Stream: implementers
Topic: Difference between code and valueCodeableConcept?
Nath (Feb 11 2020 at 14:12):
Could someone explain what is the difference between <code><coding> ... and <valueCodeableConcept> ?. Both look exactly same from the structure wise inside observation resource. Sorry I looked at the documentation and could not quite understand when to use which.
thanks a lot for your help
Lloyd McKenzie (Feb 11 2020 at 18:17):
Observation.code is defining what kind of Observation occurred. Observation.valueCodeableConcept is describing what was observed. So you might have a code that says "skin color" and a valueCodeableConcept that says "grayish-blue". You can also have Observation.code present with something like "systolic blood pressure" and instead of valueCodeableConcept, you'd have valueQuantity. Think of Observation as a name-value pair. The code is the name and the value is the value. Sometimes the value happens to be a code.
Nath (Feb 12 2020 at 14:55):
thanks @Lloyd McKenzie for the clarification.
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