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Example of an encoded BMD measurements of left femur (id = "bmd")
<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <!-- BMD measurements of left femur encoded as an observation for example purposes. --> <id value="bmd"/> <text><status value="generated"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: bmd</p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: BMD - Left Femur <span>(Details : {LOINC code '24701-5' = 'Femur DXA Bone density', given as 'Femur DXA Bone density'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/pat2</a></p><p><b>performer</b>: <a>Acme Imaging Diagnostics</a></p><p><b>value</b>: 0.887 g/cm²<span> (Details: http://unitsofmeasure.org code g/cm-2 = 'g/cm-2')</span></p><p><b>bodySite</b>: Left Femur <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '71341001:272741003=7771000' = 'Bone structure of femur (body structure) where Laterality (attribute) = Left (qualifier value))</span></p></div></text><status value="final"/> <code> <coding> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <code value="24701-5"/> <display value="Femur DXA Bone density"/> </coding> <text value="BMD - Left Femur"/> </code> <subject> <reference value="Patient/pat2"/> </subject> <!-- well, actually. this isn't the patient, but it'll do for now --> <performer> <reference value="Organization/1832473e-2fe0-452d-abe9-3cdb9879522f"/> <display value="Acme Imaging Diagnostics"/> </performer> <valueQuantity> <value value="0.887"/> <unit value="g/cm²"/> <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> <code value="g/cm-2"/> </valueQuantity> <bodySite> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="71341001:272741003=7771000"/> <!-- example of a post coordinated term --> </coding> <text value="Left Femur"/> </bodySite> </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.