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Observation-example-head-circumference.xml

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Simple Head Circumference Example (id = "head-circumference")

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="head-circumference"/>
  <text><status value="generated"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: head-circumference</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>: Head Circumference <span>(Details : {LOINC code '8287-5' = 'Head Occipital-frontal circumference by Tape measure',
           given as 'Head Occipital-frontal circumference by Tape measure'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/example</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 02/07/1999</p><p><b>value</b>: 51.2 cm<span> (Details: UCUM code cm = 'cm')</span></p></div></text><status value="final"/>
  <category>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-category"/>
      <code value="vital-signs"/>
      <display value="Vital Signs"/>
    </coding>
    <text value="Vital Signs"/>
  </category>
  <code>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
      <code value="8287-5"/>
      <display value="Head Occipital-frontal circumference by Tape measure"/>
    </coding>
    <text value="Head Circumference"/>
  </code>
  <subject>
    <reference value="Patient/example"/>
  </subject>
  <effectiveDateTime value="1999-07-02"/>
  <valueQuantity>
    <value value="51.2"/>
    <unit value="cm"/>
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
    <code value="cm"/>
  </valueQuantity>
</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.