description: FHIR Vital Signs Base Profile
package_name: hl7.fhir.r6.core
derivation: constraint
name: Observationvitalsignsbase
type: Observation
elements:
  category:
    binding: {strength: preferred, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-vitalsign-category'}
    mustSupport: true
    index: 1
    slicing:
      rules: open
      discriminator:
      - {path: $this, type: pattern}
      min: 1
      slices:
        VSCat:
          match:
            coding:
            - {code: vital-signs, system: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category'}
          schema:
            mustSupport: true
            pattern:
              type: CodeableConcept
              value:
                coding:
                - {code: vital-signs, system: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category'}
            _required: true
            index: 2
          min: 1
          max: 1
  hasMember:
    type: Reference
    short: Used when reporting observations included in a vital signs panel
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Observation']
    index: 12
  derivedFrom:
    type: Reference
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DocumentReference', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Observation']
    index: 13
  valueQuantity: {type: Quantity, short: 'Vital Signs values are recorded using the Quantity data type. For supporting component observations recorded as a component, such as blood pressure cuff size, other datatypes such as CodeableConcept could be used.', choiceOf: value, index: 10}
  value:
    short: Vital Signs values are recorded using the Quantity data type. For supporting component observations recorded as a component, such as blood pressure cuff size, other datatypes such as CodeableConcept could be used.
    choices: [valueQuantity]
    index: 9
  component:
    index: 14
    elements:
      code: {short: Vital Sign measurement or component, index: 15}
      value:
        short: Vital Signs values are recorded using the Quantity data type. For supporting component observations, such as blood pressure cuff size, other datatypes such as CodeableConcept could be used.
        choices: []
        index: 17
        slicing:
          rules: closed
          ordered: false
          discriminator:
          - {path: $this, type: type}
          min: null
          slices:
            valueQuantity:
              match: {}
              schema:
                short: Vital Sign component value recorded as a component with UCUM (preferred)
                choices: [valueQuantity]
                index: 19
      valueQuantity:
        type: Quantity
        short: Vital Sign component value recorded as a component with UCUM (preferred)
        choiceOf: value
        index: 20
        slicing:
          slices:
            valueQuantity:
              match: {}
              schema: {type: Quantity, short: Vital Sign component value recorded as a component with UCUM (preferred), choiceOf: value, index: 20}
      dataAbsentReason: {index: 21}
  effectiveDateTime: {short: Vital Signs are point in time measurements and are recorded using the dateTime data type, type: dateTime, mustSupport: true, choiceOf: effective, index: 7}
  status: {mustSupport: true, index: 0}
  effective:
    short: Vital Signs are point in time measurements and are recorded using the dateTime data type
    mustSupport: true
    choices: [effectiveDateTime]
    index: 6
  code:
    short: Vital Sign Measurement
    binding: {strength: preferred, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-vitalsign-measurement'}
    mustSupport: true
    index: 3
  subject:
    type: Reference
    mustSupport: true
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient']
    index: 4
  dataAbsentReason: {index: 11}
package_version: 6.0.0-ballot3
class: profile
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Observation
version: 6.0.0-ballot3
required: [effectiveDateTime, subject, category, code, effective]