Condition Chronicity

Indicates whether a medical condition is chronic or not.

The chronicity extension is used in FHIR Condition resources to specify whether a medical condition is chronic.

Properties

Example extension:

{
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/condition-related",
  "valueCoding": {
    "code": "C",
    "display": "Chronic",
    "system": "https://public.metriport.com/fhir/StructureDefinition/condition-chronicity.json"
  }
}

url · string · required

The URL of this extension’s JSON structure specification.

valueCoding · object · required

Contains the chronicity classification of the condition.

valueCoding.code · string · required

The code indicating chronicity status. Currently supports:

• “C” for Chronic
• “NC” for Not-Chronic
• “U” for Unknown

valueCoding.display · string · required

The human-readable display text for the chronicity status.

valueCoding.system · string · required

The system that defines the chronicity codes.