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Get a specimen by ID

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/Specimen/{id}

Note: The FHIR API endpoints described below are currently pending production deployment for electronic health record (EHR) environments. Developers are welcome and encouraged to develop against the specifications in anticipation of production availability, which will be announced at a later date.

Retrieves an individual specimen by the associated ID.

Request

Path Parameters

• id(required): string
  The logical resource ID.

Header Parameters

• accept(required): string

  The media type to be requested.

  Example: application/fhir+json

• authorization(required): string
  The credentials to authenticate a consumer to the service. This should be the OAuth2 Bearer Token.

There's no request body for this operation.

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Response

200 Response

Successful retrieve response.

Body ()

Root Schema : Specimen

Type: object

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• accessionIdentifier: accessionIdentifier
  The identifier assigned by the laboratory.
• collection: collection
  The collection details.
• condition: array condition
  The state of the specimen.
• container: array container
  The direct container of the specimen.
• id(required): string
• identifier: array identifier
  The external identifier.
• receivedTime: string (date-time)
  The time when the specimen was received for processing.
• resourceType(required): string
  Allowed Values: [ "Specimen" ]
• status: string
  The following values are supported:

  • available
  • unavailable
  • unsatisfactory
  • entered-in-error
• subject: subject
  (USCDI) The patient where the specimen came from.
• type(required): type
  (USCDI) The type of material that forms the specimen.

{
    "type":"object",
    "required":[
        "resourceType",
        "id",
        "type"
    ],
    "properties":{
        "resourceType":{
            "type":"string",
            "enum":[
                "Specimen"
            ]
        },
        "id":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "identifier":{
            "type":"array",
            "description":"The external identifier.",
            "items":{
                "$ref":"#/components/schemas/Identifier"
            }
        },
        "accessionIdentifier":{
            "allOf":[
                {
                    "$ref":"#/components/schemas/Identifier"
                }
            ],
            "description":"The identifier assigned by the laboratory."
        },
        "status":{
            "type":"string",
            "description":"The following values are supported:\n  <ul>\n    <li><code>available</code></li>\n    <li><code>unavailable</code></li>\n    <li><code>unsatisfactory</code></li>\n    <li><code>entered-in-error</code></li>\n  </ul>\n"
        },
        "type":{
            "allOf":[
                {
                    "$ref":"#/components/schemas/CodeableConcept"
                }
            ],
            "description":"(USCDI) The type of material that forms the specimen."
        },
        "subject":{
            "allOf":[
                {
                    "$ref":"#/components/schemas/Reference"
                }
            ],
            "description":"(USCDI) The patient where the specimen came from."
        },
        "receivedTime":{
            "type":"string",
            "format":"date-time",
            "description":"The time when the specimen was received for processing."
        },
        "collection":{
            "allOf":[
                {
                    "$ref":"#/components/schemas/SpecimenCollection"
                }
            ],
            "description":"The collection details."
        },
        "container":{
            "type":"array",
            "description":"The direct container of the specimen.",
            "items":{
                "$ref":"#/components/schemas/SpecimenContainer"
            }
        },
        "condition":{
            "type":"array",
            "description":"The state of the specimen.",
            "items":{
                "$ref":"#/components/schemas/CodeableConcept"
            }
        }
    }
}

Nested Schema : accessionIdentifier

The identifier assigned by the laboratory.

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The identifier assigned by the laboratory.

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• object Identifier

{
    "allOf":[
        {
            "$ref":"#/components/schemas/Identifier"
        }
    ],
    "description":"The identifier assigned by the laboratory."
}

Nested Schema : collection

The collection details.

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The collection details.

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• object SpecimenCollection

{
    "allOf":[
        {
            "$ref":"#/components/schemas/SpecimenCollection"
        }
    ],
    "description":"The collection details."
}

Nested Schema : condition

Type: array

The state of the specimen.

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• Array of: object CodeableConcept

{
    "type":"array",
    "description":"The state of the specimen.",
    "items":{
        "$ref":"#/components/schemas/CodeableConcept"
    }
}

Nested Schema : container

Type: array

The direct container of the specimen.

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• Array of: object SpecimenContainer

{
    "type":"array",
    "description":"The direct container of the specimen.",
    "items":{
        "$ref":"#/components/schemas/SpecimenContainer"
    }
}

Nested Schema : identifier

Type: array

The external identifier.

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• Array of: object Identifier

{
    "type":"array",
    "description":"The external identifier.",
    "items":{
        "$ref":"#/components/schemas/Identifier"
    }
}

Nested Schema : subject

(USCDI) The patient where the specimen came from.

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(USCDI) The patient where the specimen came from.

