DiagnosticReport Lab Profile

The US Core DiagnosticReport Profile for Laboratory Results Reporting builds on the DiagnosticReport resource. This profile sets minimum expectations for the DiagnosticReport resource to record, search, and fetch laboratory results associated with a patient. It identifies which core elements, extensions, vocabularies, and value sets are present in the resource when using this profile.

Laboratory results are grouped and summarized using the DiagnosticReport resource, which usually references Observation resources. Each Observation resource represents an individual laboratory test and result value, component result values, or a nested panel (such as a microbial susceptibility panel) which references other observations.

Results can also be presented in report form or as free text.

Mandatory Data Elements

The following data elements must be present, or must be supported if the data is present, in the sending system. Each DiagnosticReport must have:

• a status
• a category code of LAB
• a code which tells you what is being measured (preferably a LOINC code)
• a patient
• a time indicating when the measurement was taken
• a time indicating when the measurement was reported

And each DiagnosticReport must support:

• indicating who issues the report
• a result

Mandatory Search Parameters

The following search parameters and search parameter combinations should be supported.

For a list of optional search parameters, see StructureDefinition-us-core-diagnosticreport-lab

For More Information

• US Core DiagnosticReport for Laboratory Results Reporting (3.8.0.1) resource profile
• US Core StructureDefinition DiagnosticReport Lab (3.25.1) resource profile