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Example of an encoded BMD measurements of left femur
{
"resourceType": "Observation",
"id": "bmd",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<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: UCUM 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>"
},
"status": "final",
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "24701-5",
"display": "Femur DXA Bone density"
}
],
"text": "BMD - Left Femur"
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/pat2"
},
"performer": [
{
"reference": "Organization/1832473e-2fe0-452d-abe9-3cdb9879522f",
"display": "Acme Imaging Diagnostics"
}
],
"valueQuantity": {
"value": 0.887,
"unit": "g/cm²",
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "g/cm-2"
},
"bodySite": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "71341001:272741003=7771000"
}
],
"text": "Left Femur"
}
}
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.