Specimen
A Specimen resource represents a sample used for analysis.
Overview
See the FHIR documentation for more information about Specimen resources.
Mapped Concepts in HIEBus
- LabReportSpecimen
- LabReport
Supported Interactions
Specimen resources support the following interactions.
Search Parameters
When searching for Specimen resources, the following search parameters are supported.
| Name | Type | Prefixes
Modifiers |
Can be Chained? | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _id | Token | Resource id. | ||
| _lastUpdated | Date | ne lt le gt ge sa eb ap | When the resource last changed. | |
| _source | Uri | :missing | Where the resource comes from. | |
| bodysite | Token | :not :in :notin :missing | The code for the body site from where the specimen originated. | |
| date | Date | ne lt le gt ge sa eb ap :missing | See the HL7 FHIR documentation. | |
| encounter | Reference | :missing | yes | Searches for specimens by their associated encounter. |
| identifier | Token | :missing | The unique identifier associated with the specimen. | |
| patient | Reference | :missing | yes | The patient the Specimen is about. |
| provenance-agent | Reference | :missing | yes | Search by provenance, specified by its author (aka originator) Organization. |
| subject | Reference | :missing | yes | The patient the Specimen is about. Functionally identical to the "patient" search parameter. |
| type | Token | :not :in :notin :missing | The specimen type. |
Sortable Parameters
When searching Specimen resources, it is possible to sort the returned values by the following search parameters.
- _id
- identifier
Only one sort parameter may be specified.
Supported Includes
When searching Specimen resources, it is possible to include the resources referenced by the following field names.
- Encounter
- Patient
- Provenance Agent
- Subject
