Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Shared Care FHIR API
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## Resource Profile: ManaakiNgaTahiEncounter - Detailed Descriptions

Active as of 2026-03-03

Definitions for the ManaakiNgaTahiEncounter resource profile.

- Key Elements Table
- Differential Elements Table
- Snapshot Elements Table

Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be foundhere

0. Encounter
Definition | An interaction between a patient and healthcare provider(s) for the purpose of providing healthcare service(s) or assessing the health status of a patient.
Short | An interaction during which services are provided to the patient
Control | 0..*
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Alternate Names | Visit
Invariants | dom-2: If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT contain nested Resources (contained.contained.empty()) dom-3: If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL be referred to from elsewhere in the resource or SHALL refer to the containing resource (contained.where((('#'+id in (%resource.descendants().reference | %resource.descendants().as(canonical) | %resource.descendants().as(uri) | %resource.descendants().as(url))) or descendants().where(reference = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists()).not()).trace('unmatched', id).empty()) dom-4: If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a meta.versionId or a meta.lastUpdated (contained.meta.versionId.empty() and contained.meta.lastUpdated.empty()) dom-5: If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a security label (contained.meta.security.empty()) dom-6: A resource should have narrative for robust management (text.`div`.exists())
2. Encounter.implicitRules
Definition | A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content. Often, this is a reference to an implementation guide that defines the special rules along with other profiles etc.
Short | A set of rules under which this content was created
Comments | Asserting this rule set restricts the content to be only understood by a limited set of trading partners. This inherently limits the usefulness of the data in the long term. However, the existing health eco-system is highly fractured, and not yet ready to define, collect, and exchange data in a generally computable sense. Wherever possible, implementers and/or specification writers should avoid using this element. Often, when used, the URL is a reference to an implementation guide that defines these special rules as part of it's narrative along with other profiles, value sets, etc.
Control | 0..01
Type | uri
Is Modifier | true because This element is labeled as a modifier because the implicit rules may provide additional knowledge about the resource that modifies it's meaning or interpretation
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
4. Encounter.language
Definition | The base language in which the resource is written.
Short | Language of the resource content
Comments | Language is provided to support indexing and accessibility (typically, services such as text to speech use the language tag). The html language tag in the narrative applies to the narrative. The language tag on the resource may be used to specify the language of other presentations generated from the data in the resource. Not all the content has to be in the base language. The Resource.language should not be assumed to apply to the narrative automatically. If a language is specified, it should it also be specified on the div element in the html (see rules in HTML5 for information about the relationship between xml:lang and the html lang attribute).
Control | 0..01
Binding | The codes SHOULD be taken from CommonLanguages http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languages (preferred to `http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languages` ) A human language.
Additional Bindings | Purpose
AllLanguages | Max Binding
Type | code
Is Modifier | false
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
6. Encounter.modifierExtension
Definition | An Extension May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions. Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself).
Short | ExtensionExtensions that cannot be ignored
Comments | There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.
Control | 0..0*
Type | Extension
Is Modifier | true because Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the resource that contains them
Summary | false
Requirements | Modifier extensions allow for extensions that cannot be safely ignored to be clearly distinguished from the vast majority of extensions which can be safely ignored. This promotes interoperability by eliminating the need for implementers to prohibit the presence of extensions. For further information, see the definition of modifier extensions.
Alternate Names | extensions, user content
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (extension.exists() != value.exists())
8. Encounter.identifier
Definition | Identifier(s) by which this encounter is known.
Short | Identifier(s) by which this encounter is known
Note | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion)
Control | 0..0*
Type | Identifier
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
10. Encounter.status
Definition | planned | arrived | triaged | in-progress | onleave | finished | cancelled +.
Short | planned | arrived | triaged | in-progress | onleave | finished | cancelled +
Comments | Note that internal business rules will determine the appropriate transitions that may occur between statuses (and also classes).
Control | 1..1
Binding | The codes SHALL be taken from EncounterStatus http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-status|4.0.1 (required to `http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-status|4.0.1` ) Current state of the encounter.
