Stream: IG creation
Topic: Proper way to fix a vital signs quantity unit
Jean Duteau (Jun 16 2021 at 15:15):
I have a guide where we want to mandate BodyHeight to be in cm and BodyWeight to be in kg. Right now, I'm specifying that the quantity.code and quantity.unit should be "cm" or "kg". is that the right way? Should I just be fixing the code?
Chris Moesel (Jun 16 2021 at 16:24):
The spec has this to say about Quantity.unit:
The
unitelement contains a displayable unit that defines what is measured.
That seems to hint that (at least when code is present), unit acts much like Coding.display. It's usually bad form to fix the display, so I'd assume that it's probably bad form to fix unit as well (unless there is no way to represent the unit as a code).
Chris Moesel (Jun 16 2021 at 16:27):
You might also have a look at this thread where Grahame says that the "unit is freeform - what the user saw".
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