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Questionnaire: Genetic Clinical Referral

Official URL: https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/Questionnaire/GeneticClinicalReferral Version: 2.2.5
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For analysis purposes only - not an active or planned project. See Genetic Referrals for the narrative use case this Questionnaire sketches a computable data model for, and Genetic Clinical Referral - Differences from Genomic Test Order for how this compares to Genomic Test Order.

This is a closed-loop clinical referral into a genomics/clinical genetics service (see Genetic Referrals), modelled on HL7 v2 OMG^O19 (IHE 360X referral order, for future use) - not a laboratory order. Where a data item is genuinely the same one Genomic Test Order already captures (e.g. patient demographics), this Questionnaire reuses the same item, per the "check for existing patterns" principle in How To Engineer (scale and deliver) Interoperability.

This Questionnaire is the form representation of the Genetic Clinical Referral logical model - the common core referral form, extended by Genetic Referral Consultand for each named consultand.

The data model, its HL7 v2 and FHIR mappings, and how it breaks down into an implementation model (including forms, the pathology report and the patient summary) are described on the Genetic Clinical Referral logical model page. Each element's equivalent linkId in this Questionnaire is listed on that page's Mappings tab.

Profile: Questionnaire

Structure
LinkIDTextCardinalityTypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
**For analysis purposes only - not an active or planned project.** See [Genetic Referrals](GeneticReferrals.html) for the narrative use case this Questionnaire sketches a computable data model for, and [Genetic Clinical Referral - Differences from Genomic Test Order](StructureDefinition-GeneticClinicalReferral.html#differences-from-genomic-test-order) for how this compares to [Genomic Test Order](StructureDefinition-GenomicTestOrder.html). This is a closed-loop clinical referral into a genomics/clinical genetics service (see [Genetic Referrals](GeneticReferrals.html)), modelled on HL7 v2 `OMG^O19` (IHE 360X referral order, for future use) - not a laboratory order. Where a data item is genuinely the same one [Genomic Test Order](StructureDefinition-GenomicTestOrder.html) already captures (e.g. patient demographics), this Questionnaire reuses the same item, per the "check for existing patterns" principle in [How To Engineer (scale and deliver) Interoperability](HowToEngineerInteroperability.html#check-for-existing-patterns-before-modelling-new-ones). Questionnaire https://fhir.nwgenomics.nhs.uk/Questionnaire/GeneticClinicalReferral#2.2.5
Patient Patient 0..1 group Definition: Patient
Value Set:
Patient / Patient-designNote Reuses the same items as Genomic Test Order's Patient group - both populate the same HL7 v2 PID segment. 0..1 display Value Set:
Patient / LN/45394-4 Patient surname 1..1 string Definition: Patient.name.family
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Patient / LN/45392-8 Patient first name 1..1 string Definition: Patient.name.given
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Patient / LN/21112-8 Date of birth 1..1 date Definition: Patient.birthDate
Value Set:
Patient / LN/56799-0 Address 0..1 group Definition: Patient.address
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Patient / LN/56799-0 / HL7/PID-11-1 Address Line 0..* string Definition: Patient.address.line
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Patient / LN/56799-0 / LN/45401-7 Postcode 0..1 string Definition: Patient.address.postalCode
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Patient / LN/46098-0 Sex registered at birth 0..1 choice Definition: Patient.gender
Value Set: AdministrativeGender
Patient / LN/89061-6 NHS Number 0..1 string Definition: Patient.identifier:nhsNumber
Value Set:
