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UK Core Implementation Guide STU3 Sequence - Sprint 6 Review

route

The path by which the vaccine product is taken into the body.

A SNOMED CT concept ID value from either of the following SHOULD be used:
UK “ePrescribing route of administration simple reference set (foundation metadata concept)” (999000051000001100) ValueSet UKCore-SubstanceOrProductAdministrationRoute
or:
UK published reference set “Vaccine route of administration simple reference set” (115231000001104).

Example of Immunization.route usage:

Table View

Immunization.id[0]UKCore-Immunization-Sn-IntramuscularRoute-Example
Immunization.status[0]completed
Immunization.vaccineCode[0].coding[0].system[0]https://dmd.nhs.uk
Immunization.vaccineCode[0].coding[0].code[0]39114911000001105
Immunization.vaccineCode[0].coding[0].display[0]COVID-19 Vaccine Vaxzevria (ChAdOx1 S [recombinant]) not less than 2.5x100,000,000 infectious units/0.5ml dose suspension for injection multidose vials (AstraZeneca UK Ltd)
Immunization.patient[0].reference[0]Patient/UKCore-Patient-RichardSmith-Example
Immunization.occurrenceDateTime[0]2021-07-20
Immunization.route[0].coding[0].system[0]http://snomed.info/sct
Immunization.route[0].coding[0].code[0]78421000
Immunization.route[0].coding[0].display[0]Intramuscular route (qualifier value)

Tree View

Immunization

XML View

<Immunization xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
    <id value="UKCore-Immunization-Sn-IntramuscularRoute-Example" />
    <status value="completed" />
    <vaccineCode>
        <coding>
            <system value="https://dmd.nhs.uk" />
            <code value="39114911000001105" />
            <display value="COVID-19 Vaccine Vaxzevria (ChAdOx1 S [recombinant]) not less than 2.5x100,000,000 infectious units/0.5ml dose suspension for injection multidose vials (AstraZeneca UK Ltd)" />
        </coding>
    </vaccineCode>
    <patient>
        <reference value="Patient/UKCore-Patient-RichardSmith-Example" />
    </patient>
    <occurrenceDateTime value="2021-07-20" />
    <!--  **************snippet start**************  -->
    <route>
        <coding>
            <system value="http://snomed.info/sct" />
            <code value="78421000" />
            <display value="Intramuscular route (qualifier value)" />
        </coding>
    </route>
    <!--  **************snippet end**************  -->
</Immunization>

JSON View

{
    "resourceType": "Immunization",
    "id": "UKCore-Immunization-Sn-IntramuscularRoute-Example",
    "status": "completed",
    "vaccineCode": {
        "coding":  [
            {
                "system": "https://dmd.nhs.uk",
                "code": "39114911000001105",
                "display": "COVID-19 Vaccine Vaxzevria (ChAdOx1 S [recombinant]) not less than 2.5x100,000,000 infectious units/0.5ml dose suspension for injection multidose vials (AstraZeneca UK Ltd)"
            }
        ]
    },
    "patient": {
        "reference": "Patient/UKCore-Patient-RichardSmith-Example"
    },
    "occurrenceDateTime": "2021-07-20",
    "route": {
        "coding":  [
            {
                "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
                "code": "78421000",
                "display": "Intramuscular route (qualifier value)"
            }
        ]
    }
}
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