BodyStructure | Medplum

Elements

Name	Required	Type	Description
identifier		Identifier[]	Bodystructure identifier Details Identifier for this instance of the anatomical structure.
active		boolean	Whether this record is in active use Details Whether this body site is in active use. This element is labeled as a modifier because it may be used to mark that the resource was created in error.
morphology		CodeableConcept	Kind of Structure Details The kind of structure being represented by the body structure at `BodyStructure.location`. This can define both normal and abnormal morphologies. The minimum cardinality of 0 supports the use case of specifying a location without defining a morphology.
location		CodeableConcept	Body site Details The anatomical location or region of the specimen, lesion, or body structure.
locationQualifier		CodeableConcept[]	Body site modifier Details Qualifier to refine the anatomical location. These include qualifiers for laterality, relative location, directionality, number, and plane.
description		string	Text description Details A summary, characterization or explanation of the body structure. This description could include any visual markings used to orientate the viewer e.g. external reference points, special sutures, ink markings.
image		Attachment[]	Attached images Details Image or images used to identify a location.
patient	✓	Reference<Patient>	Who this is about Details The person to which the body site belongs.

Search Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Expression
identifier	token	Bodystructure identifier	BodyStructure.identifier
location	token	Body site	BodyStructure.location
morphology	token	Kind of Structure	BodyStructure.morphology
patient	reference	Who this is about	BodyStructure.patient

Inherited Elements

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Logical id of this artifact Details The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes. The only time that a resource does not have an id is when it is being submitted to the server using a create operation.
meta	Meta	Metadata about the resource Details The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the resource.
implicitRules	uri	A set of rules under which this content was created Details A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content.
language	code	Language of the resource content Details The base language in which the resource is written. Language is provided to support indexing and accessibility (typically, services such as text to speech use the language tag).
text	Narrative	Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation Details A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used to represent the content of the resource to a human.
contained	Resource[]	Contained, inline Resources Details These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them - they cannot be identified independently, and nor can they have their own independent transaction scope.
extension	Extension[]	Additional content defined by implementations Details May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource.
modifierExtension	Extension[]	Extensions that cannot be ignored Details May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants.

The BodyStructure resource contains details about the anatomical location of a specimen or body part, including patient information, identifiers, as well as text descriptions and images. It provides for the addition of qualifiers such as laterality and directionality to the anatomic location for those use cases where precoordination of codes is not possible. The BodyStructure resource supports recording and tracking of an anatomic location or structure on a patient outside the context of another resource. For example it can be the target of a Procedure resource or Observation resource.

The BodyStructure resource is not intended to substitute for precoordination of codes. If precoordination of codes is supported by an implementation the codeableConcept should be used. This resource is not intended for describing the type of anatomical location but rather a specific body site on a specific patient.