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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Not linked to any defined compartments |
Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
Example of observationdefinition (id = "example")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ObservationDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="example"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative with Details</b> </p> <p> <b> id</b> : example</p> <p> <b> status</b> : active</p> <p> <b> category</b> : Laboratory <span> (Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category code 'laboratory' = 'Laboratory)</span> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis <span> (Details : {LOINC code '13980-8' = 'Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis', given as 'Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis'})</span> </p> <p> <b> permittedDataType</b> : Quantity</p> <p> <b> multipleResultsAllowed</b> : false</p> <p> <b> method</b> : Total measurement <span> (Details : {SNOMED CT code '115341008' = 'Total measurement', given as 'Total measurement'})</span> </p> <p> <b> preferredReportName</b> : Serum albumin/​Protein total</p> <h3> QuantitativeDetails</h3> <table> <tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Unit</b> </td> <td> <b> DecimalPrecision</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> % <span> (Details : {UCUM code '%' = '%', given as '%'})</span> </td> <td> 0</td> </tr> </table> <blockquote> <p> <b> qualifiedInterval</b> </p> <p> <b> category</b> : reference</p> <p> <b> range</b> : 50-?</p> <p> <b> context</b> : Normal Range <span> (Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning code 'normal' = 'Normal Range', given as 'Normal Range'})</span> </p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> qualifiedInterval</b> </p> <p> <b> category</b> : critical</p> <p> <b> range</b> : ?-40</p> <p> <b> context</b> : Normal Range <span> (Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning code 'normal' = 'Normal Range', given as 'Normal Range'})</span> </p> </blockquote> </div> </text> <status value="active"/> <category> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"/> <code value="laboratory"/> </coding> </category> <code> <coding> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <code value="13980-8"/> <display value="Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis"/> </coding> </code> <permittedDataType value="Quantity"/> <multipleResultsAllowed value="false"/> <method> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="115341008"/> <display value="Total measurement"/> </coding> </method> <preferredReportName value="Serum albumin/​Protein total"/> <quantitativeDetails> <unit> <coding> <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> <code value="%"/> <display value="%"/> </coding> </unit> <decimalPrecision value="0"/> </quantitativeDetails> <qualifiedInterval> <category value="reference"/> <range> <low> <value value="50"/> </low> </range> <context> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning"/> <code value="normal"/> <display value="Normal Range"/> </coding> </context> </qualifiedInterval> <qualifiedInterval> <category value="critical"/> <range> <high> <value value="40"/> </high> </range> <context> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning"/> <code value="normal"/> <display value="Normal Range"/> </coding> </context> </qualifiedInterval> </ObservationDefinition>
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.