Transaction: Laboratory request
General information
STATUS:
Published
OWNER:
eHealth Platform
STANDARD:
KMEHR
VERSION:
1.0
DATE:
2002-10-15
DEFINITION:
The Procedure Request transaction aims to request any service other than a laboratory examination or the delivery of a pharmaceutical products.
IMPORTANT:
Please note in 2018-2019 there will be an evolution to a laboratory request message specification in HL7 V3 CDA R2 format in a KMEHR format envelop. That specification will deprecate the specification as described on this page. If you have any specific questions about this, please contact message-structure@ehealth.fgov.be.
STATUS:
Published
OWNER:
eHealth Platform
STANDARD:
KMEHR
VERSION:
1.0
DATE:
2002-10-15
DEFINITION:
The Procedure Request transaction aims to request any service other than a laboratory examination or the delivery of a pharmaceutical products.
IMPORTANT:
Please note in 2018-2019 there will be an evolution to a laboratory request message specification in HL7 V3 CDA R2 format in a KMEHR format envelop. That specification will deprecate the specification as described on this page. If you have any specific questions about this, please contact message-structure@ehealth.fgov.be.
Guidelines
Generalities
This transaction only requires a level 1 of kmehr normalization. However, further levels may be applied (see structure overview).
Transaction elements
| Element | Purpose |
|---|---|
|
id |
id of the transaction according to the ID-KMEHR convention. |
|
cd |
You must use the value 'request' from CD-TRANSACTION. You can always add your own local codes. |
|
date |
This is the date of the request of the examination(s). |
|
time |
This is the time of the request of the examination(s). |
|
author |
This is the person assuming the responsibility of medical content of the request. |
|
iscomplete |
If this is false, this means that you transfer only part of the information and that the recipient should expect a more complete version later. |
|
isvalidated |
If this is false, this means that the information has not been validated medically. |
Structure overview
You have the choice between:
- text(s): to transfer your request as free text,
- lnk(s): to encapsulate your request as a multimedia object (Word document for example),
- items(s): to further structure your request.
Items
Any item from CD-ITEM can be used but we recommend more particularily the following ones.
| Item type (cd) | Item purpose | Item structure |
|---|---|---|
| requestnumber | should content the result number as free text or using KMEHR id | content (text | id) |
| specimendateandtime | should contain the planned prelevement date and time | content (date time) |
| lifecycle
Value : 'planned' |
||
| requestedrecipient | could possibly be used to specify additional recipients for the result | content hcparty |
| transactionreason | could possibly be used to specify the indication(s) of the examination | content text |
| lab | to identify each requested laboritory test |
content (cd | text) cd element could identify precisely the requested laboratory test using a value from CD-LAB |
|
[beginmoment] to specify the date and time when the test should be performed |
||
| [lifecyle]
to specify the value 'prescribed' from CD-LIFECYCLE |
||
| [site]
to specify the body site on which the examination should be performed, using a value of CD-SITE |
||
| [urgency] to specify the urgency of the request, using a value from CD-URGENCY |
Generalities
This transaction only requires a level 1 of kmehr normalization. However, further levels may be applied (see structure overview).
Transaction elements
| Element | Purpose |
|---|---|
|
id |
id of the transaction according to the ID-KMEHR convention. |
|
cd |
You must use the value 'request' from CD-TRANSACTION. You can always add your own local codes. |
|
date |
This is the date of the request of the examination(s). |
|
time |
This is the time of the request of the examination(s). |
|
author |
This is the person assuming the responsibility of medical content of the request. |
|
iscomplete |
If this is false, this means that you transfer only part of the information and that the recipient should expect a more complete version later. |
|
isvalidated |
If this is false, this means that the information has not been validated medically. |
Structure overview
You have the choice between:
- text(s): to transfer your request as free text,
- lnk(s): to encapsulate your request as a multimedia object (Word document for example),
- items(s): to further structure your request.
Items
Any item from CD-ITEM can be used but we recommend more particularily the following ones.
| Item type (cd) | Item purpose | Item structure |
|---|---|---|
| requestnumber | should content the result number as free text or using KMEHR id | content (text | id) |
| specimendateandtime | should contain the planned prelevement date and time | content (date time) |
| lifecycle
Value : 'planned' |
||
| requestedrecipient | could possibly be used to specify additional recipients for the result | content hcparty |
| transactionreason | could possibly be used to specify the indication(s) of the examination | content text |
| lab | to identify each requested laboritory test |
content (cd | text) cd element could identify precisely the requested laboratory test using a value from CD-LAB |
|
[beginmoment] to specify the date and time when the test should be performed |
||
| [lifecyle]
to specify the value 'prescribed' from CD-LIFECYCLE |
||
| [site]
to specify the body site on which the examination should be performed, using a value of CD-SITE |
||
| [urgency] to specify the urgency of the request, using a value from CD-URGENCY |