Stream: argonaut
Topic: US CORE DiagnosticReport
Joyce Dunlop (May 11 2018 at 18:24):
Good Morning,
I am new to Zulip but working with the US Core profiles for the DiagnosticReport.
Speaking specifically to this requirement:
One category in DiagnosticReport.category which must have:
a fixed DiagnosticReport.category.coding.system= “http://hl7.org/fhir/DiagnosticReport-category”
a fixed DiagnosticReport.category.coding.code= “LAB”
The Standard FHIR DiagnosicReport says it can only have 0 to 1 Category. If that one category has to be a lab, would it stand to reason that US core does not support any other Codes within https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-diagnostic-service-sections.html. I am working with Data that has Radiology (RAD) as an example.
Thanks,
Joyce
Lloyd McKenzie (May 11 2018 at 18:31):
It only has 0..1 category, but each category can have 0..* codings. So you're free to convey the concept of "lab" in other code systems too. What you can't do is send a code that conveys a category that's orthogonal to "lab".
Joyce Dunlop (May 11 2018 at 18:34):
Thank you for the Quick Response. I will take another look.
Eric Haas (May 11 2018 at 21:54):
That is correct the USCore DR scope is Lab. We have discussed other scopes in the past but have not created a profile for them.. You can certainly create your own profile that mimics USCore DR for Imaging, but it would not conform to USCore. Or you could submit a tracker to suggest that we have a single USCore DR profile that covers more than lab.
Jay Lyle (Aug 06 2018 at 12:13):
And we are free, I take it, to add more specific codes (micro, chem) in the same (or other) system?
Lloyd McKenzie (Aug 06 2018 at 14:29):
Additional translations are always fine so long as they're describing the full concept, not different aspects of the concept.
Eric Haas (Aug 06 2018 at 15:44):
although both micro and chem are existing codes...
Eric Haas (Aug 06 2018 at 15:46):
and after a certain point in specificity you might as well just search on code.
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