| Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: 1 | Informative | Use Context: Any | 
URL for this extension:
http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-specialHandling
Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR WG
Special handling during the collection, transport, or storage of the specimen.
Context of Use: Use on Element ID Specimen.collection
Summary
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]()  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]()  | 0..* | CodeableConcept | URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-specialHandling specialHandling: Special handling during the collection, transport, or storage of the specimen. Use on Element ID Specimen.collection  | |
  Documentation for this format | ||||
Full Structure
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]()  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]()  | 0..* | Extension | URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-specialHandling specialHandling: Special handling during the collection, transport, or storage of the specimen. Use on Element ID Specimen.collection  | |
![]() ![]()  | 0..0 | |||
![]() ![]()  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-specialHandling" | |
![]() ![]()  | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension | |
  Documentation for this format | ||||
XML Template
<!-- specialHandling --><extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-specialHandling" > <!-- from Element: extension --> <valueCodeableConcept><!--
1..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension --></valueCodeableConcept> </extension>
JSON Template
{ // specialHandling
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-specialHandling", // R! 
    "valueCodeableConcept" : { CodeableConcept } // C? R! Value of extension
  }
 Summary
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]()  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]()  | 0..* | CodeableConcept | URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-specialHandling specialHandling: Special handling during the collection, transport, or storage of the specimen. Use on Element ID Specimen.collection  | |
  Documentation for this format | ||||
Full Structure
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]()  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]()  | 0..* | Extension | URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-specialHandling specialHandling: Special handling during the collection, transport, or storage of the specimen. Use on Element ID Specimen.collection  | |
![]() ![]()  | 0..0 | |||
![]() ![]()  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-specialHandling" | |
![]() ![]()  | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension | |
  Documentation for this format | ||||
XML Template
<!-- specialHandling --><extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-specialHandling" > <!-- from Element: extension --> <valueCodeableConcept><!--
1..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension --></valueCodeableConcept> </extension>
JSON Template
{ // specialHandling
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-specialHandling", // R! 
    "valueCodeableConcept" : { CodeableConcept } // C? R! Value of extension
  }
 
Constraints