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# AllergyIntolerance

> Risk of harmful or undesirable, physiological response which is unique to an individual and associated with exposure to a substance.

## Properties

| Name                | Required | Type                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Description                                                                         |
| ------------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| identifier          | No       | [Identifier](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/identifier)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                              | External ids for this item                                                          |
| clinicalStatus      | No       | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)                                                                                                                                                                                       | active / inactive / resolved                                                        |
| verificationStatus  | No       | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)                                                                                                                                                                                       | unconfirmed / confirmed / refuted / entered-in-error                                |
| type                | No       | code                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | allergy / intolerance - Underlying mechanism (if known)                             |
| category            | No       | code\[]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | food / medication / environment / biologic                                          |
| criticality         | No       | code                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | low / high / unable-to-assess                                                       |
| code                | No       | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)                                                                                                                                                                                       | Code that identifies the allergy or intolerance                                     |
| patient             | Yes      | Reference\<[Patient](/medical-api/fhir/resources/patient)>                                                                                                                                                                                            | Who the sensitivity is for                                                          |
| encounter           | No       | Reference\<[Encounter](/medical-api/fhir/resources/encounter)>                                                                                                                                                                                        | Encounter when the allergy or intolerance was asserted                              |
| onset\[x]           | No       | dateTime, [Age](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/age), [Period](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/period), [Range](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/range), string                                                                                                 | When allergy or intolerance was identified                                          |
| recordedDate        | No       | dateTime                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Date first version of the resource instance was recorded                            |
| recorder            | No       | Reference\<[Practitioner](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitioner) / [PractitionerRole](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitionerrole) / [Patient](/medical-api/fhir/resources/patient) / [RelatedPerson](/medical-api/fhir/resources/relatedperson)> | Who recorded the sensitivity                                                        |
| asserter            | No       | Reference\<[Patient](/medical-api/fhir/resources/patient) / [RelatedPerson](/medical-api/fhir/resources/relatedperson) / [Practitioner](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitioner) / [PractitionerRole](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitionerrole)> | Source of the information about the allergy                                         |
| lastOccurrence      | No       | dateTime                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Date(/time) of last known occurrence of a reaction                                  |
| note                | No       | [Annotation](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/annotation)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                              | Additional text not captured in other fields                                        |
| reaction            | No       | AllergyIntoleranceReaction                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Adverse Reaction Events linked to exposure to substance                             |
| - id                | No       | string                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Unique id for inter-element referencing                                             |
| - extension         | No       | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                                | Additional content defined by implementations                                       |
| - modifierExtension | No       | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                                | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized                              |
| - substance         | No       | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)                                                                                                                                                                                       | Specific substance or pharmaceutical product considered to be responsible for event |
| - manifestation     | Yes      | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                    | Clinical symptoms/signs associated with the Event                                   |
| - description       | No       | string                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Description of the event as a whole                                                 |
| - onset             | No       | dateTime                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Date(/time) when manifestations showed                                              |
| - severity          | No       | code                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | mild / moderate / severe (of event as a whole)                                      |
| - exposureRoute     | No       | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)                                                                                                                                                                                       | How the subject was exposed to the substance                                        |
| - note              | No       | [Annotation](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/annotation)\[]                                                                                                                                                                                              | Text about event not captured in other fields                                       |

## Search Parameters

| Name                | Type      | Description                                              | Expression                                |
| ------------------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| asserter            | reference | Source of the information about the allergy              | AllergyIntolerance.asserter               |
| category            | token     | food / medication / environment / biologic               | AllergyIntolerance.category               |
| clinical-status     | token     | active / inactive / resolved                             | AllergyIntolerance.clinicalStatus         |
| code                | token     | Code that identifies the allergy or intolerance          | AllergyIntolerance.code                   |
| criticality         | token     | low / high / unable-to-assess                            | AllergyIntolerance.criticality            |
| date                | date      | Date first version of the resource instance was recorded | AllergyIntolerance.recordedDate           |
| identifier          | token     | External ids for this item                               | AllergyIntolerance.identifier             |
| last-date           | date      | Date(/time) of last known occurrence of a reaction       | AllergyIntolerance.lastOccurrence         |
| manifestation       | token     | Clinical symptoms/signs associated with the Event        | AllergyIntolerance.reaction.manifestation |
| onset               | date      | Date(/time) when manifestations showed                   | AllergyIntolerance.reaction.onset         |
| patient             | reference | Who the sensitivity is for                               | AllergyIntolerance.patient                |
| recorder            | reference | Who recorded the sensitivity                             | AllergyIntolerance.recorder               |
| route               | token     | How the subject was exposed to the substance             | AllergyIntolerance.reaction.exposureRoute |
| severity            | token     | mild / moderate / severe (of event as a whole)           | AllergyIntolerance.reaction.severity      |
| type                | token     | allergy / intolerance - Underlying mechanism (if known)  | AllergyIntolerance.type                   |
| verification-status | token     | unconfirmed / confirmed / refuted / entered-in-error     | AllergyIntolerance.verificationStatus     |

## Inherited Properties

| Name              | Required | Type                                                   | Description                                            |
| ----------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| id                | No       | string                                                 | Logical id of this artifact                            |
| meta              | No       | [Meta](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/meta)              | Metadata about the resource                            |
| implicitRules     | No       | uri                                                    | A set of rules under which this content was created    |
| language          | No       | code                                                   | Language of the resource content                       |
| text              | No       | [Narrative](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/narrative)    | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation |
| contained         | No       | Resource\[]                                            | Contained, inline Resources                            |
| extension         | No       | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Additional content defined by implementations          |
| modifierExtension | No       | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored                      |

To view the FHIR specification for this resource, see [AllergyIntolerance](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/AllergyIntolerance).
