description: An interaction between a patient and healthcare provider(s) for the purpose of providing healthcare service(s) or assessing the health status of a patient. package_name: hl7.fhir.core derivation: specialization name: Encounter type: Encounter elements: appointment: short: The appointment that scheduled this encounter refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Appointment'] type: Reference isSummary: true index: 19 diagnosis: short: The list of diagnosis relevant to this encounter type: BackboneElement array: true isSummary: true index: 23 elements: condition: short: Reason the encounter takes place (resource) refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Condition', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Procedure'] type: Reference isSummary: true index: 24 role: {short: 'Role that this diagnosis has within the encounter (e.g. admission, billing, discharge …)', type: CodeableConcept, index: 25} rank: {type: positiveInt, short: Ranking of the diagnosis (for each role type), index: 26} required: [condition] serviceProvider: short: The organization (facility) responsible for this encounter refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization'] type: Reference index: 42 episodeOfCare: short: Episode(s) of care that this encounter should be recorded against refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/EpisodeOfCare'] type: Reference array: true isSummary: true index: 13 type: {short: Specific type of encounter, type: CodeableConcept, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 9} participant: short: List of participants involved in the encounter type: BackboneElement array: true isSummary: true index: 15 elements: type: {short: Role of participant in encounter, type: CodeableConcept, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 16} period: {type: Period, short: Period of time during the encounter that the participant participated, index: 17} individual: short: Persons involved in the encounter other than the patient refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson'] type: Reference isSummary: true index: 18 serviceType: {short: Specific type of service, type: CodeableConcept, isSummary: true, index: 10} account: short: The set of accounts that may be used for billing for this Encounter refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Account'] type: Reference array: true index: 27 classHistory: short: List of past encounter classes type: BackboneElement array: true index: 6 elements: class: {short: inpatient | outpatient | ambulatory | emergency +, type: Coding, index: 7} period: {type: Period, short: The time that the episode was in the specified class, index: 8} required: [class, period] incomingReferral: short: The ServiceRequest that initiated this encounter refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ServiceRequest'] type: Reference array: true index: 14 reason: {short: Reason the encounter takes place (code), type: CodeableConcept, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 22} priority: {short: Indicates the urgency of the encounter, type: CodeableConcept, index: 11} status: {isModifier: true, short: planned | arrived | triaged | in-progress | onleave | finished | cancelled +, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 1} class: {short: inpatient | outpatient | ambulatory | emergency +, type: Coding, isSummary: true, index: 5} length: {short: Quantity of time the encounter lasted (less time absent), type: Duration, index: 21} identifier: {short: Identifier(s) by which this encounter is known, type: Identifier, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 0} hospitalization: short: Details about the admission to a healthcare service type: BackboneElement index: 28 elements: dischargeDisposition: {short: Category or kind of location after discharge, type: CodeableConcept, index: 37} preAdmissionIdentifier: {type: Identifier, short: Pre-admission identifier, index: 29} specialArrangement: {short: 'Wheelchair, translator, stretcher, etc.', type: CodeableConcept, array: true, index: 35} dietPreference: {short: Diet preferences reported by the patient, type: CodeableConcept, array: true, index: 33} admitSource: {short: 'From where patient was admitted (physician referral, transfer)', type: CodeableConcept, index: 31} specialCourtesy: {short: 'Special courtesies (VIP, board member)', type: CodeableConcept, array: true, index: 34} reAdmission: {short: 'The type of hospital re-admission that has occurred (if any). If the value is absent, then this is not identified as a readmission', type: CodeableConcept, index: 32} origin: short: The location from which the patient came before admission refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Location'] type: Reference index: 30 destination: short: Location to which the patient is discharged refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Location'] type: Reference index: 36 period: {short: The start and end time of the encounter, type: Period, index: 20} partOf: short: Another Encounter this encounter is part of refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Encounter'] type: Reference index: 43 location: short: List of locations where the patient has been type: BackboneElement array: true index: 38 elements: location: short: Location the encounter takes place refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Location'] type: Reference index: 39 status: {short: planned | active | reserved | completed, type: code, index: 40} period: {type: Period, short: Time period during which the patient was present at the location, index: 41} required: [location] subject: short: The patient or group present at the encounter refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Group', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient'] type: Reference isSummary: true index: 12 statusHistory: short: List of past encounter statuses type: BackboneElement array: true index: 2 elements: status: {short: planned | arrived | triaged | in-progress | onleave | finished | cancelled +, type: code, index: 3} period: {type: Period, short: The time that the episode was in the specified status, index: 4} required: [status, period] package_version: 3.2.0 class: resource kind: resource url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Encounter base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource version: null required: [status]