http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/SubstanceSpecification|4.0.1

description: The detailed description of a substance, typically at a level beyond what is used for prescribing.
derivation: specialization
name: SubstanceSpecification
type: SubstanceSpecification
elements:
  description: {short: Textual description of the substance, isSummary: true, index: 4}
  property:
    short: General specifications for this substance, including how it is related to other substances
    array: true
    isSummary: true
    index: 16
    elements:
      category: {short: 'A category for this property, e.g. Physical, Chemical, Enzymatic', isSummary: true, index: 17}
      code: {short: 'Property type e.g. viscosity, pH, isoelectric point', isSummary: true, index: 18}
      parameters: {short: 'Parameters that were used in the measurement of a property (e.g. for viscosity: measured at 20C with a pH of 7.1)', isSummary: true, index: 19}
      definingSubstance:
        short: 'A substance upon which a defining property depends (e.g. for solubility: in water, in alcohol)'
        choices: []
        isSummary: true
        index: 21
      amount:
        short: Quantitative value for this property
        choices: []
        isSummary: true
        index: 23
  name:
    short: Names applicable to this substance
    array: true
    isSummary: true
    index: 51
    elements:
      official:
        short: Details of the official nature of this name
        array: true
        isSummary: true
        index: 61
        elements:
          authority: {short: Which authority uses this official name, isSummary: true, index: 62}
          status: {short: The status of the official name, isSummary: true, index: 63}
          date: {short: Date of official name change, isSummary: true, index: 64}
      jurisdiction: {short: The jurisdiction where this name applies, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 58}
      name: {short: The actual name, isSummary: true, index: 52}
      type: {short: Name type, isSummary: true, index: 53}
      source: {short: Supporting literature, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 65}
      status: {short: The status of the name, isSummary: true, index: 54}
      language: {short: Language of the name, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 56}
      synonym:
        elementReference: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/SubstanceSpecification', elements, name]
        short: A synonym of this name
        array: true
        isSummary: true
        index: 59
      translation:
        elementReference: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/SubstanceSpecification', elements, name]
        short: A translation for this name
        array: true
        isSummary: true
        index: 60
      preferred: {short: If this is the preferred name for this substance, isSummary: true, index: 55}
      domain: {short: The use context of this name for example if there is a different name a drug active ingredient as opposed to a food colour additive, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 57}
    required: [name]
  referenceInformation: {short: General information detailing this substance, isSummary: true, index: 24}
  relationship:
    short: A link between this substance and another, with details of the relationship
    array: true
    isSummary: true
    index: 67
    elements:
      substance:
        short: A pointer to another substance, as a resource or just a representational code
        choices: []
        isSummary: true
        index: 69
      relationship: {short: 'For example \"salt to parent\", \"active moiety\", \"starting material\"', isSummary: true, index: 70}
      isDefining: {short: 'For example where an enzyme strongly bonds with a particular substance, this is a defining relationship for that enzyme, out of several possible substance relationships', isSummary: true, index: 71}
      amount:
        short: A numeric factor for the relationship, for instance to express that the salt of a substance has some percentage of the active substance in relation to some other
        choices: []
        isSummary: true
        index: 73
      amountRatioLowLimit: {short: For use when the numeric, isSummary: true, index: 74}
      amountType: {short: 'An operator for the amount, for example \"average\", \"approximately\", \"less than\"', isSummary: true, index: 75}
      source: {short: Supporting literature, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 76}
  type: {short: 'High level categorization, e.g. polymer or nucleic acid', isSummary: true, index: 1}
  moiety:
    short: Moiety, for structural modifications
    array: true
    isSummary: true
    index: 7
    elements:
      role: {short: Role that the moiety is playing, isSummary: true, index: 8}
      identifier: {short: Identifier by which this moiety substance is known, isSummary: true, index: 9}
      name: {short: Textual name for this moiety substance, isSummary: true, index: 10}
      stereochemistry: {short: Stereochemistry type, isSummary: true, index: 11}
