description: A reference to a document.
package_name: hl7.fhir.core
derivation: specialization
name: DocumentReference
type: DocumentReference
elements:
  description: {short: Human-readable description (title), type: string, isSummary: true, index: 17}
  date: {short: When this document reference was created, type: instant, isSummary: true, index: 8}
  docStatus: {short: preliminary | final | appended | amended | entered-in-error, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 3}
  content:
    min: 1
    short: Document referenced
    index: 19
    type: BackboneElement
    array: true
    elements:
      attachment: {short: Where to access the document, type: Attachment, isSummary: true, index: 20}
      format: {short: Format/content rules for the document, type: Coding, isSummary: true, index: 21}
    required: [attachment]
    isSummary: true
  type: {short: Kind of document (LOINC if possible), type: CodeableConcept, isSummary: true, index: 4}
  created: {short: Document creation time, type: dateTime, index: 7}
  agent:
    short: Agent involved
    type: BackboneElement
    array: true
    isSummary: true
    index: 9
    elements:
      type: {short: How agent participated, type: CodeableConcept, isSummary: true, index: 10}
      who:
        short: Who and/or what authored the document
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/PractitionerRole', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson']
        type: Reference
        isSummary: true
        index: 11
    required: [who]
  masterIdentifier: {short: Master Version Specific Identifier, type: Identifier, isSummary: true, index: 0}
  custodian:
    short: Organization which maintains the document
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization']
    type: Reference
    index: 13
  status: {isModifier: true, short: current | superseded | entered-in-error, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 2}
  class: {short: Categorization of document, type: CodeableConcept, isSummary: true, index: 5}
  identifier: {short: Other identifiers for the document, type: Identifier, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 1}
  relatesTo:
    isModifier: true
    short: Relationships to other documents
    type: BackboneElement
    array: true
    isSummary: true
    index: 14
    elements:
      code: {short: replaces | transforms | signs | appends, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 15}
      target:
        short: Target of the relationship
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DocumentReference']
        type: Reference
        isSummary: true
        index: 16
    required: [target, code]
  context:
    short: Clinical context of document
    type: BackboneElement
    isSummary: true
    index: 22
    elements:
      encounter:
        short: Context of the document  content
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Encounter']
        type: Reference
        index: 23
      event: {short: Main clinical acts documented, type: CodeableConcept, array: true, index: 24}
      period: {short: Time of service that is being documented, type: Period, isSummary: true, index: 25}
      facilityType: {short: Kind of facility where patient was seen, type: CodeableConcept, index: 26}
      practiceSetting: {short: Additional details about where the content was created (e.g. clinical specialty), type: CodeableConcept, index: 27}
      sourcePatientInfo:
        short: Patient demographics from source
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient']
        type: Reference
        index: 28
      related:
        short: Related identifiers or resources
        type: BackboneElement
        array: true
        index: 29
        elements:
          identifier: {short: Identifier of related objects or events, type: Identifier, index: 30}
          ref:
            short: Related Resource
            refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Resource']
            type: Reference
            index: 31
  securityLabel: {short: Document security-tags, type: CodeableConcept, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 18}
  subject:
    short: Who/what is the subject of the document
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Group', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner']
    type: Reference
    isSummary: true
    index: 6
  authenticator:
    short: Who/what authenticated the document
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner']
    type: Reference
    index: 12
package_version: 3.2.0
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DocumentReference
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: null
required: [status, content]