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Example of observationdefinition
{ "resourceType": "ObservationDefinition", "id": "example", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>id</b>: example</p><p><b>status</b>: active</p><p><b>category</b>: <span>Laboratory</span></p><p><b>code</b>: <span>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>: <span>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>%</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>: <span>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>: <span>Normal Range</span></p></blockquote></div>" }, "status": "active", "category": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category", "code": "laboratory" } ] } ], "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "13980-8", "display": "Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis" } ] }, "permittedDataType": [ "Quantity" ], "multipleResultsAllowed": false, "method": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "115341008", "display": "Total measurement" } ] }, "preferredReportName": "Serum albumin/Protein total", "quantitativeDetails": { "unit": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org", "code": "%", "display": "%" } ] }, "decimalPrecision": 0 }, "qualifiedInterval": [ { "category": "reference", "range": { "low": { "value": 50 } }, "context": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning", "code": "normal", "display": "Normal Range" } ] } }, { "category": "critical", "range": { "high": { "value": 40 } }, "context": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning", "code": "normal", "display": "Normal Range" } ] } } ] }
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