Slot - FHIR v5.0.0

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12.17.7 Resource Slot - Detailed Descriptions

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Work Group

Maturity Level: 3

Trial Use

Security Category: Business

Compartments: No defined compartments

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the Slot resource.

Slot
Element Id	Slot
Definition	A slot of time on a schedule that may be available for booking appointments.
Short Display	A slot of time on a schedule that may be available for booking appointments
Cardinality	0..*
Type	DomainResource
Summary	false
Slot.identifier
Element Id	Slot.identifier
Definition	External Ids for this item.
Short Display	External Ids for this item
Note	This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion)
Cardinality	0..*
Type	Identifier
Summary	true
Slot.serviceCategory
Element Id	Slot.serviceCategory
Definition	A broad categorization of the service that is to be performed during this appointment.
Short Display	A broad categorization of the service that is to be performed during this appointment
Cardinality	0..*
Terminology Binding	Service Category (Example)
Type	CodeableConcept
Summary	true
Slot.serviceType
Element Id	Slot.serviceType
Definition	The type of appointments that can be booked into this slot (ideally this would be an identifiable service - which is at a location, rather than the location itself). If provided then this overrides the value provided on the Schedule resource.
Short Display	The type of appointments that can be booked into this slot (ideally this would be an identifiable service - which is at a location, rather than the location itself). If provided then this overrides the value provided on the Schedule resource
Cardinality	0..*
Terminology Binding	Service Type (Example)
Type	CodeableReference(HealthcareService)
Summary	true
Slot.specialty
Element Id	Slot.specialty
Definition	The specialty of a practitioner that would be required to perform the service requested in this appointment.
Short Display	The specialty of a practitioner that would be required to perform the service requested in this appointment
Cardinality	0..*
Terminology Binding	Practice Setting Code Value Set (Preferred)
Type	CodeableConcept
Summary	true
Slot.appointmentType
Element Id	Slot.appointmentType
Definition	The style of appointment or patient that may be booked in the slot (not service type).
Short Display	The style of appointment or patient that may be booked in the slot (not service type)
Cardinality	0..*
Terminology Binding	hl7VS-appointmentReasonCodes (Preferred)
Type	CodeableConcept
Summary	true
Comments	A slot may be allow multiple appointment types, but when booked, would only be used for one of the given appointment types.
Slot.schedule
Element Id	Slot.schedule
Definition	The schedule resource that this slot defines an interval of status information.
Short Display	The schedule resource that this slot defines an interval of status information
Cardinality	1..1
Type	Reference(Schedule)
Summary	true
Slot.status
Element Id	Slot.status
Definition	busy \| free \| busy-unavailable \| busy-tentative \| entered-in-error.
Short Display	busy \| free \| busy-unavailable \| busy-tentative \| entered-in-error
Cardinality	1..1
Terminology Binding	Slot Status (Required)
Type	code
Summary	true
Slot.start
Element Id	Slot.start
Definition	Date/Time that the slot is to begin.
Short Display	Date/Time that the slot is to begin
Cardinality	1..1
Type	instant
Summary	true
Slot.end
Element Id	Slot.end
Definition	Date/Time that the slot is to conclude.
Short Display	Date/Time that the slot is to conclude
Cardinality	1..1
Type	instant
Summary	true
Slot.overbooked
Element Id	Slot.overbooked
Definition	This slot has already been overbooked, appointments are unlikely to be accepted for this time.
Short Display	This slot has already been overbooked, appointments are unlikely to be accepted for this time
Cardinality	0..1
Type	boolean
Meaning if Missing	If overbooked is missing, systems may assume that there are still appointments available
Summary	false
Slot.comment
Element Id	Slot.comment
Definition	Comments on the slot to describe any extended information. Such as custom constraints on the slot.
Short Display	Comments on the slot to describe any extended information. Such as custom constraints on the slot
Cardinality	0..1
Type	string
Summary	false