description: Defines the additional constraints and extensions on the UK Core Observation Vital Signs profile, for recording body height for adults and body length for infants and children . Body height / length is expected to be recorded in meters (m) or centimetres (cm) as per https://www.datadictionary.nhs.uk/nhs_business_definitions/height.html?hl=height.
package_name: fhir.r4.ukcore.stu3.currentbuild
derivation: constraint
name: UKCoreObservationVitalSignsBodyHeight
type: Observation
elements:
  code:
    elements:
      coding:
        index: 0
        slicing:
          slices:
            loinc:
              match: {}
              schema:
                index: 0
                elements:
                  code:
                    pattern: {type: code, value: 8302-2}
                    type: code
                    index: 1
            snomedCT:
              match: {}
              schema:
                binding: {strength: preferred, valueSet: 'https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/ValueSet/UKCore-BodyHeightMeasurements'}
                index: 2
  value:
    choices: [valueQuantity]
    index: 4
  valueQuantity: {type: Quantity, choiceOf: value, index: 5}
package_version: 0.21.0-pre-release
class: profile
kind: resource
url: https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/UKCore-Observation-VitalSigns-BodyHeight
base: https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/UKCore-Observation-VitalSigns
version: 1.1.1
required: [value, valueQuantity]