2nd DSTU Draft For Comment

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Observation-example-f202-temperature.xml

Raw XML (canonical form)

Real-world patient - temperature (id = "f202")

Raw XML

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="f202"/>
 <code><!--  Kind of observation = Oral Temperature  -->
    <coding>
       <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
       <code value="415945006"/>
       <display value="Oral temperature"/>
    </coding>
    <coding>
       <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
       <code value="8310-5"/>
       <display value="Body temperature"/>
    </coding>
    <text value="Body temperature"/>
 </code>
 <valueQuantity><!--  Temperature=39 degrees Celsius  -->
    <value value="39"/>
    <units value="degrees C"/>
    <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
    <code value="258710007"/>
 </valueQuantity>
 <interpretation>
     <coding>
         <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0078"/>
         <code value="H"/>
     </coding>
 </interpretation>
 <issued value="2013-04-04T13:27:00+01:00"/><!--  Oral temperature was measured on April fourth  -->
 <status value="entered-in-error"/><!--  In the meantime a new oral temperature is measured  -->
 <reliability value="questionable"/><!--  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3418963/  -->
 <bodySiteCodeableConcept>
    <coding>
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
        <code value="38266002"/>
        <display value="Entire body as a whole"/>
    </coding>
 </bodySiteCodeableConcept>
 <method>
    <coding>
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
        <code value="89003005"/>
        <display value="Oral temperature taking"/>
    </coding>
 </method>
 <!--  No identifier could be provided to this observation  -->
 <subject><!--  It entails Roel's temperature  -->
     <reference value="Patient/f201"/>
     <display value="Roel"/>
 </subject>
 <performer>
     <reference value="Practitioner/f201"/>
 </performer>
 <referenceRange>  <!--   0..* Provides guide for interpretation   -->
    <low>
      <value value="37.5"/>
      <units value="degrees C"/>
    </low>
 </referenceRange>
</Observation>

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.