Type | code
Is Modifier | true because This element is labeled as a modifier because it is a status element that contains status entered-in-error which means that the resource should not be treated as valid
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
12. Encounter.class
Definition | Concepts representing classification of patient encounter such as ambulatory (outpatient), inpatient, emergency, home health or others due to local variations.
Short | Classification of patient encounter
Control | 1..1
Binding | Unless not suitable, these codes SHALL be taken from ActEncounterCode http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-ActEncounterCode (extensible to `http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-ActEncounterCode` ) Classification of the encounter.
Type | Coding
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
14. Encounter.classHistory
Definition | The class history permits the tracking of the encounters transitions without needing to go through the resource history. This would be used for a case where an admission starts of as an emergency encounter, then transitions into an inpatient scenario. Doing this and not restarting a new encounter ensures that any lab/diagnostic results can more easily follow the patient and not require re-processing and not get lost or cancelled during a kind of discharge from emergency to inpatient.
Short | List of past encounter classes
Control | 0..0*
Type | BackboneElement
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
19. Encounter.type
Definition | Specific type of encounter (e.g. e-mail consultation, surgical day-care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation).
Short | Specific type of encounter
Comments | Since there are many ways to further classify encounters, this element is 0..*.
Control | 0..0*
Binding | For example codes, see EncounterType http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-type (example to `http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-type` ) The type of encounter.
Type | CodeableConcept
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
21. Encounter.subject
Definition | The patient or group present at the encounter.
Short | The patient or group present at the encounter
Comments | While the encounter is always about the patient, the patient might not actually be known in all contexts of use, and there may be a group of patients that could be anonymous (such as in a group therapy for Alcoholics Anonymous - where the recording of the encounter could be used for billing on the number of people/staff and not important to the context of the specific patients) or alternately in veterinary care a herd of sheep receiving treatment (where the animals are not individually tracked).
Control | 0..1
Type | Reference(Patient, Group)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Alternate Names | patient
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
23. Encounter.episodeOfCare
Definition | Where a specific encounter should be classified as a part of a specific episode(s) of care this field should be used. This association can facilitate grouping of related encounters together for a specific purpose, such as government reporting, issue tracking, association via a common problem. The association is recorded on the encounter as these are typically created after the episode of care and grouped on entry rather than editing the episode of care to append another encounter to it (the episode of care could span years).
Short | Episode(s) of care that this encounter should be recorded against
Control | 0..0*
Type | Reference(EpisodeOfCare)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
25. Encounter.basedOn
Definition | The request this encounter satisfies (e.g. incoming referral or procedure request).
Short | The ServiceRequest that initiated this encounter
Control | 0..0*
Type | Reference(ServiceRequest)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Alternate Names | incomingReferral
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
27. Encounter.period
Definition | The start and end time of the encounter.
Short | Start | end values must be in UTC timezone on the FHIR serverThe start and end time of the encounter
Comments | If not (yet) known, the end of the Period may be omitted.
Control | 10..1
Type | Period
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
29. Encounter.reasonReference
Definition | Reason the encounter takes place, expressed as a code. For admissions, this can be used for a coded admission diagnosis.
Short | Reason the encounter takes place (reference)
Comments | For systems that need to know which was the primary diagnosis, these will be marked with the standard extension primaryDiagnosis (which is a sequence value rather than a flag, 1 = primary diagnosis).
Control | 0..0*
Type | Reference(Condition, Procedure, Observation, ImmunizationRecommendation)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Alternate Names | Indication, Admission diagnosis
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
31. Encounter.account
Definition | The set of accounts that may be used for billing for this Encounter.
Short | The set of accounts that may be used for billing for this Encounter
Comments | The billing system may choose to allocate billable items associated with the Encounter to different referenced Accounts based on internal business rules.
Control | 0..0*
Type | Reference(Account)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
33. Encounter.hospitalization
Definition | Details about the admission to a healthcare service.
Short | Details about the admission to a healthcare service
Comments | An Encounter may cover more than just the inpatient stay. Contexts such as outpatients, community clinics, and aged care facilities are also included. The duration recorded in the period of this encounter covers the entire scope of this hospitalization record.
Control | 0..01
Type | BackboneElement
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
36. Encounter.partOf
Definition | Another Encounter of which this encounter is a part of (administratively or in time).
