# Substance: Specimen Additive Substance - HL7 Europe Laboratory Report v2.0.0-alpha

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Substance: Specimen Additive Substance**

## Resource Profile: Substance: Specimen Additive Substance 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/StructureDefinition/Substance-additive-eu-lab | *Version*:2.0.0-alpha |
| Draft as of 2026-02-25 | *Computable Name*:SpecimenAdditiveSubstance |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Used by permission of HL7 Europe, all rights reserved Creative Commons License | |

 
This profile defines how to represent Specimen Additive Substances in HL7 FHIR for the purpose of this guide. 

**Usages:**

* Refer to this Profile: [Specimen: Laboratory](StructureDefinition-Specimen-eu-lab.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/hl7.fhir.eu.laboratory|current/StructureDefinition/Substance-additive-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-Substance-additive-eu-lab.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-Substance-additive-eu-lab.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-Substance-additive-eu-lab.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "Substance-additive-eu-lab",
  "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/StructureDefinition/Substance-additive-eu-lab",
  "version" : "2.0.0-alpha",
  "name" : "SpecimenAdditiveSubstance",
  "title" : "Substance: Specimen Additive Substance",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2026-02-25T15:28:07+01:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Europe",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This profile defines how to represent Specimen Additive Substances in HL7 FHIR for the purpose of this guide.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "150",
      "display" : "Europe"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "Used by permission of HL7 Europe, all rights reserved Creative Commons License",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "orim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/orim",
    "name" : "Ontological RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Substance",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Substance",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Substance",
      "path" : "Substance"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Substance.code",
      "path" : "Substance.code",
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "preferred",
        "valueSet" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/ValueSet/lab-specimenAdditive-eu-lab"
      }
    }]
  }
}

```
