Heading

Headings allow one to organize a transaction within sections, paragraphs. They may be decomposed in further headings and or items. Headings should only be used for ‘presentation purposes’. However, some transactions may require a specific heading decomposition. A heading may be composed of headings, items, texts or links. A heading must contain at least one of those elements.

A heading is composed of the following elements.

confidentiality	To restrict the access to the content of the heading to some healthcare parties.	Optional
id	Identifies the heading or item within the current parent element (transaction or heading). The ID-KMEHR identifying system requires using the sequential position of the heading or item within the parent element. In addition to this, local heading identifiers may be used.	Mandatory
cd	Specifies the ‘type’ of the heading according to the CD-HEADING dictionary. Other local codifications may be associated.	Mandatory
heading	Headings that compose the current heading.	Optional
item	Items that compose the current heading.	Optional
text	Unstructurated medical content.	Optional
lnk	To establish link(s) with the heading.	Optional

XML examples

The following heading element is the first heading of the current transaction. It is composed of text elements.

<heading>
   <id S="ID-KMEHR" SV="1.0">1</id>
   <cd S="CD-HEADING" SV="1.0">clinical</cd>
   <text L="fr">Plaintes: Constipation opiniatre</text>
   <text L="fr">Examen clinique</text>
   <text L="fr">Abdomen souple. Péristaltisme présent.</text> 
</heading>

The following heading element is composed of items.

<heading>
   <id S="ID-KMEHR" SV="1.0">5</id>
   <cd S="CD-HEADING" SV="1.0">clinical</cd>
      <item>
         <id S="ID-KMEHR" SV="1.0">1</id>
         <cd S="CD-ITEM" SV="1.0">complaint</cd>
         <content>
            <text L="fr">Constipation opiniatre</text>
         </content>
      </item>
      <item>
         <id S="ID-KMEHR" SV="1.0">2</id>
         <cd S="CD-ITEM" SV="1.0">clinical</cd>
         <content>
            <text L="fr">Abdomen souple. Péristaltisme présent.</text>
         </content>
   </item>
</heading>