      opticalActivity: {short: Optical activity type, isSummary: true, index: 12}
      molecularFormula: {short: Molecular formula, isSummary: true, index: 13}
      amount:
        short: Quantitative value for this moiety
        choices: []
        isSummary: true
        index: 15
  source: {short: Supporting literature, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 5}
  nucleicAcid: {short: Data items specific to nucleic acids, isSummary: true, index: 77}
  structure:
    short: Structural information
    isSummary: true
    index: 25
    elements:
      stereochemistry: {short: Stereochemistry type, isSummary: true, index: 26}
      opticalActivity: {short: Optical activity type, isSummary: true, index: 27}
      molecularFormula: {short: Molecular formula, isSummary: true, index: 28}
      molecularFormulaByMoiety: {short: 'Specified per moiety according to the Hill system, i.e. first C, then H, then alphabetical, each moiety separated by a dot', isSummary: true, index: 29}
      isotope:
        short: Applicable for single substances that contain a radionuclide or a non-natural isotopic ratio
        array: true
        isSummary: true
        index: 30
        elements:
          identifier: {short: Substance identifier for each non-natural or radioisotope, isSummary: true, index: 31}
          name: {short: Substance name for each non-natural or radioisotope, isSummary: true, index: 32}
          substitution: {short: The type of isotopic substitution present in a single substance, isSummary: true, index: 33}
          halfLife: {short: Half life - for a non-natural nuclide, isSummary: true, index: 34}
          molecularWeight:
            short: The molecular weight or weight range (for proteins, polymers or nucleic acids)
            isSummary: true
            index: 35
            elements:
              method: {short: The method by which the molecular weight was determined, isSummary: true, index: 36}
              type: {short: 'Type of molecular weight such as exact, average (also known as. number average), weight average', isSummary: true, index: 37}
              amount: {short: 'Used to capture quantitative values for a variety of elements. If only limits are given, the arithmetic mean would be the average. If only a single definite value for a given element is given, it would be captured in this field', isSummary: true, index: 38}
      molecularWeight:
        elementReference: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/SubstanceSpecification', elements, structure, elements, isotope, elements, molecularWeight]
        short: The molecular weight or weight range (for proteins, polymers or nucleic acids)
        isSummary: true
        index: 39
      source: {short: Supporting literature, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 40}
      representation:
        short: Molecular structural representation
        array: true
        isSummary: true
        index: 41
        elements:
          type: {short: 'The type of structure (e.g. Full, Partial, Representative)', isSummary: true, index: 42}
          representation: {short: 'The structural representation as text string in a format e.g. InChI, SMILES, MOLFILE, CDX', isSummary: true, index: 43}
          attachment: {short: An attached file with the structural representation, isSummary: true, index: 44}
  status: {short: Status of substance within the catalogue e.g. approved, isSummary: true, index: 2}
  comment: {short: Textual comment about this record of a substance, isSummary: true, index: 6}
  code:
    short: Codes associated with the substance
    array: true
    isSummary: true
    index: 45
    elements:
      code: {short: The specific code, isSummary: true, index: 46}
      status: {short: Status of the code assignment, isSummary: true, index: 47}
      statusDate: {short: The date at which the code status is changed as part of the terminology maintenance, isSummary: true, index: 48}
      comment: {short: 'Any comment can be provided in this field, if necessary', isSummary: true, index: 49}
      source: {short: Supporting literature, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 50}
  identifier: {short: Identifier by which this substance is known, isSummary: true, index: 0}
  molecularWeight:
    elementReference: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/SubstanceSpecification', elements, structure, elements, isotope, elements, molecularWeight]
    short: The molecular weight or weight range (for proteins, polymers or nucleic acids)
    array: true
    isSummary: true
    index: 66
  polymer: {short: Data items specific to polymers, isSummary: true, index: 78}
  protein: {short: Data items specific to proteins, isSummary: true, index: 79}
  domain: {short: If the substance applies to only human or veterinary use, isSummary: true, index: 3}
  sourceMaterial: {short: Material or taxonomic/anatomical source for the substance, isSummary: true, index: 80}
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/SubstanceSpecification
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: 4.0.1