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Observation-example-bmd.xml

Raw XML (canonical form)

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: 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></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.