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Real-world encounter example (id = "f002")
<Encounter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="f002"/> <identifier> <use value="official"/> <system value="http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/encounters"/> <value value="v3251"/> </identifier> <status value="finished"/> <class value="outpatient"/> <type> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="270427003"/> <display value="Patient-initiated encounter"/> </coding> </type> <patient> <reference value="Patient/f001"/> <display value="P. van de Heuvel"/> </patient> <participant> <individual> <reference value="Practitioner/f003"/> <display value="M.I.M Versteegh"/> </individual> </participant> <length> <value value="140"/> <units value="min"/> <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> <code value="min"/> </length> <reason> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="34068001"/> <display value="Partial lobectomy of lung"/> </coding> </reason> <priority> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="103391001"/> <display value="Urgent"/> </coding> </priority> <hospitalization> <preAdmissionIdentifier> <use value="official"/> <system value="http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/pre-admissions"/> <value value="98682"/> </preAdmissionIdentifier> <!-- <preAdmissionTest> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="399208008"/> <display value="Chest X-ray"/> </coding> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="396550006"/> <display value="Blood test"/> </coding> </preAdmissionTest> --> <admitSource> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="305997006"/> <display value="Referral by radiologist"/> </coding> </admitSource> <dischargeDisposition> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="306689006"/> <display value="Discharge to home"/> </coding> </dischargeDisposition> <reAdmission value="false"/> </hospitalization> <serviceProvider> <reference value="Organization/f001"/> <display value="BMC"/> </serviceProvider> </Encounter>
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.