A requirement for physical characteristics of the food to be given that differs from the standard diet. For example, soft foods only.
"Class that describes any texture modifications required for the patient to safely consume various types of solid foods." - HL7 FHIR, NutritionOrder.oralDiet.texture

Attributes
«CS» Code	foodType	"Indicates what type of food, such as meats, or liquids, which require a texture modification" - ONC S&I Clinical Element Data Dictionary (CEDD), March 2012. As an example, a Patient undergoing treatment and rehabilitation following a stroke may require honey-thickened liquids, ground meats and chopped vegetables. "The food type(s) (e.g. meats, all foods) that the texture modification applies to. This could be all foods types." - HL7 FHIR, NutritionRequest.oralDiet.texture.foodType
«CS» Code	texture	"Any texture modifications (for solid foods) that should be made, e.g. easy to chew, chopped, ground, and pureed." - HL7 FHIR, NutritionOrder.oralDiet.texture.modifier

 foodType

Public «CS» Code foodType

"Indicates what type of food, such as meats, or liquids, which require a texture modification" - ONC S&I Clinical Element Data Dictionary (CEDD), March 2012. As an example, a Patient undergoing treatment and rehabilitation following a stroke may require honey-thickened liquids, ground meats and chopped vegetables.
"The food type(s) (e.g. meats, all foods) that the texture modification applies to. This could be all foods types." - HL7 FHIR, NutritionRequest.oralDiet.texture.foodType

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	TextureModification
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	foodType
Name Expression
Namespace	TextureModification
Opposite
Owner	TextureModification
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Dietetics::TextureModification::foodType
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«CS» Code
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 texture

Public «CS» Code texture

"Any texture modifications (for solid foods) that should be made, e.g. easy to chew, chopped, ground, and pureed." - HL7 FHIR, NutritionOrder.oralDiet.texture.modifier

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	TextureModification
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	texture
Name Expression
Namespace	TextureModification
Opposite
Owner	TextureModification
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Dietetics::TextureModification::texture
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«CS» Code
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public