# Morse Fall Scale - Open Nursing Core FHIR Implementation Guide (ONC-IG) v0.1.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Morse Fall Scale**

## Resource Profile: Morse Fall Scale 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:https://clinyqai.github.io/open-nursing-core-ig/StructureDefinition/onc-morse-fall-scale | *Version*:0.1.0 |
| Draft as of 2026-01-01 | *Computable Name*:ONCMorseFallScale |

 
Morse Fall Scale for assessing fall risk. Score 0-24=no risk, 25-50=low risk, ≥51=high risk. Total range 0-125. 

**Usages:**

* This Profile is not used by any profiles in this Implementation Guide

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/onc.ig|current/StructureDefinition/onc-morse-fall-scale)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-onc-morse-fall-scale.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-onc-morse-fall-scale.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-onc-morse-fall-scale.sch) 



## Resource Content

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  "url" : "https://clinyqai.github.io/open-nursing-core-ig/StructureDefinition/onc-morse-fall-scale",
  "version" : "0.1.0",
  "name" : "ONCMorseFallScale",
  "title" : "Morse Fall Scale",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2026-01-01T13:37:23+00:00",
  "description" : "Morse Fall Scale for assessing fall risk. Score 0-24=no risk, 25-50=low risk, ≥51=high risk. Total range 0-125.",
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      "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
    },
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      "name" : "SNOMED CT Attribute Binding"
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  ],
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  "baseDefinition" : "https://clinyqai.github.io/open-nursing-core-ig/StructureDefinition/onc-nursing-assessment",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
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      },
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        "path" : "Observation.code",
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              "system" : "http://loinc.org",
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              "display" : "Fall risk assessment"
            }
          ]
        },
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      {
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            "severity" : "error",
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      }
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  }
}

```