DICOM PS3.3 2018b - Information Object Definitions

C.2.4 Patient Medical Module
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### C.2.4 Patient Medical Module

Table C.2-4 defines the Attributes relevant to a Patient's medical state or history.

Table C.2-4. Patient Medical Module Attributes

Attribute Name | Tag | Attribute Description
--- | --- | ---
Medical Alerts | (0010,2000) | Conditions to which medical staff should be alerted (e.g., contagious condition, drug allergies, etc.)
Allergies | (0010,2110) | Description of prior reaction to contrast agents, or other Patient allergies or adverse reactions.
Smoking Status | (0010,21A0) | Indicates whether Patient smokes. Enumerated Values: YES NO UNKNOWN
Additional Patient History | (0010,21B0) | Additional information about the Patient's medical history
Pregnancy Status | (0010,21C0) | Describes pregnancy state of Patient. Enumerated Values: 0001 not pregnant 0002 possibly pregnant 0003 definitely pregnant 0004 unknown
Last Menstrual Date | (0010,21D0) | Date of onset of last menstrual period
Patient's Sex Neutered | (0010,2203) | Whether or not a procedure has been performed in an effort to render the Patient sterile. Enumerated Values: ALTERED Altered/Neutered UNALTERED Unaltered/intact
Patient's Body Mass Index | (0010,1022) | Body Mass Index of the Patient in kg/m2.
Measured AP Dimension | (0010,1023) | The thickness in mm of the body part being scanned, in the antero-posterior dimension (per AAPM Report 204). ### Note These values are normally derived from a scanned image, but might also be obtained using physical calipers, e.g., for children.
Measured Lateral Dimension | (0010,1024) | The side-to-side (left to right) dimension in mm of the body part being scanned (per AAPM Report 204). ### Note These values are normally derived from a scanned image, but might also be obtained using physical calipers, e.g., for children.
Special Needs | (0038,0050) | Medical and social needs (e.g., wheelchair, oxygen, translator, etc.)
Patient State | (0038,0500) | Description of Patient state (comatose, disoriented, vision impaired, etc.)
Pertinent Documents Sequence | (0038,0100) | List of Documents (e.g., SR, or CDA) that contain information considered pertinent for the Patient medical condition. Zero or more Items shall be included in this Sequence.
>Include Table 10-11 “SOP Instance Reference Macro Attributes” |
>Purpose of Reference Code Sequence | (0040,A170) | Describes the purpose for which the document reference is made. Zero or more Items shall be included in this Sequence.
>>Include Table 8.8-1 “Code Sequence Macro Attributes” | No Baseline CID is defined.
>Document Title | (0042,0010) | Title of the referenced document.
Pertinent Resources Sequence | (0038,0101) | List of resources that contain information considered pertinent for the Patient medical condition. Zero or more Items shall be included in this Sequence.
>Retrieve URI | (0040,E010) | Retrieval access path to resource. Includes fully specified scheme, authority, path, and query in accordance with [RFC3986]. ### Note The VR of this Data Element has changed from UT to UR.
>Resource Description | (0038,0102) | Description or title of the resource.
Patient Clinical Trial Participation Sequence | (0038,0502) | Sequence of identifiers for clinical trials or research in which the Patient participates. Zero or more Items shall be included in this Sequence.
>Clinical Trial Sponsor Name | (0012,0010) | The name of the clinical trial or research sponsor, responsible for conducting the clinical trial and for defining the Clinical Trial Protocol.
>Clinical Trial Protocol ID | (0012,0020) | Identifier for the noted protocol, used by the Clinical Trial Sponsor to uniquely identify the investigational protocol.
>Clinical Trial Protocol Name | (0012,0021) | The name or title of the clinical trial or research protocol.
>Clinical Trial Site ID | (0012,0030) | The identifier, issued by the Clinical Trial Sponsor, of the site responsible for submitting clinical trial or research data.
>Clinical Trial Site Name | (0012,0031) | Name of the site responsible for submitting clinical trial or research data.
>Clinical Trial Subject ID | (0012,0040) | The assigned identifier for the Patient as a clinical trial or research subject.
>Clinical Trial Subject Reading ID | (0012,0042) | Identifies the Patient as a clinical trial or research subject for blinded evaluations.

### Note

The Patient Clinical Trial Participation Sequence (0038,0502) identifies potentially multiple trials or research projects in which the Patient is enrolled. Application behavior in the presence of multiple Items is outside the scope of the standard.

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