Therapy order
DSP therapy orders cover PT, OT, ST, cardiac/pulmonary rehab, and respiratory therapy. These are procedural referrals, not continuous interventions — ServiceRequest (category=therapy) is the right fit. Realization as delivered care (encounters, procedures) happens downstream.
order.therapy
ServiceRequest (category=therapy)
Field-by-field
| DSP | FHIR R4 | Notes |
|---|---|---|
type: THERAPY_ORDER | ServiceRequest.category = therapy | Use IG CodeSystem order-category code therapy, or SNOMED 277132007 (therapeutic procedure). |
order_data.therapy_type | code | SNOMED: 91251008 physical therapy, 5880005 physical exam? no — OT: 310483005, ST: 708176008. |
order_data.frequency / sessions_per_week | occurrenceTiming.repeat.frequency / period / periodUnit | "3×/wk for 6 weeks" → frequency=3, period=1, periodUnit=wk, boundsDuration=6wk. |
order_data.duration | occurrenceTiming.repeat.boundsDuration | |
order_data.focus / goals | orderDetail + link to Goal via Goal.addresses | Therapy goals (strength, ROM, gait) belong on Goal resources for progress tracking. DSP can emit them as child resources. |
order_data.body_site | bodySite | SNOMED. |
order_data.performer_specialty | performerType | e.g. "physical therapist" (SNOMED 36682004). |
reason | reasonCode / reasonReference |
Side-by-side example
DSP
{
"id": "therapy-001",
"type": "THERAPY_ORDER",
"context": { "content_type": "order.therapy" },
"description": "Physical therapy, right knee, 3x/week for 6 weeks, focus on strength and ROM post-ACL repair",
"intent": "order",
"reason": "Status post right ACL reconstruction; deconditioning",
"reason_references": ["cond-006"],
"provenance": [58, 60, 62],
"order_data": {
"therapy_type": "91251008",
"therapy_type_system": "SNOMED",
"body_site": "6757004",
"frequency_per_week": 3,
"duration": { "value": 6, "unit": "week" },
"focus": ["strength","range_of_motion"],
"performer_specialty": "physical_therapist"
}
} FHIR R4 (DSP-FHIR profile)
{
"resourceType":"ServiceRequest",
"status":"active","intent":"order",
"category":[{"coding":[{"system":"https://dsp-fhir.org/CodeSystem/order-category","code":"therapy"}]}],
"code":{"coding":[{"system":"http://snomed.info/sct","code":"91251008","display":"Physical therapy procedure"}]},
"bodySite":[{"coding":[{"system":"http://snomed.info/sct","code":"6757004","display":"Right knee"}]}],
"subject":{"reference":"Patient/pat-67890"},
"encounter":{"reference":"Encounter/enc-12345"},
"occurrenceTiming":{
"repeat":{
"frequency":3,"period":1,"periodUnit":"wk",
"boundsDuration":{"value":6,"unit":"wk","system":"http://unitsofmeasure.org","code":"wk"}
}
},
"performerType":{"coding":[{"system":"http://snomed.info/sct","code":"36682004","display":"Physical therapist"}]},
"orderDetail":[
{"coding":[{"system":"https://dsp-fhir.org/CodeSystem/therapy-focus","code":"strength"}]},
{"coding":[{"system":"https://dsp-fhir.org/CodeSystem/therapy-focus","code":"range-of-motion"}]}
],
"reasonCode":[{"text":"Status post right ACL reconstruction; deconditioning"}],
"reasonReference":[{"reference":"Condition/cond-006"}]
} DSP → FHIR mapping
Skeleton for DspTherapyOrder → ServiceRequest(category=therapy). Orthogonal Goal resources are produced by a sibling map.
map "https://dsp-fhir.org/StructureMap/DspTherapyOrderToServiceRequest" = "DspTherapyOrderToServiceRequest"
uses "https://dsp-fhir.org/StructureDefinition/DspResource" alias DspResource as source
uses "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ServiceRequest" alias ServiceRequest as target
group DspTherapyOrderToServiceRequest(source src : DspResource, target tgt : ServiceRequest) {
src.id as id -> tgt.id = id;
src -> tgt.status = 'active';
src -> tgt.intent = 'order';
src -> tgt.category as cat, cat.coding as co,
co.system = 'https://dsp-fhir.org/CodeSystem/dsp-order-category',
co.code = 'therapy' "category";
src.payload as p then {
p.therapy_type as tt -> tgt.code as code, code.text = tt "code-text";
p.frequency as f -> tgt.occurrenceTiming as t, t.repeat as rep, rep.frequency = f "freq";
p.duration_weeks as dw -> tgt.occurrenceTiming as t, t.repeat as rep,
rep.boundsDuration as bd, bd.value = dw, bd.unit = 'wk',
bd.system = 'http://unitsofmeasure.org', bd.code = 'wk' "duration";
};
src.confidence as conf -> tgt.extension as ext then {
conf -> ext.url = 'https://dsp-fhir.org/StructureDefinition/dsp-confidence-score',
ext.value = create('decimal') as v, v.value = conf;
} "confidence";
}
// Therapy goals (if DSP emits them) are mapped separately to Goal resources,
// with Goal.addresses -> Condition and ServiceRequest.basedOn -> Goal. FHIR → DSP (canonical $graphql read)
ServiceRequest's occurrenceTiming.repeat carries the frequency / period / boundsDuration triple — sufficient to recover DSP's "3×/wk for 6 weeks" exactly.
