← ReferenceResource

What is a Condition?

A Condition resource represents a clinical finding — a diagnosis, complaint, or clinical problem that is relevant to a patient. It is used for problem lists, hospital diagnoses, and risk factors.

Diabetes type 2 — Condition

{
  "resourceType": "Condition",
  "id": "condition-diabetes",
  "clinicalStatus": {
    "coding": [{ "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-clinical",
                 "code": "active" }]
  },
  "verificationStatus": {
    "coding": [{ "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-ver-status",
                 "code": "confirmed" }]
  },
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "44054006",
        "display": "Diabetes mellitus type 2" },
      { "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/icd-10", "code": "E11",
        "display": "Type 2 diabetes mellitus" }
    ]
  },
  "subject": { "reference": "Patient/patient-001" },
  "onsetDateTime": "2020-03-15"
}

Key elements

Element	Description
clinicalStatus	active \| recurrence \| relapse \| inactive \| remission \| resolved
verificationStatus	unconfirmed \| provisional \| differential \| confirmed \| refuted \| entered-in-error
code	CodeableConcept — SNOMED CT, ICD-10, or local coding
subject	Reference to Patient (required)
onset[x]	onset date, datetime, period, age, or range
abatement[x]	when condition resolved
severity	mild \| moderate \| severe (SNOMED-coded)