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Real-world encounter example (id = "f203")
<Encounter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="f203"/> <identifier> <use value="temp"/> <label value="Roel's encounter on March eleventh 2013"/> <value value="Encounter_Roel_20130311"/> </identifier> <status value="finished"/><!-- Encounter has finished --> <class value="inpatient"/><!-- Inpatient encounter for straphylococcus infection --> <type> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="183807002"/> <display value="Inpatient stay for nine days"/> </coding> </type> <patient> <reference value="Patient/f201"/> <display value="Roel"/> </patient> <participant> <individual> <reference value="Practitioner/f201"/> </individual> </participant> <period> <start value="2013-03-11"/> <end value="2013-03-20"/> </period> <reason> <text value="The patient seems to suffer from bilateral pneumonia and renal insufficiency, most likely due to chemotherapy."/> </reason> <!-- No indication, because no referral took place --> <priority><!-- High priority --> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="394849002"/> <display value="High priority"/> </coding> </priority> <hospitalization> <!-- <origin> <reference value="Location/2"/> </origin> --> <admitSource> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="309902002"/> <display value="Clinical Oncology Department"/> </coding> </admitSource> <!-- accomodation details are not available --> <diet> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="276026009"/> <display value="Fluid balance regulation"/> </coding> </diet> <!-- no special courtesy or arrangements --> <!-- <destination><!-\-Fictive-\-> <reference value="Location/f202"/> </destination> --> <reAdmission value="false"/> </hospitalization> <serviceProvider> <reference value="Organization/f201"/> </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.