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# DetectedIssue

> Indicates an actual or potential clinical issue with or between one or more active or proposed clinical actions for a patient; e.g. Drug-drug interaction, Ineffective treatment frequency, Procedure-condition conflict, etc.

## Properties

| Name                | Required | Type                                                                                                                                                                                   | Description                                             |
| ------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| identifier          | No       | [Identifier](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/identifier)\[]                                                                                                                               | Unique id for the detected issue                        |
| status              | Yes      | code                                                                                                                                                                                   | registered / preliminary / final / amended +            |
| code                | No       | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)                                                                                                                        | Issue Category, e.g. drug-drug, duplicate therapy, etc. |
| severity            | No       | code                                                                                                                                                                                   | high / moderate / low                                   |
| patient             | No       | Reference\<[Patient](/medical-api/fhir/resources/patient)>                                                                                                                             | Associated patient                                      |
| identified\[x]      | No       | dateTime, [Period](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/period)                                                                                                                                | When identified                                         |
| author              | No       | Reference\<[Practitioner](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitioner) / [PractitionerRole](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitionerrole) / [Device](/medical-api/fhir/resources/device)> | The provider or device that identified the issue        |
| implicated          | No       | Reference\<Resource>\[]                                                                                                                                                                | Problem resource                                        |
| evidence            | No       | DetectedIssueEvidence                                                                                                                                                                  | Supporting evidence                                     |
| - 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  |
| - code              | No       | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)\[]                                                                                                                     | Manifestation                                           |
| - detail            | No       | Reference\<Resource>\[]                                                                                                                                                                | Supporting information                                  |
| detail              | No       | string                                                                                                                                                                                 | Description and context                                 |
| reference           | No       | uri                                                                                                                                                                                    | Authority for issue                                     |
| mitigation          | No       | DetectedIssueMitigation                                                                                                                                                                | Step taken to address                                   |
| - 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  |
| - action            | Yes      | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)                                                                                                                        | What mitigation?                                        |
| - date              | No       | dateTime                                                                                                                                                                               | Date committed                                          |
| - author            | No       | Reference\<[Practitioner](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitioner) / [PractitionerRole](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitionerrole)>                                                | Who is committing?                                      |

## Search Parameters

| Name       | Type      | Description                                             | Expression               |
| ---------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ |
| identifier | token     | Unique id for the detected issue                        | DetectedIssue.identifier |
| patient    | reference | Associated patient                                      | DetectedIssue.patient    |
| author     | reference | The provider or device that identified the issue        | DetectedIssue.author     |
| code       | token     | Issue Category, e.g. drug-drug, duplicate therapy, etc. | DetectedIssue.code       |
| identified | date      | When identified                                         | DetectedIssue.identified |
| implicated | reference | Problem resource                                        | DetectedIssue.implicated |

## 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 [DetectedIssue](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DetectedIssue).