NextGen Healthcare · Schema

Observation

HealthcareUnited StatesElectronic Health RecordsFHIRHL7InteroperabilitySMART on FHIRUSCDIBulk FHIRPatient Access21st Century Cures

Properties

Name	Type	Description
resourceType	string
id	string	The id of the resource with prefix values HX \| VS \| LR with hyphen.Example HX-123
meta	object	Metadata about the resource
text	object
status	string
category	array
code	array
subject	object
effectiveDateTime	string
issued	string
valueCodeableConcept	object
interpretation	object	Codes identifying interpretations of observations. See "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-interpretation"

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JSON Schema

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  "title": "Observation",
  "x-generated": "2026-10-12",
  "x-method": "derived",
  "x-generator": "derive-json-schema.py",
  "x-source": "openapi/nextgen-healthcare-observation-api-openapi.yml#/components/schemas/Observation",
  "type": "object",
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    },
    "id": {
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      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "The id of the resource with prefix values HX | VS | LR with hyphen.Example HX-123"
    },
    "meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Metadata about the resource",
      "properties": {
        "profile": {
          "description": "Profiles this resource claims to conform to",
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "profile"
      ]
    },
    "text": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "status": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "div": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "text"
      ]
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "coding": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "system": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "minLength": 1,
                  "description": "Identity of the terminology system"
                },
                "code": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "minLength": 1,
                  "description": "Symbol in syntax defined by the system"
                },
                "display": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "minLength": 1,
                  "description": "Representation defined by the system"
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "display",
                "system"
              ],
              "description": "Code defined by a terminology system"
            }
          },
          "text": {
            "type": "string",
            "minLength": 1,
            "description": "Plain text representation of the concept"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "coding",
          "text"
        ]
      }
    },
    "code": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "coding": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "system": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "minLength": 1,
                  "description": "Identity of the terminology system"
                },
                "code": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "minLength": 1,
                  "description": "Symbol in syntax defined by the system"
                },
                "display": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "minLength": 1,
                  "description": "Representation defined by the system"
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "display",
                "system"
              ],
              "description": "Code defined by a terminology system"
            }
          },
          "text": {
            "type": "string",
            "minLength": 1,
            "description": "Plain text representation of the concept"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "coding",
          "text"
        ]
      }
    },
    "subject": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "reference": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "subject"
      ]
    },
    "effectiveDateTime": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "issued": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "valueCodeableConcept": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "coding": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "system": {
                "type": "string",
                "minLength": 1,
                "description": "Symbol in syntax defined by the system"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "string",
                "minLength": 1,
                "description": "Symbol in syntax defined by the system"
              },
              "display": {
                "type": "string",
                "minLength": 1,
                "description": "Representation defined by the system"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "display",
              "system"
            ]
          },
          "description": "Code defined by a terminology system"
        },
        "text": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "description": "Plain text representation of the concept"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "coding",
        "text"
      ]
    },
    "interpretation": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Codes identifying interpretations of observations. See \"http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-interpretation\"",
      "properties": {
        "coding": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "system": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "display": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "resourceType",
    "id",
    "meta",
    "text",
    "status",
    "category",
    "code",
    "subject",
    "effectiveDateTime",
    "issued",
    "valueCodeableConcept"
  ]
}

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