Short | Another Encounter this encounter is part of
Comments | This is also used for associating a child's encounter back to the mother's encounter. Refer to the Notes section in the Patient resource for further details.
Control | 0..01
Type | Reference(Encounter)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))

Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be foundhere

0. Encounter
2. Encounter.implicitRules
Control | 0..0
4. Encounter.language
Control | 0..0
6. Encounter.modifierExtension
Control | 0..0
8. Encounter.identifier
Note | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion)
Control | 0..0
10. Encounter.statusHistory
12. Encounter.statusHistory.id
Control | 0..0
14. Encounter.statusHistory.extension
Control | 0..0
16. Encounter.statusHistory.modifierExtension
Control | 0..0
18. Encounter.classHistory
Control | 0..0
20. Encounter.type
Control | 0..0
22. Encounter.subject
Type | Reference(Patient)
24. Encounter.episodeOfCare
Control | 0..0
26. Encounter.basedOn
Control | 0..0
28. Encounter.participant
30. Encounter.participant.id
Control | 0..0
32. Encounter.participant.extension
Control | 0..0
34. Encounter.participant.modifierExtension
Control | 0..0
36. Encounter.participant.individual
Type | Reference(Practitioner)
38. Encounter.period
Short | Start | end values must be in UTC timezone on the FHIR server
Control | 1..?
40. Encounter.reasonReference
Control | 0..0
42. Encounter.diagnosis
44. Encounter.diagnosis.id
Control | 0..0
46. Encounter.diagnosis.extension
Control | 0..0
48. Encounter.diagnosis.modifierExtension
Control | 0..0
50. Encounter.diagnosis.condition
Type | Reference(Condition)
52. Encounter.account
Control | 0..0
54. Encounter.hospitalization
Control | 0..0
56. Encounter.location
58. Encounter.location.id
Control | 0..0
60. Encounter.location.extension
Control | 0..0
62. Encounter.location.modifierExtension
Control | 0..0
64. Encounter.partOf
Control | 0..0

Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be foundhere

0. Encounter
Definition | An interaction between a patient and healthcare provider(s) for the purpose of providing healthcare service(s) or assessing the health status of a patient.
Short | An interaction during which services are provided to the patient
Control | 0..*
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Alternate Names | Visit
Invariants | dom-2: If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT contain nested Resources (`contained.contained.empty()`) dom-3: If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL be referred to from elsewhere in the resource or SHALL refer to the containing resource (`contained.where((('#'+id in (%resource.descendants().reference | %resource.descendants().as(canonical) | %resource.descendants().as(uri) | %resource.descendants().as(url))) or descendants().where(reference = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists() or descendants().where(as(canonical) = '#').exists()).not()).trace('unmatched', id).empty()`) dom-4: If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a meta.versionId or a meta.lastUpdated (`contained.meta.versionId.empty() and contained.meta.lastUpdated.empty()`) dom-5: If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a security label (`contained.meta.security.empty()`) dom-6: A resource should have narrative for robust management (`text.`div`.exists()`)
2. Encounter.id
Definition | The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes.
Short | Logical id of this artifact
Comments | The only time that a resource does not have an id is when it is being submitted to the server using a create operation.
Control | 0..1
Type | id
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
4. Encounter.meta
Definition | The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the resource.
Short | Metadata about the resource
Control | 0..1
Type | Meta
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
6. Encounter.implicitRules
Definition | A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content. Often, this is a reference to an implementation guide that defines the special rules along with other profiles etc.
Short | A set of rules under which this content was created
Comments | Asserting this rule set restricts the content to be only understood by a limited set of trading partners. This inherently limits the usefulness of the data in the long term. However, the existing health eco-system is highly fractured, and not yet ready to define, collect, and exchange data in a generally computable sense. Wherever possible, implementers and/or specification writers should avoid using this element. Often, when used, the URL is a reference to an implementation guide that defines these special rules as part of it's narrative along with other profiles, value sets, etc.
Control | 0..0
Type | uri
Is Modifier | true because This element is labeled as a modifier because the implicit rules may provide additional knowledge about the resource that modifies it's meaning or interpretation
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
8. Encounter.language
Definition | The base language in which the resource is written.
