The gathering of portions or quantities of material for use in testing, examination, or study based upon a request (order). For example, a blood or urine sample.
"Details concerning a test or procedure request that required a specimen to be collected." - HL7 FHIR, Specimen.request

Attributes
«CS» Code	collectionMethod	"Describes the procedure or process by which the specimen was collected." - HL7 Version 2.8, SPM-7.
«CS» Code	collectionSite	"This field differs from SPM-8-Specimen Source Site in those cases where the source site must be approached via a particular site (e.g., anatomic location). For example, in the case where a liver biopsy is obtained via a percutaneous needle, the collection site would be the point of entry of the needle. For venous blood collected from the left radial vein, the collection site could be "antecubital fossa"." - HL7 Version 2.8, SPM.10
«CS» Code	sourceSite	"Specifies the source from which the specimen was obtained. For example, in the case where a liver biopsy is obtained via a percutaneous needle, the source would be liver. " - HL7 Version 2.8, SPM-8.
«CS» Code	sourceSiteModifier	"This field contains modifying or qualifying description(s) about the specimen source site. The use of this attribute is to modify, qualify or further specify, the entity described by [sourceSite]. This is particularly useful when the code set used in [sourceSite] does not provide the precision required to fully describe the site from which the specimen originated. For example, if the specimen source site was precisely described as left radial vein but the code set employed only provided radial vein, this attribute could be employed to add the modifier left. " - HL7 Version 2.8, SPM-9.

Attributes inherited from  FHIM::Orders::Order

advanceBeneficiaryNoticeCode,  advanceBeneficiaryNoticeDate,  advanceBeneficiaryNoticeOverrideReason,  alternatePlacerOrderId,  basedOn,  billingInformation,  callbackPhone,  confidentialityCode,  dangerCode,  dateTimeBegin,  dateTimeCompleted,  dateTimeEnd,  dateTimeNeeded,  dateTimeOrdered,  diagnosisList,  doNotPerform,  duplicateProcedureReason,  enteringLocation,  expectedPerformer,  expectedPerformerType,  isEscortRequired,  isInpatientOrder,  occurrenceTiming,  orderAction,  orderingFacility,  orderingOrganization,  orderingProvider,  patientInstructions,  patientLocation,  placerOrderId,  placerSupplementalInfo,  plannedPatientTransportComment,  precautionProtocolInvoked,  priority,  promise,  reasonForStudy,  releaseStatus,  relevantClinicalInformation,  resultCopiesTo,  resultHandling,  setOfOrders,  standingOrder,  status,  statusModifier,  suggestedPrecaution,  transportationArrangementResponsibility,  transportationMode,  wasTransportArranged

Attributes inherited from  FHIM::Common::ActionStatement

category,  currentStatus,  description,  indication,  inputFinding,  instantiatesCanonical,  instantiatesUri,  insurance,  intent,  justification,  location,  method,  outputFinding,  precondition,  reasonCode,  reasonNarrative,  reasonReference,  relevantHistory,  scope,  supportingInformation,  usingDevice,  wasReported

Attributes inherited from  FHIM::Common::ClinicalStatement

clinicalDataSource,  contentVersion,  contextCode,  encounter,  note,  recordStatus,  relatedClinicalInformation,  sourceRecordType,  sourceSystem,  subjectGroup,  subjectOfInformation,  subjectOfRecord,  temporalContext,  topicCode,  cosigned,  recorded,  signed,  verified

Attributes inherited from  FHIM::Common::InformationEntry

identifier

 collectionMethod

Public «CS» Code collectionMethod

"Describes the procedure or process by which the specimen was collected." - HL7 Version 2.8, SPM-7.

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	SpecimenCollectionRequest
Terminologies	[ FHIM_Defined_Content Specimen Collection Method 2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1062.5 , HL7_V2 Specimen Collection Method 2.16.840.1.113883.1.11.488 ]
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	0
Lower Value	(0)
Multiplicity	0..1
Name	collectionMethod
Name Expression
Namespace	SpecimenCollectionRequest
Opposite
Owner	SpecimenCollectionRequest
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Lab::SpecimenCollectionRequest::collectionMethod
Stereotype	ValueSetConstraints
Template Parameter
Type	«CS» Code
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 collectionSite

Public «CS» Code collectionSite

"This field differs from SPM-8-Specimen Source Site in those cases where the source site must be approached via a particular site (e.g., anatomic location). For example, in the case where a liver biopsy is obtained via a percutaneous needle, the collection site would be the point of entry of the needle. For venous blood collected from the left radial vein, the collection site could be "antecubital fossa"." - HL7 Version 2.8, SPM.10

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	SpecimenCollectionRequest
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	0
Lower Value	(0)
Multiplicity	0..1
Name	collectionSite
Name Expression
Namespace	SpecimenCollectionRequest
Opposite
Owner	SpecimenCollectionRequest
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Lab::SpecimenCollectionRequest::collectionSite
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«CS» Code
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 sourceSite

Public «CS» Code sourceSite

"Specifies the source from which the specimen was obtained. For example, in the case where a liver biopsy is obtained via a percutaneous needle, the source would be liver. " - HL7 Version 2.8, SPM-8.

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	SpecimenCollectionRequest
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	0
Lower Value	(0)
Multiplicity	0..1
Name	sourceSite
Name Expression
Namespace	SpecimenCollectionRequest
Opposite
Owner	SpecimenCollectionRequest
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Lab::SpecimenCollectionRequest::sourceSite
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«CS» Code
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 sourceSiteModifier

Public «CS» Code sourceSiteModifier

"This field contains modifying or qualifying description(s) about the specimen source site. The use of this attribute is to modify, qualify or further specify, the entity described by [sourceSite]. This is particularly useful when the code set used in [sourceSite] does not provide the precision required to fully describe the site from which the specimen originated. For example, if the specimen source site was precisely described as left radial vein but the code set employed only provided radial vein, this attribute could be employed to add the modifier left. " - HL7 Version 2.8, SPM-9.

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	SpecimenCollectionRequest
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	0
Lower Value	(0)
Multiplicity	*
Name	sourceSiteModifier
Name Expression
Namespace	SpecimenCollectionRequest
Opposite
Owner	SpecimenCollectionRequest
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Lab::SpecimenCollectionRequest::sourceSiteModifier
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«CS» Code
Upper	*
Upper Value	(*)
Visibility	Public