4.0 Document Updates

4.1 December 13, 2007

Upon approval by the HITSP Panel on December 13, 2007, this document is now Released for Implementation.

4.2 March 19, 2008

The following changes have been made to the construct:

Updated Nursing Terminology references to reflect HITSP standards harmonization

Replaced HL7 V3.0 reference with reference to HL7 V3.0 CDA/CDA R2

Updated Figure 1.2-1

Added ICD10 statement

Removed the Clinical Care Classification (CCC) Version 2.0 standard because it is an example that satisfied the pre-conditions and therefore should not be in the list of standards

4.3 March 27, 2008

Upon approval by the HITSP Panel on March 27, 2008, this document is now Released for Implementation.

The following changes have been made to this construct:

Updated PCC Revision 3.0 standard to include XDS-MS

Removed RxNorm and ITI-TF Rev. 4 from Table 2-5 due to the new HITSP standards referencing approach

Added FIPS 5-2 to Table 2-5 to indicate State Code

4.4 August 20, 2008

This document has been modified to reflect the updated HITSP approach to categorizing standards as Regulatory Guidance, Selected Standards, and Informative References.

Deleted the following standards from the standards table:

American Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Fourth Edition (CPT-4)

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas Publication # 5-2, May, 1987

Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II Code Set

Moved the following standard from the Standards table to the Informative Reference table:

International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) to informative

4.5 August 27, 2008

Upon approval by the HITSP Panel on August 27, 2008, this document is now Released for Implementation.

4.6 September 26, 2008

Specified HITSP constraints on Referral Summary and Discharge Summary

Removed vocabulary constraints. These are now included in HITSP/C80 Clinical Document and Message Terminology

Removed data constraints. These are now included in HITSP/C83 CDA Content Modules

Removed all terminology standards from the selected standards list as these are now specified in HITSP/C80 Clinical Document and Message Terminology

4.7 December 10, 2008

The changes in this construct address the following comments received during the Public Comment and Inspection Testing period (September 29 October 24, 2008).

5111, 5085, 5425, 5614, 5615

The full text of the comments along with the Technical Committees disposition can be reviewed on the HITSP Public Web Site.

4.7.1 Section 2.2.1 Data Mapping

Expanded the Note for Table 2-3 and Table 2-4 to define the values used in the Repeatable Entry column

Added the IHE templateID for the Discharge Diet content module

Added Medical Equipment content module to Table 2-3 and Table 2-4

Removed content module for state and local referral forms from Table 2-3

4.7.2 Section 2.2.1.2.1 Guidelines and Examples

Specified that the Hospital Course content module is intended to provide treatment descriptions regardless of the facility (e.g., hospital, long term care facility, etc.)

4.7.3 Section 2.3.2 Informative Reference Standards

Added Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Patient Care Coordination (PCC), Revision 4.0, 2008 - 2009, Emergency Department Referral Integration Profile as an informative reference standard

Minor editorial changes were made to this document.

4.8 December 18, 2008

Upon approval by the HITSP Panel on December 18, 2008, this document is now Released for Implementation.

4.9 June 30, 2009

Revised the document based on TN903 HITSP Data Architecture

General Updates:

4.9.1 Section 1.1 Overview

Clarified language

4.9.2 Section 2.2 Rules for Implementing

Added Note on usage of HITSP Constraints

4.9.3 Section 2.2.1 Data Mapping

Added Template Identifiers to Referral Summary and Discharge Summary

Added Constraint IDs to identify all HITSP Constraints

4.9.4 Section 3.0 Appendix

Added links to all C48 Encounter Data Element and Constraint

4.9.5 Changes based upon Public Comments

7071, 7078

Minor editorial changes were made to this construct. Removed boilerplate text for simplification. The term actor was replaced with interface.

4.10 July 8, 2009

Upon approval by the HITSP Panel on July 8, 2009, this document is now Released for Implementation.



[1] We have added template identifiers to the document specifications that follow. These template identifiers are recommended be used in exchanges, but are not required due to restrictions on major change. It is possible that these identifiers could be required in future editions of this specification.

[2] Optionality = R for Required, R2 for Required if Known or O for Optional, or C for Conditional. Conditional footnotes are further described below. Repeatable = Y for Yes, N for No.

[3] Optionality = R for Required, R2 for Required if Known or O for Optional, or C for Conditional. Conditional footnotes are further described below. Repeatable = Y for Yes, N for No.