Short | Language of the resource content
Comments | Language is provided to support indexing and accessibility (typically, services such as text to speech use the language tag). The html language tag in the narrative applies to the narrative. The language tag on the resource may be used to specify the language of other presentations generated from the data in the resource. Not all the content has to be in the base language. The Resource.language should not be assumed to apply to the narrative automatically. If a language is specified, it should it also be specified on the div element in the html (see rules in HTML5 for information about the relationship between xml:lang and the html lang attribute).
Control | 0..0
Binding | The codes SHOULD be taken from CommonLanguages (preferred to `http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languages` ) A human language.
Additional Bindings | Purpose
AllLanguages | Max Binding
Type | code
Is Modifier | false
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
10. Encounter.text
Definition | A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used to represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode all the structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it "clinically safe" for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions may define what content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical safety.
Short | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation
Comments | Contained resources do not have narrative. Resources that are not contained SHOULD have a narrative. In some cases, a resource may only have text with little or no additional discrete data (as long as all minOccurs=1 elements are satisfied). This may be necessary for data from legacy systems where information is captured as a "text blob" or where text is additionally entered raw or narrated and encoded information is added later.
Control | 0..1
Type | Narrative
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Alternate Names | narrative, html, xhtml, display
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
12. Encounter.contained
Definition | These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them - they cannot be identified independently, and nor can they have their own independent transaction scope.
Short | Contained, inline Resources
Comments | This should never be done when the content can be identified properly, as once identification is lost, it is extremely difficult (and context dependent) to restore it again. Contained resources may have profiles and tags In their meta elements, but SHALL NOT have security labels.
Control | 0..*
Type | Resource
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Alternate Names | inline resources, anonymous resources, contained resources
14. Encounter.extension
Definition | May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
Short | Additional content defined by implementations
Comments | There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.
Control | 0..*
Type | Extension
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Alternate Names | extensions, user content
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (`extension.exists() != value.exists()`)
16. Encounter.modifierExtension
Definition | An Extension
Short | Extension
Control | 0..0
Type | Extension
Is Modifier | true because Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the resource that contains them
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (`extension.exists() != value.exists()`)
18. Encounter.identifier
Definition | Identifier(s) by which this encounter is known.
Short | Identifier(s) by which this encounter is known
Note | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion)
Control | 0..0
Type | Identifier
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
20. Encounter.status
Definition | planned | arrived | triaged | in-progress | onleave | finished | cancelled +.
Short | planned | arrived | triaged | in-progress | onleave | finished | cancelled +
Comments | Note that internal business rules will determine the appropriate transitions that may occur between statuses (and also classes).
Control | 1..1
Binding | The codes SHALL be taken from EncounterStatus (required to `http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-status|4.0.1` ) Current state of the encounter.
Type | code
Is Modifier | true because This element is labeled as a modifier because it is a status element that contains status entered-in-error which means that the resource should not be treated as valid
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
22. Encounter.statusHistory
Definition | The status history permits the encounter resource to contain the status history without needing to read through the historical versions of the resource, or even have the server store them.
Short | List of past encounter statuses
Comments | The current status is always found in the current version of the resource, not the status history.
Control | 0..*
Type | BackboneElement
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
24. Encounter.statusHistory.id
Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.
Short | Unique id for inter-element referencing
Control | 0..0
Type | string
Is Modifier | false
XML Format | In the XML format, this property is represented as an attribute.
Summary | false
26. Encounter.statusHistory.extension
Definition | An Extension
Short | Extension
Control | 0..0
Type | Extension
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (`extension.exists() != value.exists()`)
28. Encounter.statusHistory.modifierExtension
Definition | An Extension
Short | Extension
Control | 0..0
Type | Extension
Is Modifier | true because Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the element that contains them
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (`extension.exists() != value.exists()`)
30. Encounter.statusHistory.status
Definition | planned | arrived | triaged | in-progress | onleave | finished | cancelled +.
Short | planned | arrived | triaged | in-progress | onleave | finished | cancelled +
Control | 1..1
Binding | The codes SHALL be taken from EncounterStatus (required to `http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-status|4.0.1` ) Current state of the encounter.
Type | code
Is Modifier | false
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
32. Encounter.statusHistory.period
Definition | The time that the episode was in the specified status.
