Condition Resource

The Condition resource details a clinical condition, problem, diagnosis, or other event of clinical significance.

A patient may have multiple Condition resources (0 to many). Each Condition resource represents a single clinical condition, problem, diagnosis, or other health issue. Conditions can be active, resolved, or in other states as specified by the clinicalStatus field. Critical conditions should have both clinical and verification statuses properly documented to indicate their current state and degree of certainty.

{
            "fullUrl": "https://kenya-shr.kenya-hie.health/fhir/Condition/1201795",
            "resource": {
                "resourceType": "Condition",
                "id": "1201795",
                "meta": {
                    "versionId": "1",
                    "lastUpdated": "2025-03-20T13:16:54.906+00:00",
                    "source": "#03c32c98cb2525db",
                    "profile": [
                        "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-condition"
                    ],
                },
                "identifier": [
                    {
                        "system": "http://example.hospital.org/fhir/condition",
                        "value": "HT-48731",
                    }
                ],
                "clinicalStatus": {
                    "coding": [
                        {
                            "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-clinical",
                            "code": "active",
                            "display": "Active",
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "verificationStatus": {
                    "coding": [
                        {
                            "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-ver-status",
                            "code": "confirmed",
                            "display": "Confirmed",
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "category": [
                    {
                        "coding": [
                            {
                                "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/condition-category",
                                "code": "problem-list-item",
                                "display": "Problem List Item",
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                ],
                "severity": {
                    "coding": [
                        {
                            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
                            "code": "6736007",
                            "display": "Moderate",
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "code": {
                    "coding": [
                        {
                            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
                            "code": "59621000",
                            "display": "Essential hypertension",
                        },
                        {
                            "system": "http://id.who.int/icd11/mms",
                            "code": "BA00",
                            "display": "Essential hypertension",
                        },
                    ],
                    "text": "Hypertension",
                },
                "subject": {"reference": "Patient/CR7794222774698-5"},
                "onsetDateTime": "2022-03-15",
                "recordedDate": "2022-03-20",
                "recorder": {
                    "reference": "Practitioner/practitioner-1",
                    "display": "Dr. Jane Smith",
                },
                "note": [
                    {
                        "text": "Patient diagnosed with essential hypertension. Currently managed with medication. Regular monitoring required."
                    }
                ],
            },
            "search": {"mode": "match"},
        }

Condition Resource Critical Components

Field	Description
`resourceType`	Always "Condition"
`id`	Unique identifier for the condition record
`meta`	Includes version information, lastUpdated timestamp, and applicable profiles
`identifier`	External identifiers for this condition
`clinicalStatus`	Current state of the condition (e.g., "active", "resolved", "recurrence", "inactive")
`coding`	Standard terminology coding with system, code, and display
`verificationStatus`	Confirmation status (e.g., "confirmed", "provisional", "refuted", "entered-in-error")
`category`	Classification of the condition (e.g., "problem-list-item", "encounter-diagnosis", "health-concern")
`severity`	Subjective severity assessment (e.g., "mild", "moderate", "severe")
`code`	The actual condition, disorder or diagnosis
`coding`	Array of standard codes (SNOMED CT, ICD-11, etc.)
`text`	Human readable description of the condition
`subject`	Reference to the patient (must match the requested patient)
`onsetDateTime`	When the condition began/was first observed
`recordedDate`	When the condition was documented
`recorder`	Reference to the practitioner who recorded the condition
`note`	Additional information about the condition