description: Base StructureDefinition for Specimen Resource
package_name: hl7.fhir.r3.core
derivation: specialization
name: Specimen
type: Specimen
elements:
  request:
    short: Why the specimen was collected
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ProcedureRequest']
    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: 17
    elements:
      description: {type: string, short: Textual description of procedure, index: 18}
      procedure: {short: Indicates the treatment step  applied to the specimen, type: CodeableConcept, index: 19}
      additive:
        short: Material used in the processing step
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Substance']
        type: Reference
        array: true
        index: 20
      time:
        short: Date and time of specimen processing
        choices: [timeDateTime, timePeriod]
        index: 22
      timeDateTime: {short: Date and time of specimen processing, type: dateTime, choiceOf: time, index: 23}
      timePeriod: {short: Date and time of specimen processing, type: Period, choiceOf: time, index: 24}
  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, isSummary: true, index: 3}
  note: {type: Annotation, short: Comments, array: true, index: 35}
  status: {isModifier: true, short: available | unavailable | unsatisfactory | entered-in-error, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 2}
  container:
    type: BackboneElement
    short: Direct container of specimen (tube/slide, etc.)
    array: true
    index: 25
    elements:
      identifier: {short: Id for the container, type: Identifier, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 26}
      description: {type: string, short: Textual description of the container, index: 27}
      type: {short: Kind of container directly associated with specimen, type: CodeableConcept, index: 28}
      capacity: {type: Quantity, short: Container volume or size, index: 29}
      specimenQuantity: {type: Quantity, short: Quantity of specimen within container, index: 30}
      additive:
        short: Additive associated with container
        choices: [additiveCodeableConcept, additiveReference]
        index: 32
      additiveCodeableConcept: {short: Additive associated with container, type: CodeableConcept, choiceOf: additive, index: 33}
      additiveReference:
        short: Additive associated with container
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Substance']
        type: Reference
        choiceOf: additive
        index: 34
  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:
      collector:
        short: Who collected the specimen
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner']
        type: Reference
        isSummary: true
        index: 9
      collected:
        short: Collection time
        choices: [collectedDateTime, collectedPeriod]
        isSummary: true
        index: 11
      collectedDateTime: {short: Collection time, type: dateTime, choiceOf: collected, isSummary: true, index: 12}
      collectedPeriod: {short: Collection time, type: Period, choiceOf: collected, isSummary: true, index: 13}
      quantity: {type: Quantity, short: The quantity of specimen collected, index: 14}
      method: {short: Technique used to perform collection, type: CodeableConcept, index: 15}
      bodySite: {short: Anatomical collection site, type: CodeableConcept, index: 16}
  subject:
    short: Where the specimen came from. This may be from the patient(s) or from the environment or a device
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Group', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Substance']
    type: Reference
    isSummary: true
    index: 4
package_version: 3.0.2
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Specimen
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: null
required: [subject]