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Example of an encoded BMD measurements of left femur
@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> . @prefix loinc: <http://loinc.org/owl#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix sct: <http://snomed.info/id/> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . # - resource ------------------------------------------------------------------- <http://hl7.org/fhir/Observation/bmd> a fhir:Observation; fhir:nodeRole fhir:treeRoot; fhir:Resource.id [ fhir:value "bmd"]; fhir:DomainResource.text [ fhir:Narrative.status [ fhir:value "generated" ]; fhir:Narrative.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>" ]; fhir:Observation.status [ fhir:value "final"]; fhir:Observation.code [ fhir:CodeableConcept.coding [ fhir:index 0; fhir:concept loinc:24701-5; fhir:Coding.system [ fhir:value "http://loinc.org" ]; fhir:Coding.code [ fhir:value "24701-5" ]; fhir:Coding.display [ fhir:value "Femur DXA Bone density" ] ]; fhir:CodeableConcept.text [ fhir:value "BMD - Left Femur" ] ]; fhir:Observation.subject [ fhir:link <http://hl7.org/fhir/Patient/pat2>; fhir:Reference.reference [ fhir:value "Patient/pat2" ] ]; fhir:Observation.performer [ fhir:index 0; fhir:link <http://hl7.org/fhir/Organization/1832473e-2fe0-452d-abe9-3cdb9879522f>; fhir:Reference.reference [ fhir:value "Organization/1832473e-2fe0-452d-abe9-3cdb9879522f" ]; fhir:Reference.display [ fhir:value "Acme Imaging Diagnostics" ] ]; fhir:Observation.valueQuantity [ fhir:Quantity.value [ fhir:value "0.887"^^xsd:decimal ]; fhir:Quantity.unit [ fhir:value "g/cm²" ]; fhir:Quantity.system [ fhir:value "http://unitsofmeasure.org" ]; fhir:Quantity.code [ fhir:value "g/cm-2" ] ]; fhir:Observation.bodySite [ fhir:CodeableConcept.coding [ fhir:index 0; fhir:concept sct:71341001%3a272741003%3d7771000; fhir:Coding.system [ fhir:value "http://snomed.info/sct" ]; fhir:Coding.code [ fhir:value "71341001:272741003=7771000" ] ]; fhir:CodeableConcept.text [ fhir:value "Left Femur" ] ] . <http://hl7.org/fhir/Patient/pat2> a fhir:Patient . <http://hl7.org/fhir/Organization/1832473e-2fe0-452d-abe9-3cdb9879522f> a fhir:Organization . # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.