This is now superceded by 7622 Original resolution: Will establish the following methodology guideline and communicate it to the work groups: Most clinical (and many administrative and infrastructure) resources SHOULD have an element that conveys free-text comments and additional information. ?The preferred name for this element is "note" (following our convention for singluar names). ?Work groups should consider renaming existing elements that serve this purpose unless domain conventions dictate otherwise. ?The definition should give examples of the type of information that might typically be conveyed here. ?These elements SHOULD be flagged as isModifier due to the possibility that information here could impact interpretation of other elements. Will add a note in the Narrative portion of the specification explaining the reason for free-text eleements such as *.note - namely their utility in allowing narrative to be "generated" ? 2015-01-19 MnM Q2 Bill/Jeff 16-0-0?