This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v0.5.0: DSTU 2 Ballot 2). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions 
Example of QICore Specimen
{
"resourceType": "Specimen",
"id": "qicore",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
},
"type": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "122555007",
"display": "Venous blood specimen"
}
]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/example",
"display": "Peter Patient"
},
"receivedTime": "2011-03-04T07:03:00Z",
"collection": {
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-collectionPriority",
"valueCodeableConcept": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/specimen-collection-priority",
"code": "5",
"display": "ROUTINE"
}
]
}
},
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-specialHandling",
"valueCodeableConcept": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ActCode",
"code": "NOPERSISTP",
"display": "no collection beyond purpose of use"
}
]
}
}
],
"collectedDateTime": "2011-03-06T06:15:00Z",
"quantity": {
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-isDryWeight",
"valueBoolean": false
}
],
"value": 6,
"units": "mL"
}
},
"treatment": [
{
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-treatmentTime",
"valuePeriod": {
"start": "2011-03-04T07:03:00Z",
"end": "2011-03-04T07:03:00Z"
}
}
],
"description": "Treated with anticoagulants.",
"additive": [
{
"reference": "Substance/example"
}
]
}
],
"container": [
{
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/specimen-sequenceNumber",
"valueInteger": 1
}
],
"type": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "434746001",
"display": "Specimen vial"
}
]
},
"capacity": {
"value": 10,
"units": "mL"
}
}
]
}
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.