Encounter

An Encounter represents interactions between a healthcare provider and patient.

Overview

See the FHIR documentation for more information about Encounter resources.

Encounter resources support the following interactions.

When searching for Encounter resources, the following search parameters are supported.

Name	Type	Prefixes Modifiers	Can be Chained?	Description
_id	Token			Resource id.
_lastUpdated	Date	lt le gt ge		When the resource last changed.
_source	Uri	:missing		Where the resource comes from.
admitdate	Date	ne lt le gt ge sa eb ap :missing		Searches for encounters by admit date.
class	Token	:not :in :notin :missing		Classification of patient encounter.
date	Date	ne lt le gt ge sa eb ap :missing		A date within the period the Encounter lasted.
diagnosis	Reference	:missing	yes	The diagnosis or procedure relevant to the encounter.
dischargedate	Date	ne lt le gt ge sa eb ap :missing		Searches for encounters by discharge date.
identifier	Token	:missing		Identifier(s) by which this encounter is known.
location	Reference	:missing	yes	Location the encounter takes place.
participant-type	Token	:not :in :notin :missing		Role of participant in encounter.
patient	Reference	:missing	yes	The patient the Encounter is about.
practitioner	Reference	:missing	yes	Persons involved in the encounter other than the patient.
provenance-agent	Reference	:missing	yes	Search by provenance, specified by its author (aka originator) Organization.
reason-code	Token	:not :in :notin :missing		Coded reason the encounter takes place.
status	Token	:missing		planned \| arrived \| triaged \| in-progress \| onleave \| finished \| cancelled +.
type	Token	:not :in :notin :missing		Specific type of encounter.

When searching Encounter resources, it is possible to sort the returned values by the following search parameters.

Only one sort parameter may be specified.

When searching Encounter resources, it is possible to include the resources referenced by the following field names.