description: Base StructureDefinition for Specimen Resource
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/DiagnosticRequest', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ProcedureRequest']
    comments: The request may be explicit or implied such with a DiagnosticRequest that requires a blood draw.
    type: Reference
    array: true
    index: 7
  receivedTime: {short: The time when specimen was received for processing, type: dateTime, isSummary: true, index: 5}
  parent:
    short: Specimen from which this specimen originated
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Specimen']
    comments: The parent specimen could be the source from which the current specimen is derived by some processing step (e.g. an aliquot or isolate or extracted nucleic acids from clinical samples) or one of many specimens that were combined to create a pooled sample.
    type: Reference
    array: true
    index: 6
  treatment:
    type: BackboneElement
    short: Treatment and processing step details
    array: true
    index: 17
    elements:
      description: {type: string, short: Textual description of procedure, index: 18}
      procedure: {short: Indicates the treatment or processing 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 treatment
        choices: [timeDateTime, timePeriod]
        index: 22
      timeDateTime: {type: dateTime, short: Date and time of specimen treatment, choiceOf: time, index: 23}
      timePeriod: {type: Period, short: Date and time of specimen treatment, choiceOf: time, index: 24}
  type: {short: Kind of material that forms the specimen, comments: 'The type can change the way that a specimen is handled, and drives what kind of analyses can properly be performed on the specimen. It is frequently used in diagnostic work flow decision making systems.', 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, comments: 'If the use case requires  BodySite to be handled as a separate resource instead of an inline coded element (e.g. to identify and track separately)  then use the standard extension [body-site-instance](extension-body-site-instance.html).', 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: 1.8.0
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Specimen
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: null
required: [subject]