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# diagnosticreport_category

Normalized `DiagnosticReport.category[]` property on the [DiagnosticReport](https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/diagnosticreport.html) FHIR resource.

**Primary Keys:**

* diagnosticreport\_category\_id

**Foreign Keys:**

* diagnosticreport\_id - links to the [diagnosticreport](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/diagnosticreport/base) table

| Column                         | Data Type | Description                               |
| ------------------------------ | --------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| diagnosticreport\_category\_id | varchar   | Unique identifier for the category row    |
| diagnosticreport\_id           | varchar   | FK to the parent diagnostic report record |
| text                           | varchar   | Free-text category description            |

**Related Tables:**

**Parent:**

* [diagnosticreport](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/diagnosticreport/base)

**Child:**

* [diagnosticreport\_category\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/diagnosticreport/category_coding)