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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
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Simple BMI Example
{ "resourceType": "Observation", "id": "bmi", "meta": { "profile": [ "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns" ] }, "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: bmi</p><p><b>meta</b>: </p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>category</b>: Vital Signs <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category code 'vital-signs' = 'Vital Signs', given as 'Vital Signs'})</span></p><p><b>code</b>: BMI <span>(Details : {LOINC code '39156-5' = 'Body mass index (BMI) [Ratio]', given as 'Body mass index (BMI) [Ratio]'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/example</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 1999-07-02</p><p><b>value</b>: 16.2 kg/m2<span> (Details: UCUM code kg/m2 = 'kg/m2')</span></p></div>" }, "status": "final", "category": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category", "code": "vital-signs", "display": "Vital Signs" } ], "text": "Vital Signs" } ], "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "39156-5", "display": "Body mass index (BMI) [Ratio]" } ], "text": "BMI" }, "subject": { "reference": "Patient/example" }, "effectiveDateTime": "1999-07-02", "valueQuantity": { "value": 16.2, "unit": "kg/m2", "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org", "code": "kg/m2" } }
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.