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Real-world encounter example (id = "f201")
<Encounter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="f201"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- Snipped for brevity --></div> </text> <identifier> <use value="temp"/><!-- 0..1 The use of this identifier --> <value value="Encounter_Roel_20130404"/> </identifier> <status value="finished"/><!-- Encounter has finished --> <class value="outpatient"/><!-- Outpatient encounter for consultation --> <type><!-- TODO Why is this merely a CodeableConcept and not Resource (any)? --> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="11429006"/> <display value="Consultation"/> </coding> </type> <patient> <reference value="Patient/f201"/> <display value="Roel"/> </patient> <participant> <individual> <reference value="Practitioner/f201"/> </individual> </participant> <reason> <text value="The patient had fever peaks over the last couple of days. He is worried about these peaks."/> </reason><!-- No indication, because no referral took place --> <priority><!-- Normal priority --> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="17621005"/> <display value="Normal"/> </coding> </priority><!-- No hospitalization was deemed necessary --> <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.