description: The extent of cancer reprsented by the stage group, based on a TNM staging system. package_name: hl7.fhir.us.mcode derivation: constraint name: TNMStageGroup type: Observation elements: code: binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/mcode/ValueSet/mcode-tnm-stage-group-staging-type-vs'} index: 0 focus: {index: 1} value: short: The stage group choices: [] index: 3 method: binding: {strength: extensible, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/mcode/ValueSet/mcode-tnm-staging-method-vs'} index: 4 hasMember: mustSupport: true index: 5 slicing: rules: open description: Slicing based on profile conformance of the referenced resource. discriminator: - {path: $this.resolve(), type: profile} min: null slices: tnmPrimaryTumorCategory: match: {} schema: short: TNM Primary Tumor Category refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/us/mcode/StructureDefinition/mcode-tnm-primary-tumor-category'] type: Reference mustSupport: true index: 6 min: 0 max: 1 tnmRegionalNodesCategory: match: {} schema: short: TNM Regional Nodes Category refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/us/mcode/StructureDefinition/mcode-tnm-regional-nodes-category'] type: Reference mustSupport: true index: 7 min: 0 max: 1 tnmDistantMetastasesCategory: match: {} schema: short: TNM Distant Metastases Category refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/us/mcode/StructureDefinition/mcode-tnm-distant-metastases-category'] type: Reference mustSupport: true index: 8 min: 0 max: 1 component: {short: Not used in this profile, index: 9} package_version: 3.0.0-ballot class: profile kind: resource url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/mcode/StructureDefinition/mcode-tnm-stage-group base: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/mcode/StructureDefinition/mcode-cancer-stage-group version: 3.0.0-ballot required: [method, focus]