---
type: "example"
title: "Group Example: group-example-conceptualcohortdefinition-cancer-except-subset"
resource: "Group"
example: "group-example-conceptualcohortdefinition-cancer-except-subset"
---
# Group Example: group-example-conceptualcohortdefinition-cancer-except-subset

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Group xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
	<id value="example-conceptualcohortdefinition-cancer-except-subset"/>
	<meta>
		<versionId value="8"/>
		<lastUpdated value="2025-03-15T20:57:46.493Z"/>
		<profile value="https://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/conceptual-cohort-definition"/>
	</meta>
	<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/artifact-author">
		<valueContactDetail>
			<name value="Brian S. Alper"/>
		</valueContactDetail>
	</extension>
	<url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/Group/example-conceptualcohortdefinition-cancer-except-subset"/>
	<name value="ConceptualCohortDefinition: Cancer except subsets"/>
	<status value="active"/>
	<date value="2022-09-09T10:30:50.570Z"/>
	<publisher value="Computable Publishing LLC"/>
	<contact>
		<telecom>
			<system value="email"/>
			<value value="support@computablepublishing.com"/>
		</telecom>
	</contact>
	<description value="Cancer of any kind (except basal cell skin cancer or cancer in situ) unless documented to be disease-free for five years"/>
	<copyright value="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"/>
	<membership value="conceptual"/>
	<combinationMethod value="except-subset"/>
	<characteristic>
		<code>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
				<code value="64572001"/>
				<display value="Disease (disorder)"/>
			</coding>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/fhir-types"/>
				<code value="Condition"/>
				<display value="Condition"/>
			</coding>
		</code>
		<valueCodeableConcept>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
				<code value="363346000"/>
				<display value="Malignant neoplastic disease (disorder)"/>
			</coding>
		</valueCodeableConcept>
		<exclude value="false"/>
		<description value="Cancer of any kind"/>
	</characteristic>
	<characteristic>
		<code>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
				<code value="64572001"/>
				<display value="Disease (disorder)"/>
			</coding>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/fhir-types"/>
				<code value="Condition"/>
				<display value="Condition"/>
			</coding>
		</code>
		<valueCodeableConcept>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
				<code value="254701007"/>
				<display value="Basal cell carcinoma of skin (disorder)"/>
			</coding>
		</valueCodeableConcept>
		<exclude value="true"/>
		<description value="(except basal cell skin cancer)"/>
	</characteristic>
	<characteristic>
		<code>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
				<code value="64572001"/>
				<display value="Disease (disorder)"/>
			</coding>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/fhir-types"/>
				<code value="Condition"/>
				<display value="Condition"/>
			</coding>
		</code>
		<valueCodeableConcept>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
				<code value="109355002"/>
				<display value="Carcinoma in situ (disorder)"/>
			</coding>
		</valueCodeableConcept>
		<exclude value="true"/>
		<description value="(except cancer in situ)"/>
	</characteristic>
	<characteristic>
		<code>
			<text value="Defined by CodeableConcept"/>
		</code>
		<valueCodeableConcept>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
				<code value="395100000"/>
				<display value="No evidence of cancer found (situation)"/>
			</coding>
		</valueCodeableConcept>
		<exclude value="true"/>
		<description value="unless documented to be disease-free for five years"/>
		<timing>
			<contextCode>
				<coding>
					<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
					<code value="450332002"/>
					<display value="Assessment of eligibility for clinical trial (procedure)"/>
				</coding>
			</contextCode>
			<offsetRange>
				<low>
					<value value="-5"/>
					<unit value="years"/>
					<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
					<code value="a"/>
				</low>
				<high>
					<value value="0"/>
					<unit value="years"/>
					<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
					<code value="a"/>
				</high>
			</offsetRange>
			<text value="for five years up until study enrollment"/>
		</timing>
	</characteristic>
</Group>
```