description: A sample to be used for analysis.
package_name: hl7.fhir.core
derivation: specialization
name: Specimen
type: Specimen
elements:
  request:
    short: Why the specimen was collected
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ServiceRequest']
    type: Reference
    array: true
    index: 7
  receivedTime: {short: The time when specimen was received for processing, type: dateTime, isSummary: true, index: 5}
  processing:
    type: BackboneElement
    short: Processing and processing step details
    array: true
    index: 22
    elements:
      description: {type: string, short: Textual description of procedure, index: 23}
      procedure:
        short: Indicates the treatment step  applied to the specimen
        type: CodeableConcept
        binding: {strength: example, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/specimen-processing-procedure'}
        index: 24
      additive:
        short: Material used in the processing step
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Substance']
        type: Reference
        array: true
        index: 25
      time:
        short: Date and time of specimen processing
        choices: [timeDateTime, timePeriod]
        index: 27
      timeDateTime: {short: Date and time of specimen processing, type: dateTime, choiceOf: time, index: 28}
      timePeriod: {short: Date and time of specimen processing, type: Period, choiceOf: time, index: 29}
  parent:
    short: Specimen from which this specimen originated
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Specimen']
    type: Reference
    array: true
    index: 6
  type:
    short: Kind of material that forms the specimen
    type: CodeableConcept
    binding: {strength: example, valueSet: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v2-0487'}
    isSummary: true
    index: 3
  note: {type: Annotation, short: Comments, array: true, index: 41}
  status:
    isModifier: true
    short: available | unavailable | unsatisfactory | entered-in-error
    type: code
    binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/specimen-status'}
    isModifierReason: This element is labelled as a modifier because it is a status element that contains status entered-in-error which means that the resource should not be treated as valid
    isSummary: true
    index: 2
  condition:
    short: State of the specimen
    type: CodeableConcept
    array: true
    binding: {strength: extensible, valueSet: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v2-0493'}
    isSummary: true
    index: 40
  container:
    type: BackboneElement
    short: Direct container of specimen (tube/slide, etc.)
    array: true
    index: 30
    elements:
      identifier: {short: Id for the container, type: Identifier, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 31}
      description: {type: string, short: Textual description of the container, index: 32}
      type:
        short: Kind of container directly associated with specimen
        type: CodeableConcept
        binding: {strength: example, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/specimen-container-type'}
        index: 33
      capacity: {type: Quantity, short: Container volume or size, index: 34}
      specimenQuantity: {type: Quantity, short: Quantity of specimen within container, index: 35}
      additive:
        short: Additive associated with container
        choices: [additiveCodeableConcept, additiveReference]
        index: 37
      additiveCodeableConcept: {short: Additive associated with container, type: CodeableConcept, choiceOf: additive, index: 38}
      additiveReference:
        short: Additive associated with container
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Substance']
        type: Reference
        choiceOf: additive
        index: 39
  identifier: {short: External Identifier, type: Identifier, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 0}
  accessionIdentifier: {short: Identifier assigned by the lab, type: Identifier, isSummary: true, index: 1}
  collection:
    type: BackboneElement
    short: Collection details
    index: 8
    elements:
      collectedDateTime: {short: Collection time, type: dateTime, choiceOf: collected, isSummary: true, index: 12}
      fastingStatusCodeableConcept: {short: Whether or how long patient abstained from food and/or drink, type: CodeableConcept, choiceOf: fastingStatus, isSummary: true, index: 20}
      fastingStatus:
        short: Whether or how long patient abstained from food and/or drink
        choices: [fastingStatusCodeableConcept, fastingStatusDuration]
        isSummary: true
        index: 19
      method:
        short: Technique used to perform collection
        type: CodeableConcept
        binding: {strength: example, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/specimen-collection-method'}
        index: 16
      fastingStatusDuration: {short: Whether or how long patient abstained from food and/or drink, type: Duration, choiceOf: fastingStatus, isSummary: true, index: 21}
      duration: {short: How long it took to collect specimen, type: Duration, isSummary: true, index: 14}
      collector:
        short: Who collected the specimen
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner']
        type: Reference
        isSummary: true
        index: 9
      bodySite:
        short: Anatomical collection site
        type: CodeableConcept
        binding: {strength: example, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/body-site'}
        index: 17
      quantity: {type: Quantity, short: The quantity of specimen collected, index: 15}
      collectedPeriod: {short: Collection time, type: Period, choiceOf: collected, isSummary: true, index: 13}
      collected:
        short: Collection time
        choices: [collectedDateTime, collectedPeriod]
        isSummary: true
        index: 11
  subject:
    short: Where the specimen came from. This may be from patient(s),from a location (e.g., the source of an environmental sample), or a sampling of a substance or a device
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Group', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Location', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Substance']
    type: Reference
    isSummary: true
    index: 4
package_version: 3.5.0
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Specimen
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: null