| Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA) | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | C-CDA | 
| Status | Published | 
| First published | December 2011 | 
| Latest version | 2.1 2015 | 
| Organization | Health Level Seven International | 
| Committee | Structured Documents Group | 
| Base standards | |
| Related standards | |
| Domain | Electronic health records | 
| Website | C-CDA® Release 2.1 | 
The HL7 Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA) is an XML-based markup standard which provides a library of CDA formatted documents. Clinical documents using the C-CDA standards are exchanged billions of times annually in the United States. [1] [2] [3] All certified Electronic health records in the United States are required to export medical data using the C-CDA standard. [4] While the standard was developed primarily for the United States as the C-CDA incorporates references to terminologies and value set required by US regulation, it has also been used internationally.
There are 11 document types in the C-CDA standard [5]