documentreference

A reference to a document of any kind for any purpose. Provides metadata about the document so that the document can be discovered and managed. See the HL7 FHIR R4 spec for full details.

Tables in this resource:

• documentreference – Main document reference record (this page)
• documentreference_type_coding
• documentreference_content – Attachment metadata
• documentreference_extension
• documentreference_extension_vcc_coding
• documentreference_references – Normalized references; see Reference Tables

Primary Keys:

• documentreference_id

Foreign Keys:

• patient_id - links to the patient table (subject)

_{† Metriport Platform added}

Column	Data Type	Description
documentreference_id	varchar	Unique identifier for the document reference
patient_id	varchar	Unique identifier for the patient (subject)
status	varchar	Status of the document reference
date	datetime	When the document was created or authored
type_text	varchar	Free-text type of the document
type_loinc_code†	varchar	Document type: LOINC code
type_loinc_display†	varchar	Document type: human-readable description of LOINC code
meta_source	varchar	Source document filename from FHIR meta.source
data_source_ext†	varchar	Integration source of the data, derived from FHIR extension

Related Tables:

Parent:

• patient

Child:

• documentreference_content
• documentreference_extension
• documentreference_type_coding