10.6 Study Act

10.6 Study Act (Current)
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Template ID	1.2.840.10008.9.16
Name	Study Act
Effective Date	2015/03/24
Version Label	DICOM-20150324
Status	Active
Description	A Study Act contains the DICOM study information that defines the characteristics of an imaging study performed on a patient. An imaging study is a collection of one or more series of medical images, presentation states, SR documents, overlays, and/or curves that are logically related for the purpose of diagnosing a patient. Each study is associated with exactly one patient. A study may include composite instances that are created by a single modality, multiple modalities, or by multiple devices of the same modality. The study information is modality-independent.
Classification	CDA Entry Level
Relationships	Included in 9.8.7 DICOM Object Catalog and 9.4 Comparison Study
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 2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.6.2.6. This derivation makes Series conditional (required for Object Catalog) to support use in Comparison Study reference, and uses DICOM-20150324 Series Act subsidiary template.

Business Name	Nest Level	Element/Attribute	Card	Elem/Attr Conf	Data Type	Value Conf	Value	Subsidiary Template
*Study[]**		act	1..1	SHALL
	@	@classCode	1..1	SHALL	CS	SHALL	ACT
	@	@moodCode	1..1	SHALL	CS	SHALL	EVN
	>	templateId	1..1	SHALL	II
	>@	@root	1..1	SHALL	UID	SHALL	1.2.840.10008.9.16
	>	id	1..1	SHALL	II
StudyUID	>@	@root	1..1	SHALL	UID		Study Instance UID (0020,000D)
	>@	@extension	0..0	SHALL NOT
	>	code	1..1	SHALL	CD	SHALL	(113014, DCM, "Study")
Description	>	text	0..1	MAY	ED
Time	>	effectiveTime	0..1	SHOULD	TS		Study Date (0008,0020) + Study Time (0008,0030) + Timezone Offset From UTC (0008,0201)
	>	entryRelationship	1..*	COND
	>@	@typeCode	1..1	SHALL	CS	SHALL	COMP
Series[*]	>>	act						10.7 Series Act 1.2.840.10008.9.17

10.6.1 entryRelationship/act - Series

COND: If this template is invoked by the 9.8.7 DICOM Object Catalog, the entryRelationship to the Series act SHALL be present, otherwise it MAY be present.

Example 10.6-1. Study act example

<act classCode="ACT" moodCode="EVN">
    <templateId root="2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.6.2.6"/>
    <id root="1.2.840.113619.2.62.994044785528.114289542805"/>
    <code code="113014" codeSystem="1.2.840.10008.2.16.4"
        codeSystemName="DCM" displayName="Study"/>
    <effectiveTime value="20060823223232"/>
    <!-- **** Series ****-->
    <entryRelationship typeCode="COMP">
        <act classCode="ACT" moodCode="EVN">
            ...
        </act>
    </entryRelationship>
</act>