Encounter
This topic describes information for the Encounter resource.
To interact with the REST endpoints in the Encounter resource, see Encounter.
Overview
The Encounter resource provides admissions or visits during which healthcare services were provided to a patient. An encounter has a class to distinguish between different healthcare settings such as inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and so on. A patient may have one medical record number with multiple encounter numbers per facility or organization. Substantial variance exists between organizations in the definition of an encounter and what events are aggregated together to constitute an encounter.
Note:
The examples provided here are non-normative and replaying them in the public sandbox is not guaranteed to yield the results shown on the site. Themeta.security
field is present only when a problem or diagnosis is marked as confidential.
Fields
Terminology Mappings
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Description: The type used to determine which identifier to use for a specific purpose.
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Details: Identifier Type Codes
System:
http://hl7.org/fhir/identifier-type
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Details: v2 Identifier Type
System:
https://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0203
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Description: The type of encounter.
Note:
Currently not bound to any terminology. -
Description: Indicates the urgency of the encounter.
Details: Encounter Priority
System:
https://hl7.org/fhir/encounter-priority
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Description: Role of participant in encounter.
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Details: ParticipantType
System:
http://hl7.org/fhir/participant-type
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Details: v3 Code System ParticipationType
System:
https://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ParticipationType
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Description: The type of encounter.
Note:
Currently not bound to any terminology. The value would always be returned as a free-text value. -
Encounter.hospitalization.admitSource
Description: From where patient was admitted.
Details: AdmitSource
System:
https://hl7.org/fhir/admit-source
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Encounter.hospitalization.dietPreference
Description: Medical, cultural or ethical food preferences to help with catering requirements.
Details: Diet
System:
https://hl7.org/fhir/diet
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Encounter.hospitalization.specialCourtesy
Description: Special courtesies.
Details: v3 Code System EncounterSpecialCourtesy
System:
https://hl7.org/fhir/v3/EncounterSpecialCourtesy
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Encounter.hospitalization.specialArrangement
Description: Special arrangements.
Details: SpecialArrangements
System:
https://hl7.org/fhir/encounter-special-arrangements
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Encounter.hospitalization.dischargeDisposition
Description: Discharge Disposition.
Details: DischargeDisposition
System:
https://hl7.org/fhir/discharge-disposition
Custom Extensions
All URLs for custom extensions are defined as
https://fhir-ehr.cerner.com/dstu2/StructureDefinition/{id}