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USLab Specimen Profile Canonical Example: Blood
{
"resourceType": "Specimen",
"id": "spec-uslab-example1",
"text": {
"fhir_comments": [
" a specimen identifier - e.g. assigned when the specimen was taken by the orderer/placer use the accession number for the filling lab ",
" Placer ID "
],
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: spec-uslab-example1</p><p><b>identifier</b>: SID123 (OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>type</b>: Blood sample <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '122555007' = '122555007', given as 'Venous blood specimen'}; {http://ehr.goodhealthclinic.org code 'BLD' = '??', given as 'Blood'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Todd Lerr</a></p><p><b>accessionIdentifier</b>: 21041205000001 (OFFICIAL)</p><h3>Collections</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Collected[x]</b></td><td><b>BodySite</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>05/12/2014</td><td>Drawn from Arm <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '53120007' = '53120007', given as 'Arm'}; {http://ehr.goodhealthclinic.org code 'ARM' = '??', given as 'Arm'})</span></td></tr></table></div>"
},
"identifier": [
{
"use": "official",
"system": "http://ehr.goodhealthclinic.org/identifiers/specimen",
"value": "SID123"
}
],
"type": {
"fhir_comments": [
" Filler ID moved to accsession number\n\t<identifier>\n\t\t<use value=\"official\"></use>\n\t\t<label value=\"Filler Specimen ID\"></label>\n\t\t<system value=\"http://lis.acmelabs.org/identifiers/specimen\"/>\n\t\t<value value=\"SID456\"/>\n\t</identifier>\n ",
" \n Type is a loosely defined field because there is such a lot of variation in how it is used.\n The principal variation is how much information that could be represented elsewhere is also\n represented here. For instance, here's some possible types:\n lithium heparin plasma (+ .container.additive) (e.g. SNOMED CT 446272009)\n transfusion bag of blood (+ container.type)\n Peritoneal lavage (+ collection.bodySite)\n If the type includes other fields, it would be normal not to populate the other fields\n\n Note that this practice is so widespread that it's pointless to try and stop it :( ",
" choice of SNOMED CT concept code... "
],
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "122555007",
"_code": {
"fhir_comments": [
" EH: Note to balloters - lots of choices for whole blood I chose this. "
]
},
"display": "Venous blood specimen"
},
{
"fhir_comments": [
" and or local code "
],
"system": "http://ehr.goodhealthclinic.org",
"code": "BLD",
"display": "Blood"
}
],
"text": "Blood sample"
},
"subject": {
"fhir_comments": [
" Patient is required from core "
],
"reference": "Patient/patient-uslab-example1",
"display": "Todd Lerr"
},
"accessionIdentifier": {
"fhir_comments": [
" accession identifier - e.g. assigned by the labaratory when it is received.\n This is common, unlike specimen identifier "
],
"use": "official",
"system": "http://lis.acmelabs.org/identifiers/accession",
"value": "21041205000001"
},
"collection": {
"collectedDateTime": "2014-12-05",
"_collectedDateTime": {
"fhir_comments": [
" the time of collection is required. Usually a point in time, but can be a period\n (collectedPeriod) if it's a timed collection (e.g. a 24 hour urine) "
]
},
"bodySite": {
"coding": [
{
"fhir_comments": [
" choice of SNOMED CT concept code... "
],
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "53120007",
"_code": {
"fhir_comments": [
" EH: Note to balloters - this is to demonstrate use of source for body site not really needed for blood draw. "
]
},
"display": "Arm"
},
{
"fhir_comments": [
" and or local code "
],
"system": "http://ehr.goodhealthclinic.org",
"code": "ARM",
"display": "Arm"
}
],
"text": "Drawn from Arm"
}
}
}
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.