Path | Short | Definition | Comments |
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Specific and identified anatomical structure | Record details about an anatomical structure. This resource may be used when a coded concept does not provide the necessary detail needed for the use case. | ||
identifier | Bodystructure identifier | Identifier for this instance of the anatomical structure. | |
active | Whether this record is in active use | Whether this body site is in active use. | This element is labeled as a modifier because it may be used to mark that the resource was created in error. |
morphology | Kind of Structure | The kind of structure being represented by the body structure at `BodyStructure.location`. This can define both normal and abnormal morphologies. | The minimum cardinality of 0 supports the use case of specifying a location without defining a morphology. |
location | Body site | The anatomical location or region of the specimen, lesion, or body structure. | |
locationQualifier | Body site modifier | Qualifier to refine the anatomical location. These include qualifiers for laterality, relative location, directionality, number, and plane. | |
description | Text description | A summary, charactarization or explanation of the body structure. | This description could include any visual markings used to orientate the viewer e.g. external reference points, special sutures, ink markings. |
image | Attached images | Image or images used to identify a location. | |
patient | Who this is about | The person to which the body site belongs. |
The BodyStructure resource contains details about the anatomical location of a specimen or body part, including patient information, identifiers, as well as text descriptions and images. It provides for the addition of qualifiers such as laterality and directionality to the anatomic location for those use cases where precoordination of codes is not possible. The BodyStructure resource supports recording and tracking of an anatomic location or structure on a patient outside the context of another resource. For example it can be the target of a Procedure resource or Observation resource.
The BodyStructure resource is not intended to substitute for precoordination of codes. If precoordination of codes is supported by an implementation the codeableConcept should be used. This resource is not intended for describing the type of anatomical location but rather a specific body site on a specific patient.
identifier | Bodystructure identifier | BodyStructure.identifier |
location | Body site | BodyStructure.location |
morphology | Kind of Structure | BodyStructure.morphology |
patient | Who this is about | BodyStructure.patient |