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Using FHIR (DTSU 2.1/3, as of 2016-03-01).

We have a requirement to associate charges to an encounters. So I am trying to find a way to associate an Encounter resource with a Claim resource. Ideally (it seems), Claim would just have a Reference(Encounter), but it does not. Is there a way to capture this relationship that I'm not seeing? If not, would adding an extension to Claim that contains a Reference(Encounter) be appropriate to create this relationship?

For reference, here are the Claim and Encounter resource specs: http://hl7.org/fhir/claim.html http://hl7.org/fhir/encounter.html

Thanks!

crig
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  • The refernece sounds like the best way to do it. Where did you find the DSTU3? I can only see the DSTU2 on hl7's website. – Klaus Eckelt Mar 02 '16 at 18:16
  • @Klaus Ekelt, re: DSTU 3, we are using the DSTU 3 packages from HAPI-FHIR project. https://jamesagnew.github.io/hapi-fhir/doc_dstu2.html It appears though that the former DSTU 2.1 will be "changed" into DTSU 3 http://onfhir.hl7.org/2016/01/21/fhir-publishing-plans/ – crig Mar 02 '16 at 18:59

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Claim is still a "draft" resource. I'd recommend raising a change proposal on the resource. I agree that a link seems a reasonable thing to include in core.

Lloyd McKenzie
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