2015May core #907 - Make Condition.category required, isModifier=true

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    • Type: Change Request
    • Resolution: Not Persuasive
    • Priority: Medium
    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • DSTU1 [deprecated]
    • Patient Care
    • Condition
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      This is not a modifier. If a patient has "athsma" or "chest pain" whether it's called a symptom, finding, diagnosis or complaint, it doesn't change the base meaning of the assertion that the patient has athsma. It is not information that is always known or tracked by all systems.

      Problem list entries would appear in a problem list. Encounter diagnosis would be associated with an encounter. A billed diagnosis would be associated with a "billable item" resource instance. And it's entirely possible for the same Condition record to be linked to all 3. Or none.

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      This is not a modifier. If a patient has "athsma" or "chest pain" whether it's called a symptom, finding, diagnosis or complaint, it doesn't change the base meaning of the assertion that the patient has athsma. It is not information that is always known or tracked by all systems. Problem list entries would appear in a problem list. Encounter diagnosis would be associated with an encounter. A billed diagnosis would be associated with a "billable item" resource instance. And it's entirely possible for the same Condition record to be linked to all 3. Or none.
    • Russell/Laura: 6-0-0
    • Enhancement

      Existing Wording: Condition.category

      Comment:

      Shouldn't this be a required rather than optional attribute as it is critical to understanding the type of condition we are talking about, and where it came from? Also, shouldn't this be a isModifier == true? Also, how would we distinguish between a Problem List entry, an Encounter Diagnosis, and a billed Encounter Diagnosis?

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            Reporter:
            Claude Nanjo (Inactive)
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