Short | The time that the episode was in the specified status
Control | 1..1
Type | Period
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
34. Encounter.class
Definition | Concepts representing classification of patient encounter such as ambulatory (outpatient), inpatient, emergency, home health or others due to local variations.
Short | Classification of patient encounter
Control | 1..1
Binding | Unless not suitable, these codes SHALL be taken from ActEncounterCode (extensible to `http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-ActEncounterCode` ) Classification of the encounter.
Type | Coding
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
36. Encounter.classHistory
Definition | The class history permits the tracking of the encounters transitions without needing to go through the resource history. This would be used for a case where an admission starts of as an emergency encounter, then transitions into an inpatient scenario. Doing this and not restarting a new encounter ensures that any lab/diagnostic results can more easily follow the patient and not require re-processing and not get lost or cancelled during a kind of discharge from emergency to inpatient.
Short | List of past encounter classes
Control | 0..0
Type | BackboneElement
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
43. Encounter.type
Definition | Specific type of encounter (e.g. e-mail consultation, surgical day-care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation).
Short | Specific type of encounter
Comments | Since there are many ways to further classify encounters, this element is 0..*.
Control | 0..0
Binding | For example codes, see EncounterType (example to `http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-type` ) The type of encounter.
Type | CodeableConcept
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
45. Encounter.serviceType
Definition | Broad categorization of the service that is to be provided (e.g. cardiology).
Short | Specific type of service
Control | 0..1
Binding | For example codes, see ServiceType (example to `http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/service-type` ) Broad categorization of the service that is to be provided.
Type | CodeableConcept
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
47. Encounter.priority
Definition | Indicates the urgency of the encounter.
Short | Indicates the urgency of the encounter
Control | 0..1
Binding | For example codes, see ActPriority (example to `http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-ActPriority` ) Indicates the urgency of the encounter.
Type | CodeableConcept
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
49. Encounter.subject
Definition | The patient or group present at the encounter.
Short | The patient or group present at the encounter
Comments | While the encounter is always about the patient, the patient might not actually be known in all contexts of use, and there may be a group of patients that could be anonymous (such as in a group therapy for Alcoholics Anonymous - where the recording of the encounter could be used for billing on the number of people/staff and not important to the context of the specific patients) or alternately in veterinary care a herd of sheep receiving treatment (where the animals are not individually tracked).
Control | 0..1
Type | Reference(Patient)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Alternate Names | patient
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
51. Encounter.episodeOfCare
Definition | Where a specific encounter should be classified as a part of a specific episode(s) of care this field should be used. This association can facilitate grouping of related encounters together for a specific purpose, such as government reporting, issue tracking, association via a common problem. The association is recorded on the encounter as these are typically created after the episode of care and grouped on entry rather than editing the episode of care to append another encounter to it (the episode of care could span years).
Short | Episode(s) of care that this encounter should be recorded against
Control | 0..0
Type | Reference(EpisodeOfCare)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
53. Encounter.basedOn
Definition | The request this encounter satisfies (e.g. incoming referral or procedure request).
Short | The ServiceRequest that initiated this encounter
Control | 0..0
Type | Reference(ServiceRequest)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Alternate Names | incomingReferral
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
55. Encounter.participant
Definition | The list of people responsible for providing the service.
Short | List of participants involved in the encounter
Control | 0..*
Type | BackboneElement
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
57. Encounter.participant.id
Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.
Short | Unique id for inter-element referencing
Control | 0..0
Type | string
Is Modifier | false
XML Format | In the XML format, this property is represented as an attribute.
Summary | false
59. Encounter.participant.extension
Definition | An Extension
Short | Extension
Control | 0..0
Type | Extension
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (`extension.exists() != value.exists()`)
61. Encounter.participant.modifierExtension
Definition | An Extension
Short | Extension
Control | 0..0
Type | Extension
Is Modifier | true because Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the element that contains them
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (`extension.exists() != value.exists()`)
63. Encounter.participant.type
Definition | Role of participant in encounter.
