# ServiceRequest: Laboratory Order - HL7 Europe Laboratory Report v2.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **ServiceRequest: Laboratory Order**

## Resource Profile: ServiceRequest: Laboratory Order 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/StructureDefinition/ServiceRequest-eu-lab | *Version*:2.0.0 | |
| * Standards status: *[Trial-use](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 2 | *Computable Name*:ServiceRequestLabEu |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0). | | |

 
This profile defines how to represent an laboratory orders using the HL7 FHIR ServiceRequest for the purpose of this guide. 

#### Communicating Ask at Order Entry questions and prior results

There are cases in which information is collected at the order entry, including prior results, for helping the results' interpretation.

These data may be represented in FHIR by different resources (Observations, Conditions, MedicationStatements,...), depending of the kind of information collected; and they are linked to the order (i.e. the ServiceRequest) by using the *supportingInfo* reference

**Usages:**

* Use this Profile: [Bundle: Laboratory Report](StructureDefinition-Bundle-eu-lab.md)
* Refer to this Profile: [DiagnosticReport: Laboratory Report](StructureDefinition-DiagnosticReport-eu-lab.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [ServiceRequest/srv-request-example](ServiceRequest-srv-request-example.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/hl7.fhir.eu.laboratory|current/StructureDefinition/ServiceRequest-eu-lab)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-ServiceRequest-eu-lab.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-ServiceRequest-eu-lab.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-ServiceRequest-eu-lab.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "ServiceRequest-eu-lab",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 2
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/StructureDefinition/ServiceRequest-eu-lab",
  "version" : "2.0.0",
  "name" : "ServiceRequestLabEu",
  "title" : "ServiceRequest: Laboratory Order",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-05-05T16:28:07+02:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Europe",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This profile defines how to represent an laboratory orders using the HL7 FHIR ServiceRequest for the purpose of this guide.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "150",
      "display" : "Europe"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0).",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "workflow",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/workflow",
    "name" : "Workflow Pattern"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "quick",
    "uri" : "http://siframework.org/cqf",
    "name" : "Quality Improvement and Clinical Knowledge (QUICK)"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "ServiceRequest",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ServiceRequest",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "ServiceRequest",
      "path" : "ServiceRequest",
      "short" : "Laboratory Order",
      "definition" : "Laboratory Order composition."
    },
    {
      "id" : "ServiceRequest.extension",
      "path" : "ServiceRequest.extension",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "value",
          "path" : "url"
        }],
        "ordered" : false,
        "rules" : "open"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "ServiceRequest.extension:accreditedLab",
      "path" : "ServiceRequest.extension",
      "sliceName" : "accreditedLab",
      "short" : "Accredited laboratory requested",
      "definition" : "Indicates that the request shall be fulfilled by an accredited laboratory.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://hl7.eu/fhir/StructureDefinition/laboratory-accredited"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "ServiceRequest.identifier",
      "path" : "ServiceRequest.identifier",
      "min" : 1
    },
    {
      "id" : "ServiceRequest.requisition",
      "path" : "ServiceRequest.requisition",
      "short" : "Composite Request ID."
    },
    {
      "id" : "ServiceRequest.code",
      "path" : "ServiceRequest.code",
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "preferred",
        "valueSet" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/ValueSet/lab-orderCodes-eu-lab"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "ServiceRequest.subject",
      "path" : "ServiceRequest.subject",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-core",
        "http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/StructureDefinition/Patient-animal-eu-lab",
        "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Group",
        "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Location",
        "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "ServiceRequest.authoredOn",
      "path" : "ServiceRequest.authoredOn",
      "short" : "When the order was placed"
    },
    {
      "id" : "ServiceRequest.insurance",
      "path" : "ServiceRequest.insurance",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Coverage"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "ServiceRequest.supportingInfo",
      "path" : "ServiceRequest.supportingInfo",
      "short" : "Additional information: e.g AOEs and prior results"
    },
    {
      "id" : "ServiceRequest.specimen",
      "path" : "ServiceRequest.specimen",
      "short" : "Specimens to be used by the laboratory procedure",
      "comment" : "If the specimen information are known when the order is created then the ServiceRequest.specimen should be used.\nIf the ServiceRequest can be updated when the specimen is collected then the ServiceRequest.specimen or the Specimen.request could be used.\nOtherwise the relationship is recorded in the Specimen.request element",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/StructureDefinition/Specimen-eu-lab"]
      }]
    }]
  }
}

```
