description: This profile represents the postpartum status of a patient.\n\nIf the profile is present, the patient is in the postpartum period and further information about the postpartum status is communicated by the code chosen.\n\nThe postpartum period, also known as the puerperium, refers to the time after delivery when maternal physiological changes related to pregnancy return to the nonpregnant state. There is consensus that the postpartum period begins upon delivery of the infant. The end is less well defined but is often considered the six to eight weeks after delivery because the effects of pregnancy on many systems have largely returned to the pre-pregnancy state.
package_name: hl7.fhir.us.ecr.r4b
derivation: constraint
name: USPublicHealthPostpartumStatus
type: Observation
elements:
  code:
    mustSupport: true
    pattern:
      type: CodeableConcept
      value:
        coding:
        - {code: '249197004', system: 'http://snomed.info/sct', display: Maternal condition during puerperium (observable entity)}
    index: 0
  subject:
    type: Reference
    mustSupport: true
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ecr/StructureDefinition/us-ph-patient']
    index: 1
  effective:
    mustSupport: true
    choices: []
    index: 3
  value:
    short: 'Postpartum status: the point within the postpartum period for which a postpartum status is observed.'
    mustSupport: true
    choices: [valueCodeableConcept]
    index: 5
  valueCodeableConcept: {type: CodeableConcept, short: 'Postpartum status: the point within the postpartum period for which a postpartum status is observed.', mustSupport: true, choiceOf: value, index: 6}
package_version: 2.1.1
class: profile
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ecr/StructureDefinition/us-ph-postpartum-status
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Observation
version: 2.1.1
required: [value, subject, valueCodeableConcept, code, effective]