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Real-world encounter example (id = "f003")
<Encounter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="f003"/> <text><status value="generated"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: f003</p><p><b>identifier</b>: v6751 (OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: finished</p><p><b>class</b>: ambulatory (Details: http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ActCode code AMB = 'ambulatory', stated as 'ambulatory')</p><p><b>type</b>: Patient-initiated encounter <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '270427003' = 'Patient-initiated encounter (procedure)', given as 'Patient-initiated encounter'})</span></p><p><b>priority</b>: Non-urgent ear, nose and throat admission <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '103391001' = 'Urgency (qualifier value)', given as 'Non-urgent ear, nose and throat admission'})</span></p><p><b>patient</b>: <a>P. van de Heuvel</a></p><h3>Participants</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Individual</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>E.M. van den Broek</a></td></tr></table><p><b>length</b>: 90 min<span> (Details: http://unitsofmeasure.org code min = 'min')</span></p><p><b>reason</b>: Retropharyngeal abscess <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '18099001' = 'Retropharyngeal abscess', given as 'Retropharyngeal abscess'})</span></p><h3>Hospitalizations</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>PreAdmissionIdentifier</b></td><td><b>AdmitSource</b></td><td><b>DischargeDisposition</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>93042 (OFFICIAL)</td><td>Referral by physician <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '305956004' = 'Referral by physician (procedure)', given as 'Referral by physician'})</span></td><td>Discharge to home <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '306689006' = 'Discharge to home (procedure)', given as 'Discharge to home'})</span></td></tr></table><p><b>serviceProvider</b>: <a>Organization/f001</a></p></div></text><identifier> <use value="official"/> <system value="http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/encounters"/> <value value="v6751"/> </identifier> <status value="finished"/> <class> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ActCode"/> <code value="AMB"/> <!-- outpatient --> <display value="ambulatory"/> </class> <type> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="270427003"/> <display value="Patient-initiated encounter"/> </coding> </type> <priority> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="103391001"/> <display value="Non-urgent ear, nose and throat admission"/> </coding> </priority> <patient> <reference value="Patient/f001"/> <display value="P. van de Heuvel"/> </patient> <participant> <individual> <reference value="Practitioner/f001"/> <display value="E.M. van den Broek"/> </individual> </participant> <length> <value value="90"/> <unit value="min"/> <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> <code value="min"/> </length> <reason> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/encounter-primaryDiagnosis"> <valuePositiveInt value="1"/> </extension> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="18099001"/> <display value="Retropharyngeal abscess"/> </coding> </reason> <hospitalization> <preAdmissionIdentifier> <use value="official"/> <system value="http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/pre-admissions"/> <value value="93042"/> </preAdmissionIdentifier> <!-- <preAdmissionTest> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="168719007"/> <display value="Neck soft tissue X-ray"/> </coding> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="396550006"/> <display value="Blood test"/> </coding> </preAdmissionTest> --> <admitSource> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="305956004"/> <display value="Referral by physician"/> </coding> </admitSource> <dischargeDisposition> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="306689006"/> <display value="Discharge to home"/> </coding> </dischargeDisposition> </hospitalization> <serviceProvider> <reference value="Organization/f001"/> </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.