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Simple Weight Example
{ "resourceType": "Observation", "id": "example", "text": { "fhir_comments": [ " the mandatory quality flags: " ], "status": "generated", "div": "<div><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: example</p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>category</b>: Vital Signs <span>(Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-category code 'vital-signs' = 'Vital Signs', given as 'Vital Signs'})</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Body Weight <span>(Details : {LOINC code '29463-7' = 'Body weight', given as 'Body Weight'}; {LOINC code '3141-9' = 'Body weight Measured', given as 'Body weight Measured'}; {SNOMED CT code '27113001' = 'Body weight (observable entity)', given as 'Body weight'}; {http://acme.org/devices/clinical-codes code 'body-weight' = '??', given as 'Body Weight'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/example</a></p><p><b>encounter</b>: <a>Encounter/example</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 28/03/2016</p><p><b>value</b>: 185 lbs<span> (Details: http://unitsofmeasure.org code [lb_av] = 'lb_av')</span></p></div>" }, "status": "final", "category": { "fhir_comments": [ " category code is A code that classifies the general type of observation being made. This is used for searching, sorting and display purposes. " ], "coding": [ { "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-category", "code": "vital-signs", "display": "Vital Signs" } ] }, "code": { "fhir_comments": [ " \n Observations are often coded in multiple code systems.\n - LOINC provides codes of varying granularity (though not usefully more specific in this particular case) and more generic LOINCs can be mapped to more specific codes as shown here\n - snomed provides a clinically relevant code that is usually less granular than LOINC\n - the source system provides its own code, which may be less or more granular than LOINC\n " ], "coding": [ { "fhir_comments": [ " LOINC - always recommended to have a LOINC code " ], "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "29463-7", "display": "Body Weight", "_display": { "fhir_comments": [ " more generic methodless LOINC " ] } }, { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "3141-9", "display": "Body weight Measured", "_display": { "fhir_comments": [ " translation is more specific method = measured LOINC " ] } }, { "fhir_comments": [ " SNOMED CT Codes - becoming more common " ], "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "27113001", "display": "Body weight" }, { "fhir_comments": [ " Also, a local code specific to the source system " ], "system": "http://acme.org/devices/clinical-codes", "code": "body-weight", "display": "Body Weight" } ] }, "subject": { "reference": "Patient/example" }, "encounter": { "reference": "Encounter/example" }, "effectiveDateTime": "2016-03-28", "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": 185, "unit": "lbs", "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org", "code": "[lb_av]" } }
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.