CDA+-+Vital+Signs+Section

The Vital Signs section uses constructs specified in the Results section. The Vital Signs section and Results section are different in their use of the Result Organizer and Result Observation.

**Vital Signs Organizer differs from Result Organizer as follows:**
(IHE PCC 6.3.4.21.2) || no constraint || (IHE PCC 6.3.4.21.5) || SHOULD [1..1] CCD-398 , code/@code from LOINC or SNOMED, MAY be selected from **CPT-4 or HL7 ResultTypeCode** || (IHE PCC 6.3.4.21.7) || no constraint ||
 * **path** || **Vitals Organizer** || **Results Organizer** ||
 * organizer@classCode || SHALL [1..1] “CLUSTER”
 * organizer/code@code || SHALL [1..1] 46680005, vital signs from 2.16.840.1.113883.6.96 SNOMED CT
 * organizer/effectiveTime || SHALL [1..1] effectiveTime to indicate when the measurement was taken

Vital Signs Observation differs from Result Observation as follows:
(2.2.3.6.4 Vital Sign Result Type HITSP C154-[DE-14.03-1]) || SHOULD [1..1] code/@code from LOINC or SNOMED || (IHE PCC 6.3.4.22.4) || SHALL [1..1] be present when the observation/@moodCode is EVN or GOL ||
 * **path** || **Vitals Observation** || **Results Observation** ||
 * observation/code || SHOULD [1..1] observation/code is drawn from Vital Sign Result HITSP Value Set 2.16.840.1.113883.3.88.12.80.62
 * observation/value || SHALL [1..1] value with xsi:type=”PQ”

**Questions to discuss:**

 * 1) Should the Consolidated IG copy all results requirements, with edits for vitals requirements, into a new Vitals Organizer template and Vitals Observation template?
 * 2) Should the new Vitals Organizer template and new Vitals Observation template reference the existing results templates, with the new templates specifying the differences?