description: 'This section contains social history data that influence a patient''s physical, psychological or emotional health (e.g., smoking status, pregnancy). Demographic data, such as marital status, race, ethnicity, and religious affiliation, is captured in the header. Mental/behavioral health assessments such as PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) for depression screening are captured in the Mental Status section. Pregnancy information used to be found in this section and may still be found here but should now be placed in the Pregnancy section.\n\n#### Templates Used\nAlthough open templates may contain any valid CDA content, the following templates are specifically called out by this template:\n\n**Recommended Entries**: [SmokingStatus](StructureDefinition-SmokingStatus.html)\n\n**Optional Entries**: [BasicIndustryObservation](StructureDefinition-BasicIndustryObservation.html), [BasicOccupationObservation](StructureDefinition-BasicOccupationObservation.html), [CaregiverCharacteristics](StructureDefinition-CaregiverCharacteristics.html), [CharacteristicsofHomeEnvironment](StructureDefinition-CharacteristicsofHomeEnvironment.html), [CulturalandReligiousObservation](StructureDefinition-CulturalandReligiousObservation.html), [PregnancyIntentionInNextYear](StructureDefinition-PregnancyIntentionInNextYear.html), [PregnancyStatusObservation](StructureDefinition-PregnancyStatusObservation.html), [SocialHistoryObservation](StructureDefinition-SocialHistoryObservation.html)' package_name: hl7.cda.us.ccda derivation: constraint name: SocialHistorySection type: http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Section elements: templateId: index: 0 slicing: rules: open discriminator: - {path: root, type: value} - {path: extension, type: value} min: 1 slices: section: match: {root: 2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.2.17, extension: '2015-08-01'} schema: _required: true index: 1 elements: root: pattern: {type: String, value: 2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.2.17} index: 2 extension: pattern: {type: String, value: '2015-08-01'} index: 3 required: [root, extension] extensions: {} code: short: Social history Narrative index: 4 elements: code: pattern: {type: Code, value: 29762-2} index: 5 codeSystem: pattern: {type: String, value: 2.16.840.1.113883.6.1} index: 6 required: [codeSystem, code] title: {index: 7} text: {index: 8} entry: index: 9 slicing: rules: open discriminator: - {path: observation, type: profile} min: null slices: pregnancyIntention: match: {} schema: array: true index: 22 elements: observation: {type: 'http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Observation', index: 23} required: [observation] socialHistory: match: {} schema: array: true index: 10 elements: observation: {type: 'http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Observation', index: 11} required: [observation] basicOccupation: match: {} schema: array: true index: 24 elements: observation: {type: 'http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Observation', index: 25} required: [observation] culturalReligious: match: {} schema: array: true index: 18 elements: observation: {type: 'http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Observation', index: 19} required: [observation] pregnancyPregnancy: match: {} schema: array: true index: 12 elements: observation: {type: 'http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Observation', index: 13} required: [observation] basicIndustry: match: {} schema: array: true index: 26 elements: observation: {type: 'http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Observation', index: 27} required: [observation] smokingStatus: match: {} schema: array: true index: 14 elements: observation: {type: 'http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Observation', index: 15} required: [observation] caregiver: match: {} schema: array: true index: 16 elements: observation: {type: 'http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Observation', index: 17} required: [observation] homeCharacteristics: match: {} schema: array: true index: 20 elements: observation: {type: 'http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Observation', index: 21} required: [observation] package_version: 5.0.0 class: logical kind: logical url: http://hl7.org/cda/us/ccda/StructureDefinition/SocialHistorySection base: http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Section version: 5.0.0 required: [text, title, templateId, code]