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# FamilyMemberHistory

> Significant health conditions for a person related to the patient relevant in the context of care for the patient.

## Properties

| Name | Required | Type | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| identifier | No | [Identifier](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/identifier)\[] | External Id(s) for this record |
| instantiatesCanonical | No | canonical\[] | Instantiates FHIR protocol or definition |
| instantiatesUri | No | uri\[] | Instantiates external protocol or definition |
| status | Yes | code | partial / completed / entered-in-error / health-unknown |
| dataAbsentReason | No | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept) | subject-unknown / withheld / unable-to-obtain / deferred |
| patient | Yes | Reference\<[Patient](/medical-api/fhir/resources/patient)> | Patient history is about |
| date | No | dateTime | When history was recorded or last updated |
| name | No | string | The family member described |
| relationship | Yes | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept) | Relationship to the subject |
| sex | No | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept) | male / female / other / unknown |
| born\[x] | No | [Period](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/period), date, string | (approximate) date of birth |
| age\[x] | No | [Age](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/age), [Range](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/range), string | (approximate) age |
| estimatedAge | No | boolean | Age is estimated? |
| deceased\[x] | No | boolean, [Age](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/age), [Range](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/range), date, string | Dead? How old/when? |
| reasonCode | No | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)\[] | Why was family member history performed? |
| reasonReference | No | Reference\<[Condition](/medical-api/fhir/resources/condition) / [Observation](/medical-api/fhir/resources/observation) / [AllergyIntolerance](/medical-api/fhir/resources/allergyintolerance) / [QuestionnaireResponse](/medical-api/fhir/resources/questionnaireresponse) / [DiagnosticReport](/medical-api/fhir/resources/diagnosticreport) / [DocumentReference](/medical-api/fhir/resources/documentreference)>\[] | Why was family member history performed? |
| note | No | [Annotation](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/annotation)\[] | General note about related person |
| condition | No | FamilyMemberHistoryCondition | Condition that the related person had |
| - 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 | Yes | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept) | Condition suffered by relation |
| - outcome | No | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept) | deceased / permanent disability / etc. |
| - contributedToDeath | No | boolean | Whether the condition contributed to the cause of death |
| - onset\[x] | No | [Age](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/age), [Range](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/range), [Period](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/period), string | When condition first manifested |
| - note | No | [Annotation](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/annotation)\[] | Extra information about condition |

## Search Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Expression |
| - | - | - | - |
| code | token | A search by a condition code | FamilyMemberHistory.condition.code |
| date | date | When history was recorded or last updated | FamilyMemberHistory.date |
| identifier | token | A search by a record identifier | FamilyMemberHistory.identifier |
| patient | reference | The identity of a subject to list family member history items for | FamilyMemberHistory.patient |
| instantiates-canonical | reference | Instantiates FHIR protocol or definition | FamilyMemberHistory.instantiatesCanonical |
| instantiates-uri | uri | Instantiates external protocol or definition | FamilyMemberHistory.instantiatesUri |
| relationship | token | A search by a relationship type | FamilyMemberHistory.relationship |
| sex | token | A search by a sex code of a family member | FamilyMemberHistory.sex |
| status | token | partial / completed / entered-in-error / health-unknown | FamilyMemberHistory.status |

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


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