description: This profile sets minimum expectations for the Specimen resource to record, search, and fetch \"substances being sampled or tested. (e.g., nasopharyngeal swab, whole blood, serum, urine, wound swab)\" associated with a patient to promote interoperability and adoption through common implementation.  It identifies which core elements, extensions, vocabularies, and value sets **SHALL** be present in the resource and constrains the way the elements are used when using this profile.  It provides the floor for standards development for specific use cases.
package_name: rs/hl7.fhir.us.core
derivation: constraint
name: USCoreSpecimenProfile
type: Specimen
elements:
  identifier: {short: Specimen identifier, mustSupport: true, index: 0}
  type:
    binding: {strength: extensible, valueSet: 'http://cts.nlm.nih.gov/fhir/ValueSet/2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1099.54'}
    mustSupport: true
    index: 1
  subject:
    type: Reference
    short: The patient where the specimen came from.
    mustSupport: true
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Group', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Substance', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-location', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-patient']
    index: 2
  collection:
    short: '𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗨𝗦𝗖𝗗𝗜: Collection details'
    index: 3
    elements:
      bodySite:
        short: '𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗨𝗦𝗖𝗗𝗜: Specimen Source Site'
        binding: {strength: extensible, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/body-site'}
        index: 4
  condition:
    short: '𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗨𝗦𝗖𝗗𝗜: Specimen condition acceptability'
    binding: {strength: extensible, valueSet: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v2-0493'}
    index: 5
package_version: 7.0.0-ballot
class: profile
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-specimen
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Specimen
version: 7.0.0-ballot
required: [type]