HL7 CDA R2 AIS Implementation Guide
HL7 CDA R2 AIS Implementation Guide
HL7 CDA R2 AIS Implementation Guide
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<strong>HL7</strong> Additional Information Specification <strong>Implementation</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><strong>CDA</strong><strong>R2</strong><strong>AIS</strong>0000R030• Or it can contain a element containing one or more elements each with its own element. The following sub-sections detail therequirements and structure of the <strong>CDA</strong> body with sections.2.5.3 <strong>CDA</strong> Body with SectionsThe <strong>CDA</strong> body is just a set of containers for information. There are several levels. The outer-levelcontainer within the body is a "component" of the document. Each elementcontains a "section" that is represented by the element. Within a section the content isplaced in a element. Within the element may be containers that support alternativeways of arranging the information:• a element is a container for a block of text• a element is a container for a list of blocks of text• a element is a container for blocks of text arranged in rows and columns.For example, here is a fragment of a <strong>CDA</strong> document in the human-decision variant:PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSISBIPOLAR AFFECTIVE D/OIn this example the Principal Diagnosis section consists of one paragraph. It contains thediagnosis. Both the title and the text are intended to be read by a person.The <strong>CDA</strong> allows for human-readable text to be supplemented by discrete data elements thatwould assist a computer in processing the information in the document. Here is the samefragment with the supplementary information that is used for the computer-decision variant:PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSISBIPOLAR AFFECTIVE D/OCopyright © 1998-2007 Health Level Seven, Inc. All rights reserved.Release 3.0 Draft StandardPage 23March 2007