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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).


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