Release 4

Codesystem-item-type.json

FHIR Infrastructure Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Definition for Code System QuestionnaireItemType

{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "item-type",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2021-01-21T15:34:20.265+00:00"
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "fhir"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 3
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/item-type",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.445"
  }],
  "version" : "4.0.1",
  "name" : "QuestionnaireItemType",
  "title" : "QuestionnaireItemType",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2021-01-21T15:34:20+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Distinguishes groups from questions and display text and indicates data type for questions.",
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/item-type",
  "content" : "complete",
  "property" : [{
    "code" : "notSelectable",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#notSelectable",
    "description" : "Indicates that the code is abstract - only intended to be used as a selector for other concepts",
    "type" : "boolean"
  }],
  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "group",
    "display" : "Group",
    "definition" : "An item with no direct answer but should have at least one child item."
  },
  {
    "code" : "display",
    "display" : "Display",
    "definition" : "Text for display that will not capture an answer or have child items."
  },
  {
    "code" : "question",
    "display" : "Question",
    "definition" : "An item that defines a specific answer to be captured, and which may have child items. (the answer provided in the QuestionnaireResponse should be of the defined datatype).",
    "property" : [{
      "code" : "notSelectable",
      "valueBoolean" : true
    }],
    "concept" : [{
      "code" : "boolean",
      "display" : "Boolean",
      "definition" : "Question with a yes/no answer (valueBoolean)."
    },
    {
      "code" : "decimal",
      "display" : "Decimal",
      "definition" : "Question with is a real number answer (valueDecimal)."
    },
    {
      "code" : "integer",
      "display" : "Integer",
      "definition" : "Question with an integer answer (valueInteger)."
    },
    {
      "code" : "date",
      "display" : "Date",
      "definition" : "Question with a date answer (valueDate)."
    },
    {
      "code" : "dateTime",
      "display" : "Date Time",
      "definition" : "Question with a date and time answer (valueDateTime)."
    },
    {
      "code" : "time",
      "display" : "Time",
      "definition" : "Question with a time (hour:minute:second) answer independent of date. (valueTime)."
    },
    {
      "code" : "string",
      "display" : "String",
      "definition" : "Question with a short (few words to short sentence) free-text entry answer (valueString)."
    },
    {
      "code" : "text",
      "display" : "Text",
      "definition" : "Question with a long (potentially multi-paragraph) free-text entry answer (valueString)."
    },
    {
      "code" : "url",
      "display" : "Url",
      "definition" : "Question with a URL (website, FTP site, etc.) answer (valueUri)."
    },
    {
      "code" : "choice",
      "display" : "Choice",
      "definition" : "Question with a Coding drawn from a list of possible answers (specified in either the answerOption property, or via the valueset referenced in the answerValueSet property) as an answer (valueCoding)."
    },
    {
      "code" : "open-choice",
      "display" : "Open Choice",
      "definition" : "Answer is a Coding drawn from a list of possible answers (as with the choice type) or a free-text entry in a string (valueCoding or valueString)."
    },
    {
      "code" : "attachment",
      "display" : "Attachment",
      "definition" : "Question with binary content such as an image, PDF, etc. as an answer (valueAttachment)."
    },
    {
      "code" : "reference",
      "display" : "Reference",
      "definition" : "Question with a reference to another resource (practitioner, organization, etc.) as an answer (valueReference)."
    },
    {
      "code" : "quantity",
      "display" : "Quantity",
      "definition" : "Question with a combination of a numeric value and unit, potentially with a comparator (<, >, etc.) as an answer. (valueQuantity) There is an extension 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/questionnaire-unit' that can be used to define what unit should be captured (or the unit that has a ucum conversion from the provided unit)."
    }]
  }]
}

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.