Specimen Profile

Canonical	../StructureDefinition/nexus-emr-core-specimen
Status	draft (experimental) · 1.26.0
Base	Specimen (constraint)
Source	FSH · JSON

Nexus EMR profile for Specimen -- the physical sample a lab result was produced from. Currently a pass-through type: the platform resolves ServiceRequest.specimen references and traverses into Specimen from DiagnosticReport, but reads none of its own fields. First pass; the heritage-EMR reconciliation is unresolved.

Examples

Conforming instances (each opens inside this tab):

• Venous Blood Specimen (CBC) — Blood draw behind Avery Linwood's April 8 2025 CBC. Shows the accessionIdentifier contract -- the performing lab's number, deliberately distinct from the specimen's own identifier…