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# The Problem Object

The Problem Object represents a diagnosis in a patient's problem list.  Each problem can be potentially coded with ICD9, ICD10, SNOMED, and IMO.  `resolved_date` is set if `status` is "Resolved"

## Object Definition

```json theme={null}
{
  "id": 65097170987,                          // long(64)
  "description": "Turban tumor",              // string(200)
  "status": "Active",                         // ["Active", "Controlled", "Resolved"]
  "synopsis": "synopsis",                     // string(500)
  "start_date": "2016-10-12",                 // date(YYYY-MM-DD)
  "resolved_date": null,                      // date(YYYY-MM-DD)
  "dx": [
    {
      "icd9": [
        "E849.0",
        "E928.8"
      ],
      "icd10": [
        "T70.4XXA",
        "W49.9XXA",
        "Y92.009"
      ],
      "snomed": "418715001"
    },
    {
      "icd9": [
        "746.02"
      ],
      "icd10": [
        "I37.0"
      ],
      "snomed": "251007003"
    }
  ],
  "patient": 64901939201,
  "created_date": "2016-10-13T23:45:35Z",
  "deleted_date": null
}
```

| Attribute      | Type        | Allowed Values | Description                       |
| :------------- | :---------- | :------------- | :-------------------------------- |
| id             | int         |                | The id of the problem             |
| description    | string      |                | The description of the problem    |
| status         | string      |                | The status of the problem         |
| synopsis       | string      |                | The synopsis of the problem       |
| start\_date    | datetime    |                | The date the problem started      |
| resolved\_date | datetime    |                | The date the problem was resolved |
| dx             | object      |                | The diagnosis(es) for imo codes   |
| dx.icd9        | string list |                | The icd9 codes of the diagnosis   |
| dx.icd10       | string list |                | The icd10 codes of the diagnosis  |
| dx.snomed      | string      |                | The snomed code of the diagnosis  |
| patient        | int         |                | The id of the patient             |
| created\_date  | datetime    |                | The date the problem was created  |
| deleted\_date  | datetime    |                | The date the problem was deleted  |