description: Base StructureDefinition for Appointment Resource
package_name: hl7.fhir.r3.examples
derivation: specialization
name: Appointment
type: Appointment
elements:
  description: {type: string, short: 'Shown on a subject line in a meeting request, or appointment list', index: 9}
  serviceCategory: {short: A broad categorisation of the service that is to be performed during this appointment, type: CodeableConcept, isSummary: true, index: 2}
  slot:
    short: The slots that this appointment is filling
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Slot']
    type: Reference
    array: true
    index: 14
  specialty: {short: The specialty of a practitioner that would be required to perform the service requested in this appointment, type: CodeableConcept, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 4}
  indication:
    short: Reason the appointment is to takes place (resource)
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Condition', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Procedure']
    type: Reference
    array: true
    index: 7
  requestedPeriod: {short: Potential date/time interval(s) requested to allocate the appointment within, type: Period, array: true, index: 23}
  start: {short: When appointment is to take place, type: instant, isSummary: true, index: 11}
  created: {short: The date that this appointment was initially created, type: dateTime, index: 15}
  participant:
    constraint:
      app-1: {human: Either the type or actor on the participant SHALL be specified, severity: error, expression: type.exists() or actor.exists()}
    min: 1
    short: Participants involved in appointment
    index: 18
    type: BackboneElement
    array: true
    elements:
      type: {short: Role of participant in the appointment, type: CodeableConcept, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 19}
      actor:
        short: Person, Location/HealthcareService or Device
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/HealthcareService', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Location', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson']
        type: Reference
        isSummary: true
        index: 20
      required: {short: required | optional | information-only, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 21}
      status: {short: accepted | declined | tentative | needs-action, type: code, index: 22}
    required: [status]
  serviceType: {short: The specific service that is to be performed during this appointment, type: CodeableConcept, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 3}
  incomingReferral:
    short: The ReferralRequest provided as information to allocate to the Encounter
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ReferralRequest']
    type: Reference
    array: true
    index: 17
  reason: {short: Reason this appointment is scheduled, type: CodeableConcept, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 6}
  supportingInformation:
    short: Additional information to support the appointment
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Resource']
    type: Reference
    array: true
    index: 10
  priority: {short: Used to make informed decisions if needing to re-prioritize, type: unsignedInt, index: 8}
  appointmentType: {short: The style of appointment or patient that has been booked in the slot (not service type), type: CodeableConcept, isSummary: true, index: 5}
  status: {isModifier: true, short: proposed | pending | booked | arrived | fulfilled | cancelled | noshow | entered-in-error, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 1}
  comment: {short: Additional comments, type: string, index: 16}
  minutesDuration: {type: positiveInt, short: Can be less than start/end (e.g. estimate), index: 13}
  identifier: {short: External Ids for this item, type: Identifier, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 0}
  end: {short: When appointment is to conclude, type: instant, isSummary: true, index: 12}
package_version: 3.0.2
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Appointment
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: null
required: [participant, status]