Patient / LN/76435-7 Hospital Number (Medical Record Number) 0..1 string Definition: Patient.identifier:MedicalRecordNumber
Value Set:
Patient / LN/56797-4 Account Number (Episode or Stay Number) 0..1 string Definition: ServiceRequest.encounter.identifier.value
Value Set:
Patient / LN/56797-4 / LN/56797-4-designNote PV1-19 (Visit/Account Number) - not the unrelated v2 ACC segment. 0..1 display Value Set:
Patient / pedigreeNumber G Number (Pedigree Number) 0..1 string Definition: Observation.valueString
Value Set:
Patient / pedigreeNumber / pedigreeNumber-designNote Links the proband to consultands (at-risk relatives) referred as part of the same family investigation - see Distributed WGS (dWGS) Family Structure/Participant Type pattern. Modelled as Observation.valueString, not a Patient identifier - see Genomic General Ask At Order Entry's own G Number (Pedigree Number) item and WholeGenomicSequence.html for why. 0..1 display Value Set:
ReferringProvider Referring Provider/Organisation (ORC-12 / ORC-21) 0..1 group Definition: PractitionerRole
Value Set:
ReferringProvider / ReferringProvider-designNote OMG^O19 ORC-12 (ordering provider) and ORC-21 (ordering facility). Reuses the same items as Genomic Test Order's Healthcare Professional group. 0..1 display Value Set:
ReferringProvider / LN/18705-4 Referring Clinician Name 1..1 string Definition: PractitionerRole.practitioner.display
Value Set:
ReferringProvider / LN/18707-0 Referring Clinician Current Speciality 0..1 choice Definition: PractitionerRole.specialty.coding.code
Value Set: UK Core Practice Setting Code
ReferringProvider / LN/46608-6 Referring Clinician Professional Identifier 0..1 string Definition: PractitionerRole.practitioner.identifier.value
Value Set:
ReferringProvider / LN/89058-2 Email 0..* string Definition: PractitionerRole.telecom.value
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ReferringProvider / LN/81230-5 Phone 0..1 string Definition: PractitionerRole.telecom.value
Value Set:
ReferringProvider / HL7/ORC-21 Referring Organisation ODS Code 0..1 string Definition: PractitionerRole.organization.identifier.value
Value Set:
ReferredToProvider Referred-to Provider/Service (MSH-5 / MSH-6) 0..1 group Definition: ServiceRequest.performer
Value Set:
ReferredToProvider / ReferredToProvider-designNote OMG^O19 MSH-5 / MSH-6 (receiving application / facility) - who/what the referral is being sent to. Genomic Test Order has no equivalent group: an order's Order Filler is implicit/fixed (the destination LIMS), whereas a referral explicitly names the receiving clinic/service - see Differences from Genomic Test Order below. May be a named clinician (PractitionerRole) or a service/clinic (HealthcareService) rather than a named individual. 0..1 display Value Set:
ReferredToProvider / ReferredToProvider/serviceName Referred-to Service/Clinic Name 0..1 string Definition: HealthcareService.name
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ReferredToProvider / ReferredToProvider/organisationCode Referred-to Organisation ODS Code 0..1 string Definition: PractitionerRole.organization.identifier.value
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ReferredToProvider / ReferredToProvider/clinicianName Named Consultant/Clinician (if known) 0..1 string Definition: PractitionerRole.practitioner.display
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Referral Referral (ORC / OBR) 0..1 group Definition: ServiceRequest
Value Set:
Referral / HL7/ORC-2 Referral Identifier 0..1 string Definition: ServiceRequest.identifier:OrderIdentifier
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Referral / HL7/ORC-5 Referral Status 0..1 choice Definition: ServiceRequest.status
Value Set: RequestStatus
Referral / LN/82768-3 Priority 0..1 choice Definition: ServiceRequest.priority
Value Set: Request Priority
Referral / HL7/OBR-4 Referral Type / Service Requested 0..1 choice Definition: ServiceRequest.code
Value Set:
Options: 1 option