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• object Reference

{
    "allOf":[
        {
            "$ref":"#/components/schemas/Reference"
        }
    ],
    "description":"(USCDI) The patient where the specimen came from."
}

Nested Schema : type

(USCDI) The type of material that forms the specimen.

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(USCDI) The type of material that forms the specimen.

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• object CodeableConcept

{
    "allOf":[
        {
            "$ref":"#/components/schemas/CodeableConcept"
        }
    ],
    "description":"(USCDI) The type of material that forms the specimen."
}

Nested Schema : Identifier

Type: object

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• system(required): string (uri)
• value(required): string

{
    "type":"object",
    "required":[
        "system",
        "value"
    ],
    "properties":{
        "system":{
            "type":"string",
            "format":"uri"
        },
        "value":{
            "type":"string"
        }
    }
}

Nested Schema : SpecimenCollection

Type: object

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• collectedDateTime: string (date-time)
  The collection time.
• collectedPeriod: object collectedPeriod
  The collection time.
• collector: collector
  Who collected the specimen.

{
    "type":"object",
    "properties":{
        "collector":{
            "allOf":[
                {
                    "$ref":"#/components/schemas/Reference"
                }
            ],
            "description":"Who collected the specimen."
        },
        "collectedDateTime":{
            "type":"string",
            "format":"date-time",
            "description":"The collection time."
        },
        "collectedPeriod":{
            "type":"object",
            "properties":{
                "start":{
                    "type":"string",
                    "format":"date-time"
                },
                "end":{
                    "type":"string",
                    "format":"date-time"
                }
            },
            "description":"The collection time."
        }
    }
}

Nested Schema : collectedPeriod

Type: object

The collection time.

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• end: string (date-time)
• start: string (date-time)

{
    "type":"object",
    "properties":{
        "start":{
            "type":"string",
            "format":"date-time"
        },
        "end":{
            "type":"string",
            "format":"date-time"
        }
    },
    "description":"The collection time."
}

Nested Schema : collector

Who collected the specimen.

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Who collected the specimen.

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• object Reference

{
    "allOf":[
        {
            "$ref":"#/components/schemas/Reference"
        }
    ],
    "description":"Who collected the specimen."
}

Nested Schema : Reference

Type: object

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• reference: string
• type: string

{
    "type":"object",
    "properties":{
        "reference":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "type":{
            "type":"string"
        }
    }
}

Nested Schema : CodeableConcept

Type: object

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• coding: array coding
• text: string

{
    "type":"object",
    "properties":{
        "coding":{
            "type":"array",
            "items":{
                "$ref":"#/components/schemas/Coding"
            }
        },
        "text":{
            "type":"string"
        }
    }
}

Nested Schema : coding

Type: array

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• Array of: object Coding

{
    "type":"array",
    "items":{
        "$ref":"#/components/schemas/Coding"
    }
}

Nested Schema : Coding

Type: object

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• code: string
• display: string
• system: string (uri)

{
    "type":"object",
    "properties":{
        "system":{
            "type":"string",
            "format":"uri"
        },
        "code":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "display":{
            "type":"string"
        }
    }
}

Nested Schema : SpecimenContainer

Type: object

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• identifier: array identifier
  The ID for the container.

{
    "type":"object",
    "properties":{
        "identifier":{
            "type":"array",
            "description":"The ID for the container.",
            "items":{
                "$ref":"#/components/schemas/Identifier"
            }
        }
    }
}

Nested Schema : identifier

Type: array

The ID for the container.

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• Array of: object Identifier

{
    "type":"array",
    "description":"The ID for the container.",
    "items":{
        "$ref":"#/components/schemas/Identifier"
    }
}

Default Response

An OperationOutcome describing any error that occurred.

Body ()

Root Schema : OperationOutcome

Type: object

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• issue(required): array issue
• resourceType(required): string
  Allowed Values: [ "OperationOutcome" ]

{
    "type":"object",
    "required":[
        "resourceType",
        "issue"
    ],
    "properties":{
        "resourceType":{
            "type":"string",
            "enum":[
                "OperationOutcome"
            ]
        },
        "issue":{
            "type":"array",
            "items":{
                "type":"object",
                "required":[
                    "severity",
                    "code"
                ],
                "properties":{
                    "severity":{
                        "type":"string"
                    },
                    "code":{
                        "type":"string"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Nested Schema : issue

Type: array

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• Array of: object items

{
    "type":"array",
    "items":{
        "type":"object",
        "required":[
            "severity",
            "code"
        ],
        "properties":{
            "severity":{
                "type":"string"
            },
            "code":{
                "type":"string"
            }
        }
    }
}

Nested Schema : items

Type: object

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• code(required): string
• severity(required): string

{
    "type":"object",
    "required":[
        "severity",
        "code"
    ],
    "properties":{
        "severity":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "code":{
            "type":"string"
        }
    }
}

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