Short | Role of participant in encounter
Comments | The participant type indicates how an individual participates in an encounter. It includes non-practitioner participants, and for practitioners this is to describe the action type in the context of this encounter (e.g. Admitting Dr, Attending Dr, Translator, Consulting Dr). This is different to the practitioner roles which are functional roles, derived from terms of employment, education, licensing, etc.
Control | 0..*
Binding | Unless not suitable, these codes SHALL be taken from ParticipantType (extensible to `http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-participant-type` ) Role of participant in encounter.
Type | CodeableConcept
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
65. Encounter.participant.period
Definition | The period of time that the specified participant participated in the encounter. These can overlap or be sub-sets of the overall encounter's period.
Short | Period of time during the encounter that the participant participated
Control | 0..1
Type | Period
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
67. Encounter.participant.individual
Definition | Persons involved in the encounter other than the patient.
Short | Persons involved in the encounter other than the patient
Control | 0..1
Type | Reference(Practitioner)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
69. Encounter.appointment
Definition | The appointment that scheduled this encounter.
Short | The appointment that scheduled this encounter
Control | 0..*
Type | Reference(Appointment)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
71. Encounter.period
Definition | The start and end time of the encounter.
Short | Start | end values must be in UTC timezone on the FHIR server
Comments | If not (yet) known, the end of the Period may be omitted.
Control | 1..1
Type | Period
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
73. Encounter.length
Definition | Quantity of time the encounter lasted. This excludes the time during leaves of absence.
Short | Quantity of time the encounter lasted (less time absent)
Comments | May differ from the time the Encounter.period lasted because of leave of absence.
Control | 0..1
Type | Duration
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
75. Encounter.reasonCode
Definition | Reason the encounter takes place, expressed as a code. For admissions, this can be used for a coded admission diagnosis.
Short | Coded reason the encounter takes place
Comments | For systems that need to know which was the primary diagnosis, these will be marked with the standard extension primaryDiagnosis (which is a sequence value rather than a flag, 1 = primary diagnosis).
Control | 0..*
Binding | The codes SHOULD be taken from EncounterReasonCodes (preferred to `http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-reason` ) Reason why the encounter takes place.
Type | CodeableConcept
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Alternate Names | Indication, Admission diagnosis
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
77. Encounter.reasonReference
Definition | Reason the encounter takes place, expressed as a code. For admissions, this can be used for a coded admission diagnosis.
Short | Reason the encounter takes place (reference)
Comments | For systems that need to know which was the primary diagnosis, these will be marked with the standard extension primaryDiagnosis (which is a sequence value rather than a flag, 1 = primary diagnosis).
Control | 0..0
Type | Reference(Condition, Procedure, Observation, ImmunizationRecommendation)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Alternate Names | Indication, Admission diagnosis
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
79. Encounter.diagnosis
Definition | The list of diagnosis relevant to this encounter.
Short | The list of diagnosis relevant to this encounter
Control | 0..*
Type | BackboneElement
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
81. Encounter.diagnosis.id
Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.
Short | Unique id for inter-element referencing
Control | 0..0
Type | string
Is Modifier | false
XML Format | In the XML format, this property is represented as an attribute.
Summary | false
83. Encounter.diagnosis.extension
Definition | An Extension
Short | Extension
Control | 0..0
Type | Extension
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (`extension.exists() != value.exists()`)
85. Encounter.diagnosis.modifierExtension
Definition | An Extension
Short | Extension
Control | 0..0
Type | Extension
Is Modifier | true because Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the element that contains them
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (`extension.exists() != value.exists()`)
87. Encounter.diagnosis.condition
Definition | Reason the encounter takes place, as specified using information from another resource. For admissions, this is the admission diagnosis. The indication will typically be a Condition (with other resources referenced in the evidence.detail), or a Procedure.
Short | The diagnosis or procedure relevant to the encounter
Comments | For systems that need to know which was the primary diagnosis, these will be marked with the standard extension primaryDiagnosis (which is a sequence value rather than a flag, 1 = primary diagnosis).
Control | 1..1
Type | Reference(Condition)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | true
Alternate Names | Admission diagnosis, discharge diagnosis, indication
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
89. Encounter.diagnosis.use
Definition | Role that this diagnosis has within the encounter (e.g. admission, billing, discharge …).