Referral / HL7/OBR-4 / HL7/OBR-4-designNote For a clinical genetics referral this is SNOMED CT 306119003. Unlike Genomic Test Order's Test Code, this is not a Genomic Test Directory code: it names the clinical service/assessment being requested (e.g. genetic counselling, cascade testing), not a specific lab test. 0..1 display Value Set:
ReasonForReferral Reason for Referral (OBR-31 / DG1) 0..1 group Value Set:
ReasonForReferral / LN/51967-8 Suspected/confirmed condition (reason for referral) 0..* choice Definition: ServiceRequest.reasonCode
Value Set: Genomic Clinical Indication Codes
FamilyHistory Family History (Family Letter) 0..1 group Value Set:
FamilyHistory / FamilyHistory-designNote Genomic Test Order's order/test-type-specific detail is captured by structured Ask At Order Entry Questionnaires. A referral has no equivalent structured sub-Questionnaire today: the corresponding detail - who else in the family is affected, the inheritance pattern, degree of relationship of at-risk relatives - travels as free text or an attached document within the unstructured **family letter** (see Genetic Referrals and Cancer Background Information for Use Cases - Genetic Counselling Referral Across Regions), not as discrete data items. A future structured representation could use FamilyMemberHistory per relative (see the FamilyMemberHistory examples on Genomic Test Report), but that is not attempted here. 0..1 display Value Set:
FamilyHistory / HL7/NTE-1 Family Letter / Clinical Details (free text) 0..1 string Definition: ServiceRequest.note
Value Set:
FamilyHistory / FamilyHistory/attachment Family Letter (attached document) 0..1 reference Definition: ServiceRequest.supportingInfo
Value Set:
FamilyHistory / FamilyHistory/attachment / FamilyHistory/attachment-designNote ServiceRequest.supportingInfo references a DocumentReference (the family letter), whose own DocumentReference.content.attachment.url points at a Binary holding the actual document - the same pattern NHS e-Referral Service (eRS) itself already uses for referral attachments (ReferralRequest.supportingInfo -> DocumentReference) - see Genetic Referrals - eRS FHIR Resource Model. 0..1 display Value Set:
SupportingInformation Supporting Information (Forms and Clinical Documents) 0..1 group Definition: ServiceRequest.supportingInfo
Value Set:
SupportingInformation / SupportingInformation-designNote Clinical content travels as forms and clinical documents referenced from the referral, not copied into it - see Genetic Clinical Referral (logical model) - From Logical Model to Implementation Model. 0..1 display Value Set:
SupportingInformation / SupportingInformation/forms Referral Forms 0..* reference Definition: ServiceRequest.supportingInfo
Value Set:
SupportingInformation / SupportingInformation/forms / SupportingInformation/forms-designNote Completed referral forms (e.g. a national GMS test order form or a service-specific referral form) as QuestionnaireResponse - structured answers, not a clinical document. 0..1 display Value Set:
SupportingInformation / SupportingInformation/pathologyReport Pathology Report 0..* reference Definition: ServiceRequest.supportingInfo
Value Set:
SupportingInformation / SupportingInformation/pathologyReport / SupportingInformation/pathologyReport-designNote Target: a reference to the pathology report as a clinical document shared by the NHS England Single Patient Record (SPR), either a DocumentReference or a FHIR Document Bundle. Interim: an attached PDF - a DocumentReference whose content.attachment.url points at a Binary (HL7 v2 OBX type ED). 0..1 display Value Set:
SupportingInformation / SupportingInformation/patientSummary Patient Summary 0..1 reference Definition: ServiceRequest.supportingInfo
Value Set:
SupportingInformation / SupportingInformation/patientSummary / SupportingInformation/patientSummary-designNote A clinical document - a DocumentReference or a FHIR Document Bundle, implemented the same way as the Pathology Report. Not part of the NHS England Genomics ServiceRequest specification. 0..1 display Value Set:

