This class contains the cause(s) of the Patient's spinal cord condition as determined by the clinician. Both traumatic and non-traumatic causes may be entered. [FileMan 154,5.01->154.004].

Attributes
«CS» Code	etiology	The cause of the Patient's spinal cord condition. Both traumatic and non-traumatic causes may be entered. [FileMan 154,5.01->154.004,.01].
«TS» PointInTime	observationDate	The date of upon which the cause of the Spinal Cord Injury or Disorder was recorded. [VA SCIDO Etiologies.Etiology_Date].
«TS» PointInTime	onsetDate	The date of the Spinal Cord Injury or Disorder injury/trauma or diagnosis. [FileMan 154,5.01->154.004,.02].
String	otherDescription	When the cause of the Patient's spinal cord condition is Other, this property provides a textual description of the cause. [FileMan 154,5.01->154.004,.03].
Boolean	wasCausedByTrauma	Indicates whether the onset of the spinal cord condition was caused by a traumatic event. This property can be computed based on the etiology property. [FileMan 154,5.01->154.004,999.01].

 etiology

Public «CS» Code etiology

The cause of the Patient's spinal cord condition. Both traumatic and non-traumatic causes may be entered. [FileMan 154,5.01->154.004,.01].

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	EtiologyObservation
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	1
Lower Value	(1)
Multiplicity	1
Name	etiology
Name Expression
Namespace	EtiologyObservation
Opposite
Owner	EtiologyObservation
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::SpinalCord::EtiologyObservation::etiology
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«CS» Code
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 observationDate

Public «TS» PointInTime observationDate

The date of upon which the cause of the Spinal Cord Injury or Disorder was recorded. [VA SCIDO Etiologies.Etiology_Date].

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	EtiologyObservation
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	observationDate
Name Expression
Namespace	EtiologyObservation
Opposite
Owner	EtiologyObservation
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::SpinalCord::EtiologyObservation::observationDate
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«TS» PointInTime
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 onsetDate

Public «TS» PointInTime onsetDate

The date of the Spinal Cord Injury or Disorder injury/trauma or diagnosis. [FileMan 154,5.01->154.004,.02].

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	EtiologyObservation
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	onsetDate
Name Expression
Namespace	EtiologyObservation
Opposite
Owner	EtiologyObservation
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::SpinalCord::EtiologyObservation::onsetDate
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«TS» PointInTime
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 otherDescription

Public String otherDescription

When the cause of the Patient's spinal cord condition is Other, this property provides a textual description of the cause. [FileMan 154,5.01->154.004,.03].

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	EtiologyObservation
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	otherDescription
Name Expression
Namespace	EtiologyObservation
Opposite
Owner	EtiologyObservation
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::SpinalCord::EtiologyObservation::otherDescription
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	String
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 wasCausedByTrauma

Public Boolean wasCausedByTrauma

Indicates whether the onset of the spinal cord condition was caused by a traumatic event. This property can be computed based on the etiology property. [FileMan 154,5.01->154.004,999.01].

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	EtiologyObservation
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	true
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	wasCausedByTrauma
Name Expression
Namespace	EtiologyObservation
Opposite
Owner	EtiologyObservation
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::SpinalCord::EtiologyObservation::wasCausedByTrauma
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	Boolean
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

• This class contains information that identifies theThe cause or origin of a spinal cord injury as determined by medical diagnosis.