---
type: "search-params"
title: "Specimen Search Parameters"
resource: "Specimen"
---
# Specimen Search Parameters

<a id="bodysite"></a>

## bodysite
**Description:** Reference to a resource (by instance)

**Type:** reference

**Expression:** Specimen.collection.bodySite.reference

**Path:** Specimen.collection.bodySite.reference

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Specimen-bodysite


<a id="collected"></a>

## collected
**Description:** The date the specimen was collected

**Type:** date

**Expression:** Specimen.collection.collected.ofType(dateTime) | Specimen.collection.collected.ofType(Period)

**Path:** Specimen.collection.collected[x]

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Specimen-collected


<a id="collector"></a>

## collector
**Description:** Who collected the specimen

**Type:** reference

**Expression:** Specimen.collection.collector

**Path:** Specimen.collection.collector

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Specimen-collector


<a id="procedure"></a>

## procedure
**Description:** The procedure that collected the specimen

**Type:** reference

**Expression:** Specimen.collection.procedure

**Path:** Specimen.collection.procedure

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Specimen-procedure


<a id="container-device-code"></a>

## container-device-code
**Description:** The code associated with the specimen container

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Specimen.container.device.ofType(CodeableConcept)

**Path:** Specimen.container.device.ofType(CodeableConcept)

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Specimen-container-device-code


<a id="identifier"></a>

## identifier
**Description:** The unique identifier associated with the specimen

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Specimen.identifier

**Path:** Specimen.identifier

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Specimen-identifier


<a id="parent"></a>

## parent
**Description:** The parent of the specimen

**Type:** reference

**Expression:** Specimen.parent

**Path:** Specimen.parent

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Specimen-parent


<a id="patient"></a>

## patient
**Description:** The patient the specimen comes from

**Type:** reference

**Expression:** Specimen.subject.where(resolve() is Patient)

**Path:** Specimen.subject

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Specimen-patient


<a id="status"></a>

## status
**Description:** available | unavailable | unsatisfactory | entered-in-error

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Specimen.status

**Path:** Specimen.status

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Specimen-status


<a id="subject"></a>

## subject
**Description:** The subject of the specimen

**Type:** reference

**Expression:** Specimen.subject

**Path:** Specimen.subject

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Specimen-subject


<a id="type"></a>

## type
**Description:** The specimen type

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Specimen.type

**Path:** Specimen.type

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Specimen-type


<a id="request"></a>

## request
**Description:** The request/order associated with the specimen

**Type:** reference

**Expression:** Specimen.request

**Path:** Specimen.request

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Specimen-request


<a id="processing-device-code"></a>

## processing-device-code
**Description:** The code associated with the processing device

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Specimen.processing.device.ofType(CodeableConcept)

**Path:** Specimen.processing.device.ofType(CodeableConcept)

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Specimen-processing-device-code


<a id="collection-device-code"></a>

## collection-device-code
**Description:** The code associated with the collection device

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Specimen.collection.device.ofType(CodeableConcept)

**Path:** Specimen.collection.device.ofType(CodeableConcept)

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Specimen-collection-device-code