Short | Role that this diagnosis has within the encounter (e.g. admission, billing, discharge …)
Control | 0..1
Binding | The codes SHOULD be taken from DiagnosisRole (preferred to `http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/diagnosis-role` ) The type of diagnosis this condition represents.
Type | CodeableConcept
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
91. Encounter.diagnosis.rank
Definition | Ranking of the diagnosis (for each role type).
Short | Ranking of the diagnosis (for each role type)
Control | 0..1
Type | positiveInt
Is Modifier | false
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
93. Encounter.account
Definition | The set of accounts that may be used for billing for this Encounter.
Short | The set of accounts that may be used for billing for this Encounter
Comments | The billing system may choose to allocate billable items associated with the Encounter to different referenced Accounts based on internal business rules.
Control | 0..0
Type | Reference(Account)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
95. Encounter.hospitalization
Definition | Details about the admission to a healthcare service.
Short | Details about the admission to a healthcare service
Comments | An Encounter may cover more than just the inpatient stay. Contexts such as outpatients, community clinics, and aged care facilities are also included. The duration recorded in the period of this encounter covers the entire scope of this hospitalization record.
Control | 0..0
Type | BackboneElement
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
109. Encounter.location
Definition | List of locations where the patient has been during this encounter.
Short | List of locations where the patient has been
Comments | Virtual encounters can be recorded in the Encounter by specifying a location reference to a location of type "kind" such as "client's home" and an encounter.class = "virtual".
Control | 0..*
Type | BackboneElement
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
111. Encounter.location.id
Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.
Short | Unique id for inter-element referencing
Control | 0..0
Type | string
Is Modifier | false
XML Format | In the XML format, this property is represented as an attribute.
Summary | false
113. Encounter.location.extension
Definition | An Extension
Short | Extension
Control | 0..0
Type | Extension
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (`extension.exists() != value.exists()`)
115. Encounter.location.modifierExtension
Definition | An Extension
Short | Extension
Control | 0..0
Type | Extension
Is Modifier | true because Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the element that contains them
Summary | true
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (`extension.exists() != value.exists()`)
117. Encounter.location.location
Definition | The location where the encounter takes place.
Short | Location the encounter takes place
Control | 1..1
Type | Reference(Location)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
119. Encounter.location.status
Definition | The status of the participants' presence at the specified location during the period specified. If the participant is no longer at the location, then the period will have an end date/time.
Short | planned | active | reserved | completed
Comments | When the patient is no longer active at a location, then the period end date is entered, and the status may be changed to completed.
Control | 0..1
Binding | The codes SHALL be taken from EncounterLocationStatus (required to `http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-location-status|4.0.1` ) The status of the location.
Type | code
Is Modifier | false
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
121. Encounter.location.physicalType
Definition | This will be used to specify the required levels (bed/ward/room/etc.) desired to be recorded to simplify either messaging or query.
Short | The physical type of the location (usually the level in the location hierachy - bed room ward etc.)
Comments | This information is de-normalized from the Location resource to support the easier understanding of the encounter resource and processing in messaging or query. There may be many levels in the hierachy, and this may only pic specific levels that are required for a specific usage scenario.
Control | 0..1
Binding | For example codes, see LocationType (example to `http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/location-physical-type` ) Physical form of the location.
Type | CodeableConcept
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
123. Encounter.location.period
Definition | Time period during which the patient was present at the location.
Short | Time period during which the patient was present at the location
Control | 0..1
Type | Period
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
125. Encounter.serviceProvider
Definition | The organization that is primarily responsible for this Encounter's services. This MAY be the same as the organization on the Patient record, however it could be different, such as if the actor performing the services was from an external organization (which may be billed seperately) for an external consultation. Refer to the example bundle showing an abbreviated set of Encounters for a colonoscopy.
Short | The organization (facility) responsible for this encounter
Control | 0..1
Type | Reference(Organization)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)
127. Encounter.partOf
Definition | Another Encounter of which this encounter is a part of (administratively or in time).
Short | Another Encounter this encounter is part of
Comments | This is also used for associating a child's encounter back to the mother's encounter. Refer to the Notes section in the Patient resource for further details.
Control | 0..0
Type | Reference(Encounter)
Is Modifier | false
Summary | false
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (`hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`)