# Logical Record Architecture for Health and Social Care
## Discharge Summary Release 0.02

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# Reference Model Class: LANGUAGE_COMMUNICATION
A class used to represent details of a person's communication language. ## Attributes
Name | Data type | Occurs | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
languageCode | CD.CV | 1..1 | A coded representation of the language communicated by a person. Supports the logical representation of: HL7 v3 RIM: LanguageCommunication.languageCode Informed by: GDSC (e-GIF): OTHER.language ITK: Primary Language - Patient Lorenzo: Language Preferences.Communication Language
languageMode | CD.CV | 0..1 | A coded representation of the mode of communication used by a person (e.g. spoken, written, signed) including an indication of whether this is expressed or received. Supports the logical representation of: HL7 v3 RIM: LanguageCommunication.modeCode Informed by: Lorenzo: Language Preferences.Mode code
preferenceIndicator | BL | 0..1 | A flag to indicate if the value in languageCode.code is the person's preferred language. Supports the logical representation of: HL7 v3 RIM: LanguageCommunication.preferenceInd Informed by: Lorenzo: Language Preferences.Is preferred communication language
interpreterRequiredCode | CD.CV | 0..1 | A coded representation of whether this person requires an interpreter. Informed by: Lorenzo: Interpreter.Interpreter required for
## Constraints
Type | Name | Specification
--- | --- | ---
interpreter required LRA vocab | LRA Inv: Type | inv: interpreterRequiredCode.code.oclIsTypeOf(<a href="$element://{A0828788-D681-4430-86A7-4F30888D6C35}"><font color="#0000ff"><u>LraInterpreterRequiredIndicator</u></font></a>)
language code LRA vocab | LRA Inv: Type | inv: languageCode.code.oclIsTypeOf(<a href="$element://{D8F536C7-2CA0-4390-8125-B1A360515FBB}"><font color="#0000ff"><u>LraHumanLanguage</u></font></a>)
language mode LRA vocab | LRA Inv: Type | inv: languageMode.code.oclIsTypeOf(<a href="$element://{EEB41E87-06A0-4163-9B8E-9B32370E40BF}"><font color="#0000ff"><u>LraLanguageAbilityMode</u></font></a>)
## Reference Model Type ##