The Result Organizer template identifies set of result observations. It defines the format for information applicable to all of the contained result observations. Result type codes categorize a result into one of several commonly accepted values (e.g., “Hematology”, “Chemistry”, “Nuclear Medicine”). These values are often implicit in the Organizer/code (e.g., an Organizer/code of “complete blood count” implies a ResultTypeCode of “Hematology”). This template requires Organizer/code to include a ResultTypeCode either directly or as a translation of a code from some other code system.

An appropriate nullFlavor can be used when a single result observation is contained in the organizer, and organizer/code or organizer/id is unknown.