Canonical query
query DspTherapyOrder($id: ID!) {
ServiceRequest(id: $id) {
id status intent
code { text coding { system code display } }
bodySite { coding { system code display } text }
performerType { coding { system code display } text }
occurrenceTiming {
repeat {
frequency period periodUnit
boundsDuration { value unit system code }
}
}
orderDetail { coding { system code display } }
reasonCode { text }
reasonReference { reference }
confidence: extension(url: "https://dsp-fhir.org/StructureDefinition/dsp-confidence-score") {
valueDecimal
}
turnRefs: extension(url: "https://dsp-fhir.org/StructureDefinition/dsp-transcript-turn-ref") {
transcript: extension(url: "transcript") { valueReference { reference } }
turn: extension(url: "turn") { valueInteger }
}
}
} DSP reconstruction adapter
function toDspTherapyOrder(s) {
const r = s.occurrenceTiming?.repeat;
const bd = r?.boundsDuration;
const turnRefs = s.turnRefs ?? [];
return {
id: s.id,
type: 'THERAPY_ORDER',
intent: s.intent,
description: s.code?.text,
reason: s.reasonCode?.[0]?.text,
reason_references: s.reasonReference?.map(r => r.reference),
order_data: {
therapy_type: s.code?.coding?.[0]?.code,
therapy_type_system: s.code?.coding?.[0]?.system,
body_site: s.bodySite?.[0]?.coding?.[0]?.code,
frequency_per_week: r?.periodUnit === 'wk' ? r?.frequency : undefined,
duration: bd && { value: bd.value, unit: bd.code ?? bd.unit },
focus: s.orderDetail?.map(d => d.coding?.[0]?.code),
performer_specialty: s.performerType?.coding?.[0]?.code,
},
confidence_score: s.confidence?.[0]?.valueDecimal,
provenance: turnRefs.map(t => t.turn?.valueInteger),
transcript_ref: turnRefs[0]?.transcript?.valueReference?.reference,
};
} SQL-on-FHIR v2 ViewDefinitions that flatten every field above — including DSP extensions — into a tabular projection. Runnable as-is on any spec-conformant engine (Pathling, sof-exec, Aidbox SQL-on-FHIR, Databricks). See the SQL-on-FHIR v2 spec. These ViewDefinitions also ship as JSON in the IG zip.
dsp_service_request_therapy — DSP Therapy order (ServiceRequest)
Flattens DSP dsp therapy order (servicerequest) orders. Filtered by category=therapy.
{
"resourceType": "ViewDefinition",
"url": "https://dsp-fhir.org/ViewDefinition/dsp-service-request-therapy",
"name": "dsp_service_request_therapy",
"title": "DSP Therapy order (ServiceRequest)",
"status": "draft",
"description": "Flattens DSP dsp therapy order (servicerequest) orders. Filtered by category=therapy.",
"resource": "ServiceRequest",
"fhirVersion": [
"4.0.1"
],
"where": [
{
"path": "category.coding.where(code='therapy').exists()"
}
],
"select": [
{
"column": [
{
"name": "id",
"path": "id",
"type": "id",
"description": "Server-assigned logical id."
},
{
"name": "version_id",
"path": "meta.versionId",
"type": "id",
"description": "FHIR version id (drives NEW/UPDATED classification)."
},
{
"name": "last_updated",
"path": "meta.lastUpdated",
"type": "instant",
"description": "Instant of last mutation."
},
{
"name": "meta_source",
"path": "meta.source",
"type": "uri"
},
{
"name": "payload_version",
"path": "meta.tag.where(system='https://dsp-fhir.org/CodeSystem/payload-version').code.first()",
"type": "code",
"description": "DSP payload version this resource was last emitted under."
},
{
"name": "confidence_score",
"path": "extension('https://dsp-fhir.org/StructureDefinition/confidence-score').value.ofType(decimal)",
"type": "decimal",
"description": "DSP confidence (0..1)."
},
{
"name": "transcript_ref",
"path": "extension('https://dsp-fhir.org/StructureDefinition/transcript-turn-refs').extension('transcript').value.ofType(Reference).reference",
"type": "string",
"description": "DocumentReference/<id>/_history/<v> that pins the transcript version for turn indices."
},
{
"name": "turn_indices",
"path": "extension('https://dsp-fhir.org/StructureDefinition/transcript-turn-refs').extension('turn').value.ofType(integer)",
"type": "integer",
"collection": true,
"description": "Turn indices joined by $ground into transcript content."
