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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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Example of an Observations made about a location - an oyster farm (id = "vp-oyster")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="vp-oyster"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative with Details</b> </p> <p> <b> id</b> : vp-oyster</p> <p> <b> identifier</b> : 20171014-1234 (OFFICIAL)</p> <p> <b> status</b> : preliminary</p> <p> <b> code</b> : OYSTER TESTING <span> (Details : {LOINC code '41857-4' = 'Vibrio parahaemolyticus DNA [Presence] in Unspecified specimen by Probe and target amplification method', given as 'Vibrio parahaemolyticus DNA [Presence] in Unspecified specimen by Probe and target amplification method'}; {http://sonomacou nty.ca.gov/Health/Public-Health/Laboratory/test-codes code 'VP MULTI PCR' = 'VP MULTI PCR', given as 'VP MULTI PCR'})</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : Sonoma oyster farm</p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 2017-10-12</p> <p> <b> issued</b> : 15/10/2017 10:11:24 AM</p> <p> <b> performer</b> : <a> A. Langeveld</a> </p> <p> <b> value</b> : POSITIVE <span> (Details : {SNOMED CT code '10828004' = 'Positive', given as 'Positive (qualifier value)'}; {http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Health/Public-Health/Laboratory/result-codes code 'POSITIVE' = 'POSITIVE', given as 'POSITIVE'})</span> </p> <p> <b> interpretation</b> : Abnormal <span> (Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation code 'A' = 'Abnormal', given as 'Abnormal'})</span> </p> <p> <b> specimen</b> : Live Oysters Acc#20171014-1234</p> <h3> ReferenceRanges</h3> <table> <tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Text</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> NEGATIVE</td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <identifier> <use value="official"/> <system value="http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Health/Public-Health/Laboratory"/> <value value="20171014-1234"/> </identifier> <status value="preliminary"/> <!-- Observations are often coded in multiple code systems. - LOINC - or SNOMED -and/or the source system may provides its own "local" code, which may be less or more granular than LOINC. In this example there is only local codes --> <code> <!-- Should use a proper LOINC code --> <coding> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <code value="41857-4"/> <display value="Vibrio parahaemolyticus DNA [Presence] in Unspecified specimen by Probe and target amplification method"/> </coding> <!-- here is the local code --> <coding> <system value="http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Health/Public-Health/Laboratory/test-codes"/> <code value="VP MULTI PCR"/> <display value="VP MULTI PCR"/> </coding> <text value="OYSTER TESTING"/> </code> <subject> <!-- reference value="Location/oyster-farm"/ --> <display value="Sonoma oyster farm"/> </subject> <effectiveDateTime value="2017-10-12"/> <issued value="2017-10-14T23:11:24Z"/> <performer> <reference value="Practitioner/f005"/> <display value="A. Langeveld"/> </performer> <!-- results of this Qualtiattive PCR is a choice of Positive/Negative and Inconclusive --> <valueCodeableConcept> <!-- SNOMED CT codes --> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="10828004"/> <display value="Positive (qualifier value)"/> </coding> <!-- local code translation --> <coding> <system value="http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Health/Public-Health/Laboratory/result-codes"/> <code value="POSITIVE"/> <display value="POSITIVE"/> </coding> <text value="POSITIVE"/> </valueCodeableConcept> <interpretation> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation"/> <code value="A"/> <display value="Abnormal"/> </coding> </interpretation> <specimen> <display value="Live Oysters Acc#20171014-1234"/> </specimen> <referenceRange> <text value="NEGATIVE"/> </referenceRange> </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.