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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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Blood Pressure Measurement
{ "resourceType": "Observation", "id": "blood-pressure", "meta": { "profile": [ "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns" ] }, "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>id</b>: blood-pressure</p><p><b>meta</b>: </p><p><b>identifier</b>: id: urn:uuid:187e0c12-8dd2-67e2-99b2-bf273c878281</p><p><b>basedOn</b>: <span/></p><p/><p><b>category</b>: <span>Vital Signs</span></p><p><b>code</b>: <span>Blood pressure systolic & diastolic</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Generated Summary: id: example; Medical record number: 12345 (USUAL); active; Peter James Chalmers (OFFICIAL), Jim , Peter James Windsor (MAIDEN); -unknown-(HOME), ph: (03) 5555 6473(WORK), ph: (03) 3410 5613(MOBILE), ph: (03) 5555 8834(OLD); gender: male; birthDate: 1974-12-25; </a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 2012-09-17</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a>Generated Summary: id: example; id: 23; active; Adam Careful </a></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: <span>Below low normal</span></p><p><b>bodySite</b>: <span>Right arm</span></p><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span>Systolic blood pressure</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 107 mmHg</p><p><b>interpretation</b>: <span>Normal</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span>Diastolic blood pressure</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 60 mmHg</p><p><b>interpretation</b>: <span>Below low normal</span></p></blockquote></div>" }, "identifier": [ { "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986", "value": "urn:uuid:187e0c12-8dd2-67e2-99b2-bf273c878281" } ], "basedOn": [ { "identifier": { "system": "https://acme.org/identifiers", "value": "1234" } } ], "status": "final", "category": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category", "code": "vital-signs", "display": "Vital Signs" } ] } ], "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "85354-9", "display": "Blood pressure panel with all children optional" } ], "text": "Blood pressure systolic & diastolic" }, "subject": { "reference": "Patient/example" }, "effectiveDateTime": "2012-09-17", "performer": [ { "reference": "Practitioner/example" } ], "interpretation": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation", "code": "L", "display": "low" } ], "text": "Below low normal" } ], "bodySite": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "368209003", "display": "Right arm" } ] }, "component": [ { "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "8480-6", "display": "Systolic blood pressure" }, { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "271649006", "display": "Systolic blood pressure" }, { "system": "http://acme.org/devices/clinical-codes", "code": "bp-s", "display": "Systolic Blood pressure" } ] }, "valueQuantity": { "value": 107, "unit": "mmHg", "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org", "code": "mm[Hg]" }, "interpretation": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation", "code": "N", "display": "normal" } ], "text": "Normal" } ] }, { "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "8462-4", "display": "Diastolic blood pressure" } ] }, "valueQuantity": { "value": 60, "unit": "mmHg", "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org", "code": "mm[Hg]" }, "interpretation": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation", "code": "L", "display": "low" } ], "text": "Below low normal" } ] } ] }
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