10.7 Series Act
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## 10.7 Series Act

Template ID | 1.2.840.10008.9.17
Name | Series Act
Effective Date | 2015/03/24
Version Label | DICOM-20150324
Status | Active
Description | A Series Act contains the DICOM series information for referenced DICOM composite objects. The series information defines the attributes that are used to group composite instances into distinct logical sets. Each series is associated with exactly one study. Series Act clinical statements are only instantiated in the 9.8.7 DICOM Object Catalog section inside a 10.6 Study Act.
Classification | CDA Entry Level
Relationships | Included in 10.6 Study Act
Context | parent node
Open/Closed | open
Revision History | DICOM-20150324: Initial publication, derived from template originally published in DIR r1-2009, revised in Consolidated CDA r1-2011 as 2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.4.63. This derivation uses DICOM-20150324 SOP Instance subsidiary template.

Business Name | Nest Level | Element/​Attribute | Card | Elem/Attr Conf | Data Type | Value Conf | Value | Subsidiary Template
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Series[*] |  | act | 1..1 | SHALL |  |  |  |
| @ | @classCode | 1..1 | SHALL | CS | SHALL | ACT |
| @ | @moodCode | 1..1 | SHALL | CS | SHALL | EVN |
| > | template​Id | 1..1 | SHALL | II |  |  |
| >@ | @root | 1..1 | SHALL | UID | SHALL | 1.2.840.10008.9.17 |
| > | id | 1..1 | SHALL |  |  |  |
Series​UID | >@ | @root | 1..1 | SHALL | UID |  | Series Instance UID (0020,000E) |
| >@ | @extension | 0..0 | SHALL NOT |  |  |  |
| > | code | 1..1 | SHALL | CD | SHALL | (113015, DCM, "Series" ) |
| >> | qualifier | 1..1 | SHALL |  |  |  |
| >>> | name | 1..1 | SHALL | CD | SHALL | (121139, DCM, "Modality") |
Modality | >>> | value | 1..1 | SHALL | CD |  | Modality (0008,0060) |
Description | > | text | 0..1 | MAY | ED |  |  |
Time | > | effective​Time | 0..1 | SHOULD | TS |  | Series Date (0008,0021) + Series Time (0008,0031) + Timezone Offset From UTC (0008,0201) |
| > | entry​Relationship | 1..* | SHALL |  |  |  |
| >@ | @typeCode | 1..1 | SHALL | CS | SHALL | COMP |
SOPInstance[*] | >> | observation | 1..1 |  |  |  |  | 10.8 SOP Instance Observation 1.2.840.10008.9.18

Example 10.7-1. Series act example

    <act classCode="ACT" moodCode="EVN">
        <templateId root="1.2.840.10008.9.17"/>
        <id root="1.2.840.113619.2.62.994044785528.20060823223142485051"/>
        <code code="113015" codeSystem="1.2.840.10008.2.16.4"
                codeSystemName="DCM" displayName="Series">
            <qualifier>
                <name code="121139" codeSystem="1.2.840.10008.2.16.4"
                    codeSystemName="DCM"
                    displayName="Modality"/>
                <value code="CR" codeSystem="1.2.840.10008.2.16.4"
                    codeSystemName="DCM"
                    displayName="Computed Radiography"/>
            </qualifier>
        </code>
        <!-- **** SOP Instance UID *** -->
        <entryRelationship typeCode="COMP">
            <observation classCode="DGIMG" moodCode="EVN">
                <templateId root="2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.6.2.8"/>
                ...
            </observation>
        </entryRelationship>
    </act>

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