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ClinicalImpression resource (FHIR R4)

ClinicalImpression is the FHIR R4 resource for a record of a clinical assessment performed to determine what problem(s) may affect the patient and before planning the treatments or management strategies that are best to manage a patient's condition.

ResourceClinicalImpression
FHIR versionR4 (4.0.1)
Canonical URLhttp://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ClinicalImpression
Required elementsstatus (1..1), subject (1..1)

Example

{
  "resourceType": "ClinicalImpression",
  "id": "clinicalimpression-81900211d08b1d97fa665216a554665a",
  "status": "in-progress",
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/patient-6a5d7d6810efd251b5979f7807b5749b"
  }
}

Generated by the Pidgeon engine: pidgeon generate ClinicalImpression --seed 20260722.

Validation context

  • strict pidgeon validate grades a ClinicalImpression instance against the base R4 structure definition: missing required elements raise REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING and cardinality violations raise CARDINALITY_MIN or CARDINALITY_MAX.(REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING)

This answer, in your terminal

pidgeon lookup ClinicalImpression

Wire it into your AI agent:

claude mcp add pidgeon -- npx -y @pidgeonhealth/mcp

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Published by Pattern Engine LLC (Pidgeon Health).

Rendered from the same machine-readable definitions the Pidgeon engine validates against. Exported from the Pidgeon engine's FHIR R4 definitions (CC0); example generated with seed 20260722.