description: Reporting of the stage group representing the overall extent of a cancer, based on AJCC staging guidelines.
package_name: hl7.fhir.us.mcode
derivation: constraint
name: TNMStageGroup
type: Observation
elements:
  code:
    binding: {strength: preferred, 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:
    short: Element containing the T, N, and M categories as references to separate T, N, M observations. The referenced resources are observations leading to the Stage Group reported in the current resource.
    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:
        TNMCategory:
          match: {}
          schema: {mustSupport: true, array: true, max: 3, index: 6}
          min: 0
          max: 3
  component: {short: Not used in this profile, index: 7}
package_version: 4.0.0-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
version: 4.0.0-ballot
required: [method, focus]