},
{
"name": "spoken_forms",
"path": "extension('https://dsp-fhir.org/StructureDefinition/spoken-forms').extension('form').value.ofType(string)",
"type": "string",
"collection": true
},
{
"name": "search_terms",
"path": "extension('https://dsp-fhir.org/StructureDefinition/search-terms').extension('term').value.ofType(string)",
"type": "string",
"collection": true
},
{
"name": "status",
"path": "status",
"type": "code"
},
{
"name": "intent",
"path": "intent",
"type": "code"
},
{
"name": "priority",
"path": "priority",
"type": "code"
},
{
"name": "subject_patient_id",
"path": "subject.reference.substring(8)",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "encounter_id",
"path": "encounter.reference.substring(10)",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "authored_on",
"path": "authoredOn",
"type": "dateTime"
},
{
"name": "requester_practitioner_id",
"path": "requester.reference.where($this.startsWith('Practitioner/')).substring(13).first()",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "code_system",
"path": "code.coding.system.first()",
"type": "uri"
},
{
"name": "code",
"path": "code.coding.code.first()",
"type": "code"
},
{
"name": "code_display",
"path": "code.coding.display.first()",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "code_text",
"path": "code.text",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "reason_code_text",
"path": "reasonCode.text.first()",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "reason_reference",
"path": "reasonReference.reference.first()",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "body_site_code",
"path": "bodySite.coding.code.first()",
"type": "code"
},
{
"name": "therapy_kind",
"path": "category.coding.where(system='https://dsp-fhir.org/CodeSystem/therapy-kind').code.first()",
"type": "code",
"description": "PT/OT/SLP/respiratory/behavioral etc."
},
{
"name": "frequency",
"path": "occurrence.ofType(Timing).repeat.frequency.first()",
"type": "integer"
},
{
"name": "period",
"path": "occurrence.ofType(Timing).repeat.period.first()",
"type": "decimal"
},
{
"name": "period_unit",
"path": "occurrence.ofType(Timing).repeat.periodUnit.first()",
"type": "code"
}
]
}
]
}dsp_goal_therapy — DSP Therapy Goal
Flattens the optional Goal attached to a DSP therapy ServiceRequest.
{
"resourceType": "ViewDefinition",
"url": "https://dsp-fhir.org/ViewDefinition/dsp-goal-therapy",
"name": "dsp_goal_therapy",
"title": "DSP Therapy Goal",
"status": "draft",
"description": "Flattens the optional Goal attached to a DSP therapy ServiceRequest.",
"resource": "Goal",
"fhirVersion": [
"4.0.1"
],
"select": [
{
"column": [
{
"name": "id",
"path": "id",
"type": "id",
"description": "Server-assigned logical id."
},
{
"name": "version_id",
"path": "meta.versionId",
"type": "id",
"description": "FHIR version id (drives NEW/UPDATED classification)."
},
{
"name": "last_updated",
"path": "meta.lastUpdated",
"type": "instant",
"description": "Instant of last mutation."
},
{
"name": "meta_source",
"path": "meta.source",
"type": "uri"
},
{
"name": "payload_version",
"path": "meta.tag.where(system='https://dsp-fhir.org/CodeSystem/payload-version').code.first()",
"type": "code",
"description": "DSP payload version this resource was last emitted under."
},
{
"name": "confidence_score",
"path": "extension('https://dsp-fhir.org/StructureDefinition/confidence-score').value.ofType(decimal)",
"type": "decimal",
"description": "DSP confidence (0..1)."
},
{
"name": "transcript_ref",
"path": "extension('https://dsp-fhir.org/StructureDefinition/transcript-turn-refs').extension('transcript').value.ofType(Reference).reference",
"type": "string",
"description": "DocumentReference/<id>/_history/<v> that pins the transcript version for turn indices."
},
{
"name": "turn_indices",
"path": "extension('https://dsp-fhir.org/StructureDefinition/transcript-turn-refs').extension('turn').value.ofType(integer)",
"type": "integer",
"collection": true,
"description": "Turn indices joined by $ground into transcript content."
},
{
"name": "spoken_forms",
"path": "extension('https://dsp-fhir.org/StructureDefinition/spoken-forms').extension('form').value.ofType(string)",
"type": "string",
"collection": true
},
{
"name": "search_terms",
"path": "extension('https://dsp-fhir.org/StructureDefinition/search-terms').extension('term').value.ofType(string)",
"type": "string",
"collection": true
},
{
"name": "subject_patient_id",
"path": "subject.reference.substring(8)",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "lifecycle_status",
"path": "lifecycleStatus",
"type": "code"
},
{
"name": "achievement_status",
"path": "achievementStatus.coding.code.first()",
"type": "code"
},
{
"name": "description_text",
"path": "description.text",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "target_measure_code",
"path": "target.measure.coding.code.first()",
"type": "code"
},
{
"name": "target_quantity_value",
"path": "target.detail.ofType(Quantity).value.first()",
"type": "decimal"
},
{
"name": "target_due_date",
"path": "target.due.ofType(date).first()",
"type": "date"
},
{
"name": "addresses_condition_ref",
"path": "addresses.reference.where($this.startsWith('Condition/')).substring(10).first()",
"type": "string"
}
]
}
]
}Goal resources with Goal.addresses
pointing at the underlying Condition and
Goal.outcomeReference / outcomeCode
for measurable targets. The therapy ServiceRequest then
links back via supportingInfo.