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USLab Quantitative Observation Profile Example: Blood Lead
{
"resourceType": "Observation",
"id": "obs-uslab-example5",
"text": {
"fhir_comments": [
" FHIR build is generating the narratives\n<text>\n\t\t<status value=\"generated\"/>\n\t\t<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li> obs-uslab-example5.xml</li>\n\t\t\t\t<li> id: uslab-example5</li>\n\t\t\t\t<li> Name: USLab Observation Example5</li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>Description: USLab Quantitative Observation Profile Canonical Example: Blood Lead</li>\n\t\t\t</ul>\n\t\t</div>\n\t</text>\n ",
" extension for specimen reject goes here - not for this use case\n\t<extension url=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/uslab-specimenrejectreason\">\n\t\t<valueCodeableConcept>\n\t\t\t<coding>\n\t\t\t\t<system value=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0490\"/>\n\t\t\t\t<code value=\"EX\"/>\n\t\t\t\t<display value=\"Expired\"/>\n\t\t\t</coding>\n\t\t</valueCodeableConcept>\n\t</extension>\n ",
" extension for observation kindt goes here "
],
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: obs-uslab-example5</p><p><b>identifier</b>: lab test result ID = 1234 (OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: Blood Lead <span>(Details : {LOINC code '5671-3' = 'Lead [Mass/volume] in Blood', given as 'Lead [Mass/volume] in Blood'}; {urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.3.72.5.24 code 'BLDLD' = '??', given as 'Blood Lead'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Todd Lerr</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 05/12/2014</p><p><b>issued</b>: 06/12/2014 3:42:15 PM</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a>Dr Leonard T Bloodraw Jr</a></p><p><b>value</b>: 65 microgram per deciliter<span> (Details: http://unitsofmeasure.org code ug/dL = 'ug/dL')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: High <span>(Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0078 code 'H' = 'High)</span></p><p><b>specimen</b>: <a>Blood sample</a></p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>High</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>5.0 microgram per deciliter<span> (Details: http://unitsofmeasure.org code ug/dL = 'ug/dL')</span></td></tr></table></div>"
},
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/uslab-observationkind",
"valueCode": "result"
}
],
"identifier": [
{
"use": "official",
"type": {
"text": "lab test result ID"
},
"system": "http://lis.acmelabs.org/identifiers/labtestresult",
"value": "1234"
}
],
"status": "final",
"code": {
"fhir_comments": [
" EH : The local and /or LOINC test codes go here "
],
"coding": [
{
"fhir_comments": [
" EH: LOINC code goes here ",
" EH: LOINC code goes here "
],
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "5671-3",
"display": "Lead [Mass/volume] in Blood"
},
{
"system": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.3.72.5.24",
"code": "BLDLD",
"display": "Blood Lead"
}
],
"text": "Blood Lead"
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/patient-uslab-example1",
"display": "Todd Lerr"
},
"effectiveDateTime": "2014-12-05",
"issued": "2014-12-06T15:42:15-08:00",
"_issued": {
"fhir_comments": [
" EH: Showing dateTime to ss with TZO although only needed to Day "
]
},
"performer": [
{
"reference": "Practitioner/pract-uslab-example1",
"display": "Dr Leonard T Bloodraw Jr"
}
],
"valueQuantity": {
"fhir_comments": [
" In FHIR, units may be represented twice. Once in the\n agreed human representation, and once in a coded form.\n Both is best, since it's not always possible to infer\n one from the other in code.\n\n When a computable unit is provided, UCUM (http://unitsofmeasure.org)\n is always preferred, but it doesn't provide notional units (such as\n \"tablet\"), etc. For these, something else is required (e.g. Snomed-CT)\n "
],
"value": 65,
"unit": "microgram per deciliter",
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "ug/dL"
},
"interpretation": {
"fhir_comments": [
" eH dataabsent reason would go here if valueQuantity was empty e.g.:\n\t<dataAbsentReason value=\"error\"/> "
],
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0078",
"code": "H"
}
]
},
"specimen": {
"reference": "Specimen/spec-uslab-example1",
"display": "Blood sample"
},
"referenceRange": [
{
"high": {
"value": 5.0,
"unit": "microgram per deciliter",
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "ug/dL"
}
}
]
}
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.