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Real-world encounter example (id = "f202")
<Encounter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="f202"/> <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_20130128"/> </identifier> <status value="finished"/><!-- Encounter has finished --> <class value="outpatient"/><!-- Outpatient encounter for chemotherapy --> <type> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="367336001"/> <display value="Chemotherapy"/> </coding> </type> <patient> <reference value="Patient/f201"/> <display value="Roel"/> </patient> <participant> <individual> <reference value="Practitioner/f201"/> </individual> </participant> <length> <value value="56"/> <units value="minutes"/> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="258701004"/> </length> <reason> <text value="The patient is treated for a tumor."/> </reason> <indication> <reference value="Procedure/f201"/> <display value="Roel's TPF chemotherapy on January 28th, 2013"/> </indication> <priority><!-- Urgent priority, because of complications --> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="103391001"/> <display value="Urgent"/> </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.