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Options Sets

Answer options for HL7/OBR-4

  • http://snomed.info/sct#306119003

Profile: Questionnaire

Patient

  • linkId: Patient
  • Definition:: Patient
  • Answers:

Reuses the same items as Genomic Test Order's Patient group - both populate the same HL7 v2 PID segment.

  • linkId: Patient-designNote
  • Answers:

Patient surname*

Patient first name*

Date of birth*

Address

Address Line

Postcode

Sex registered at birth

NHS Number

Hospital Number (Medical Record Number)

Account Number (Episode or Stay Number)

PV1-19 (Visit/Account Number) - not the unrelated v2 ACC segment.

  • linkId: LN/56797-4-designNote
  • Answers:

G Number (Pedigree Number)

Links the proband to consultands (at-risk relatives) referred as part of the same family investigation - see Distributed WGS (dWGS) Family Structure/Participant Type pattern. Modelled as Observation.valueString, not a Patient identifier - see Genomic General Ask At Order Entry's own G Number (Pedigree Number) item and WholeGenomicSequence.html for why.

  • linkId: pedigreeNumber-designNote
  • Answers:

Referring Provider/Organisation (ORC-12 / ORC-21)

OMG^O19 ORC-12 (ordering provider) and ORC-21 (ordering facility). Reuses the same items as Genomic Test Order's Healthcare Professional group.

  • linkId: ReferringProvider-designNote
  • Answers:

Referring Clinician Name*

Referring Clinician Current Speciality

Referring Clinician Professional Identifier

Email

Phone

Referring Organisation ODS Code

Referred-to Provider/Service (MSH-5 / MSH-6)

OMG^O19 MSH-5 / MSH-6 (receiving application / facility) - who/what the referral is being sent to. Genomic Test Order has no equivalent group: an order's Order Filler is implicit/fixed (the destination LIMS), whereas a referral explicitly names the receiving clinic/service - see Differences from Genomic Test Order below. May be a named clinician (PractitionerRole) or a service/clinic (HealthcareService) rather than a named individual.

  • linkId: ReferredToProvider-designNote
  • Answers:

Referred-to Service/Clinic Name

Referred-to Organisation ODS Code

Named Consultant/Clinician (if known)

Referral (ORC / OBR)

Referral Identifier

Referral Status

Priority

Referral Type / Service Requested

For a clinical genetics referral this is SNOMED CT 306119003. Unlike Genomic Test Order's Test Code, this is not a Genomic Test Directory code: it names the clinical service/assessment being requested (e.g. genetic counselling, cascade testing), not a specific lab test.

  • linkId: HL7/OBR-4-designNote
  • Answers:

Reason for Referral (OBR-31 / DG1)

  • linkId: ReasonForReferral
  • Answers:

Suspected/confirmed condition (reason for referral)

Family History (Family Letter)

  • linkId: FamilyHistory
  • Answers:

Genomic Test Order's order/test-type-specific detail is captured by structured Ask At Order Entry Questionnaires. A referral has no equivalent structured sub-Questionnaire today: the corresponding detail - who else in the family is affected, the inheritance pattern, degree of relationship of at-risk relatives - travels as free text or an attached document within the unstructured **family letter** (see Genetic Referrals and Cancer Background Information for Use Cases - Genetic Counselling Referral Across Regions), not as discrete data items. A future structured representation could use FamilyMemberHistory per relative (see the FamilyMemberHistory examples on Genomic Test Report), but that is not attempted here.

  • linkId: FamilyHistory-designNote
  • Answers:

Family Letter / Clinical Details (free text)

Family Letter (attached document)

ServiceRequest.supportingInfo references a DocumentReference (the family letter), whose own DocumentReference.content.attachment.url points at a Binary holding the actual document - the same pattern NHS e-Referral Service (eRS) itself already uses for referral attachments (ReferralRequest.supportingInfo -> DocumentReference) - see Genetic Referrals - eRS FHIR Resource Model.

  • linkId: FamilyHistory/attachment-designNote
  • Answers:

Supporting Information (Forms and Clinical Documents)

Clinical content travels as forms and clinical documents referenced from the referral, not copied into it - see Genetic Clinical Referral (logical model) - From Logical Model to Implementation Model.

  • linkId: SupportingInformation-designNote
  • Answers:

Referral Forms

Completed referral forms (e.g. a national GMS test order form or a service-specific referral form) as QuestionnaireResponse - structured answers, not a clinical document.

  • linkId: SupportingInformation/forms-designNote
  • Answers:

Pathology Report

Target: a reference to the pathology report as a clinical document shared by the NHS England Single Patient Record (SPR), either a DocumentReference or a FHIR Document Bundle. Interim: an attached PDF - a DocumentReference whose content.attachment.url points at a Binary (HL7 v2 OBX type ED).

  • linkId: SupportingInformation/pathologyReport-designNote
  • Answers:

Patient Summary

A clinical document - a DocumentReference or a FHIR Document Bundle, implemented the same way as the Pathology Report. Not part of the NHS England Genomics ServiceRequest specification.

