This resource contains details of a clinical diagnosis, problem, or other concept that needs to be conveyed for context about a patient’s wellness. This could be sent before a patient visit or received as a follow-up. A condition may or may not be related to a specific encounter and may be active, resolved, or recurring.
You can review or retrieve condition information.
_search
Query for a patient’s clinical information from one provider. Review tips for condition or diagnosis searches.
cURL request example
Request Body Schema
- categoryArray of string
The category of the condition
- clinical-statusArray of string
active | recurrence | relapse | inactive | remission | resolved
- encounterArray of string
The encounter associated with the condition
- patientArray of string
Who has the condition?
- patient.identifierArray of string
One or more external identifiers for the patient
- recorded-dateArray of string
The date on which the condition was recorded
- resourceTyperequired, string
Identifies the type of the resource
Value:Bundle
- typerequired, string
Identifies this bundle as a response to a search
Value:searchset
- totalrequired, number
The total number of matches
- entryArray of Condition or Other
A resource matching the search criteria or related to a matching resource
- resourcerequired, object
A clinical condition, problem, diagnosis, health concern, or other event, situation, issue, or clinical concept that has risen to a level of concern.
- resourceTyperequired, string
Identifies the type of the resource
Value:Condition
- categoryrequired, Array of us-core or Other
A category assigned to the condition.
- codingrequired, Array of object
A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.
- coderequired, string
A symbol in syntax defined by the system. The symbol may be a predefined code or an expression in a syntax defined by the coding system (e.g. post-coordination).
Value:problem-list-item
- systemrequired, string
The identification of the code system that defines the meaning of the symbol in the code.
Value:http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-category
- textstring
A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.
Categorizes this Condition as an entry on the patient's problem list
- coderequired, object
Identification of the condition, problem or diagnosis.
- extensionArray of OriginalText or Other
May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. 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.
- urlrequired, string
Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.
Value:http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/originalText
- valueStringrequired, string
The original text
A human language representation of the concept (resource/element) as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the full intended meaning of the user.
See http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/originalText for more information
- codingArray of object
A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.
- systemstring
The identification of the code system that defines the meaning of the symbol in the code.
- codestring
A symbol in syntax defined by the system. The symbol may be a predefined code or an expression in a syntax defined by the coding system (e.g. post-coordination).
- textstring
A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.
- subjectrequired, object
Indicates the patient or group who the condition record is associated with.
Must be a resource of type
Patient
.- referencestring
A reference to another resource. This is typically either a relative reference which includes the resource type and ID, or an internal reference which starts with
#
and refers to a contained resource.
- idstring
The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes.
- identifierArray of object
Business identifiers assigned to this condition by the performer or other systems which remain constant as the resource is updated and propagates from server to server.
- extensionArray of Boolean, String, CodeableConcept, Coding
May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. 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.
- urlrequired, string
Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.
- valueBooleanboolean
A single value for the extension.
- usestring
The purpose of this identifier.
Possible Values:usual
,official
,temp
,secondary
,old (If known)
- systemstring
Establishes the namespace for the value - that is, a URL that describes a set values that are unique.
- valuestring
The portion of the identifier typically relevant to the user and which is unique within the context of the system.
- clinicalStatusstring
The clinical status of the condition.
Possible Values:active
,recurrence
,relapse
,inactive
,remission
,resolved
- verificationStatusstring
The verification status to support the clinical status of the condition.
Possible Values:unconfirmed
,provisional
,differential
,confirmed
,refuted
,entered-in-error
- severityobject
A subjective assessment of the severity of the condition as evaluated by the clinician.
- codingArray of object
A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.
- systemstring
The identification of the code system that defines the meaning of the symbol in the code.
- codestring
A symbol in syntax defined by the system. The symbol may be a predefined code or an expression in a syntax defined by the coding system (e.g. post-coordination).
- textstring
A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.
- encounterobject
The Encounter during which this Condition was created or to which the creation of this record is tightly associated.
Must be a resource of type
Encounter
.- referencestring
A reference to another resource. This is typically either a relative reference which includes the resource type and ID, or an internal reference which starts with
#
and refers to a contained resource.
- recordedDatestring
The recordedDate represents when this particular Condition record was created in the system, which is often a system-generated date.
- recorderobject
Individual who recorded the record and takes responsibility for its content.
Must reference one of the following types of resources:
Practitioner
PractitionerRole
Patient
RelatedPerson
- referencestring
A reference to another resource. This is typically either a relative reference which includes the resource type and ID, or an internal reference which starts with
#
and refers to a contained resource.
- noteArray of object
Additional information about the Condition. This is a general notes/comments entry for description of the Condition, its diagnosis and prognosis.
- textrequired, string
The text of the annotation in markdown format.
- onsetDateTimestring
Estimated or actual date or date-time the condition began, in the opinion of the clinician.
- abatementDateTimestring
The date or estimated date that the condition resolved or went into remission. This is called "abatement" because of the many overloaded connotations associated with "remission" or "resolution" - Conditions are never really resolved, but they can abate.
- searchrequired, object
Information about the search process that lead to the creation of this entry.
- moderequired, string
Identifies the Condition as matching the search parameters
Value:match
Response to a Condition search operation