CIMI_Clinical.Association

Class Justification

Documentation:

Asserted clinical justification to perform or not perform an act such as a diagnostic test, a medication treatment, or a procedure. The justification can be specified as a code or as a clinical statement, e.g., code for diabetes (ICD-9-CM 250.0) or a Condition occurrence statement (with diabetes code) documented elsewhere in a patient's record.

Ancestors:

• ASSOCIATION_CLASS
• • ClinicalStatementAssociation
• • • Justification

Descendants:

Property Summary

Properties

Property Name	Type and Description	Existence	Cardinality
justificationCode	TEXT A code or narrative representing the justification. Typically, the code is for a condition that is suspected or is observed in a patient.	0..1	N/A

Properties inherited from class ClinicalStatementAssociation

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Properties inherited from class ASSOCIATION_CLASS

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