  • linkId: SupportingInformation/patientSummary-designNote
  • Answers:

Profile: Questionnaire

LinkIDDescription & Constraintsdoco
Patient Definition: Patient
Value Set:
Patient / Patient-designNote Value Set:
Patient / LN/45394-4 Definition: Patient.name.family
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Patient / LN/45392-8 Definition: Patient.name.given
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Patient / LN/21112-8 Definition: Patient.birthDate
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Patient / LN/56799-0 Definition: Patient.address
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Patient / LN/56799-0 / HL7/PID-11-1 Definition: Patient.address.line
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Patient / LN/56799-0 / LN/45401-7 Definition: Patient.address.postalCode
Value Set:
Patient / LN/46098-0 Definition: Patient.gender
Value Set: AdministrativeGender
Patient / LN/89061-6 Definition: Patient.identifier:nhsNumber
Value Set:
Patient / LN/76435-7 Definition: Patient.identifier:MedicalRecordNumber
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Patient / LN/56797-4 Definition: ServiceRequest.encounter.identifier.value
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Patient / LN/56797-4 / LN/56797-4-designNote Value Set:
Patient / pedigreeNumber Definition: Observation.valueString
Value Set:
Patient / pedigreeNumber / pedigreeNumber-designNote Value Set:
ReferringProvider Definition: PractitionerRole
Value Set:
ReferringProvider / ReferringProvider-designNote Value Set:
ReferringProvider / LN/18705-4 Definition: PractitionerRole.practitioner.display
Value Set:
ReferringProvider / LN/18707-0 Definition: PractitionerRole.specialty.coding.code
Value Set: UK Core Practice Setting Code
ReferringProvider / LN/46608-6 Definition: PractitionerRole.practitioner.identifier.value
Value Set:
ReferringProvider / LN/89058-2 Definition: PractitionerRole.telecom.value
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ReferringProvider / LN/81230-5 Definition: PractitionerRole.telecom.value
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ReferringProvider / HL7/ORC-21 Definition: PractitionerRole.organization.identifier.value
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ReferredToProvider Definition: ServiceRequest.performer
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ReferredToProvider / ReferredToProvider-designNote Value Set:
ReferredToProvider / ReferredToProvider/serviceName Definition: HealthcareService.name
Value Set:
ReferredToProvider / ReferredToProvider/organisationCode Definition: PractitionerRole.organization.identifier.value
Value Set:
ReferredToProvider / ReferredToProvider/clinicianName Definition: PractitionerRole.practitioner.display
Value Set:
Referral Definition: ServiceRequest
Value Set:
Referral / HL7/ORC-2 Definition: ServiceRequest.identifier:OrderIdentifier
Value Set:
Referral / HL7/ORC-5 Definition: ServiceRequest.status
Value Set: RequestStatus
Referral / LN/82768-3 Definition: ServiceRequest.priority
Value Set: Request Priority
Referral / HL7/OBR-4 Definition: ServiceRequest.code
Value Set:
Options: 1 option
Referral / HL7/OBR-4 / HL7/OBR-4-designNote Value Set:
ReasonForReferral Value Set:
ReasonForReferral / LN/51967-8 Definition: ServiceRequest.reasonCode
Value Set: Genomic Clinical Indication Codes
FamilyHistory Value Set:
FamilyHistory / FamilyHistory-designNote Value Set:
FamilyHistory / HL7/NTE-1 Definition: ServiceRequest.note
Value Set:
FamilyHistory / FamilyHistory/attachment Definition: ServiceRequest.supportingInfo
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FamilyHistory / FamilyHistory/attachment / FamilyHistory/attachment-designNote Value Set:
SupportingInformation Definition: ServiceRequest.supportingInfo
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SupportingInformation / SupportingInformation-designNote Value Set:
SupportingInformation / SupportingInformation/forms Definition: ServiceRequest.supportingInfo
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SupportingInformation / SupportingInformation/forms / SupportingInformation/forms-designNote Value Set:
SupportingInformation / SupportingInformation/pathologyReport Definition: ServiceRequest.supportingInfo
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SupportingInformation / SupportingInformation/pathologyReport / SupportingInformation/pathologyReport-designNote Value Set:
SupportingInformation / SupportingInformation/patientSummary Definition: ServiceRequest.supportingInfo
Value Set:
SupportingInformation / SupportingInformation/patientSummary / SupportingInformation/patientSummary-designNote Value Set:

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