independent
• • • Content
• • • • InformationEntry
• • • • • Encounter

Used By:

• AssertionAbsenceStatement,
• AssertionPresenceStatement,
• AssertionStatement,
• ClinicalNote,
• ClinicalStatement,
• ComponentOnlyNonLaboratoryObservation,
• ConditionAbsenceStatement,
• ConditionPresenceStatement,
• FindingSiteConditionAbsenceStatement,
• FindingSiteConditionPresenceStatement,
• FindingStatement,
• NonLaboratoryObservation,
• Observation,
• WoundAbsenceAssertion,
• WoundAssessmentPanel,
• WoundBedAppearanceObservation,
• WoundBedColorObservation,
• WoundEdgeObservation,
• WoundExudateObservation,
• WoundPresenceAssertion,
• WoundSizeObservation,
• WoundTunnelingObservation,
• WoundUnderminingObservation

Field Summary

Properties Defined	Constraints	Value
EncounterClass Concepts representing classification of patient encounter such as ambulatory (outpatient), inpatient, emergency, home health or others due to local variations.	DataType Cardinality	EncounterClass 0..1
EncounterType Specific type of encounter (e.g. e-mail consultation, surgical day-care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation).	DataType Cardinality	EncounterType 0..*
TimePeriod A period of time defined by a start and end time, date, or year. If the start element is missing, the start of the period is not known. If the end element is missing, it means that the period is ongoing, or the start may be in the past, and the end date in the future, which means that period is expected/planned to end at the specified time. The end value includes any matching date/time. For example, the period 2011-05-23 to 2011-05-27 includes all the times from the start of the 23rd May through to the end of the 27th of May.	DataType Cardinality	TimePeriod 0..1
Status The current standing or state.	DataType Cardinality Value Set	Status 1..1 http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-status (REQUIRED)
PartOf The larger entity that this is a portion of. For example, an organization might be part of a larger organization, or an encounter with a hospitalist might be part of a larger hospitalization encounter.	DataType Cardinality DataType	PartOf 0..1 Encounter
Diagnosis A diagnosis, which is a disease or injury determined to be present through evaluation of patient history, examination, and/or review of laboratory data.	DataType Cardinality	Diagnosis 0..*
ClinicalNote An entry concerning a patient where the result is a narrative text.	DataType Cardinality	ref(ClinicalNote) 0..1

Properties inherited from InformationEntry

PersonOfRecord, Recorded, Signed, AdditionalText

Properties inherited from Content

Properties inherited from Independent

Properties inherited from Locatable