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| Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)
Real-world encounter example (with primaryDiagnosis extension added)
{
"resourceType": "Encounter",
"id": "f202",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>identifier</b>: id: Encounter_Roel_20130128 (TEMP)</p><p><b>status</b>: finished</p><p><b>class</b>: <span>ambulatory</span></p><p><b>type</b>: <span>Chemotherapy</span></p><p><b>priority</b>: <span>Urgent</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Roel. Generated Summary: BSN: 123456789 (OFFICIAL), BSN: 123456789 (OFFICIAL); active; Roel(OFFICIAL); Phone: +31612345678, Phone: +31201234567; gender: male; birthDate: 1960-03-13; <span>Legally married</span>; </a></p><h3>Participants</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Individual</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>Generated Summary: UZI-nummer: 12345678901 (OFFICIAL); active; Dokter Bronsig(OFFICIAL); Phone: +31715269111; gender: male; birthDate: 1956-12-24</a></td></tr></table><h3>Lengths</h3><table><tr><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>*</td></tr></table><p><b>reasonCode</b>: <span>The patient is treated for a tumor.</span></p><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><p><b>condition</b>: <span>Complications from Roel's TPF chemotherapy on January 28th, 2013</span></p><p><b>use</b>: <span>Admission diagnosis</span></p><p><b>rank</b>: 2</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><p><b>condition</b>: <span>The patient is treated for a tumor</span></p><p><b>use</b>: <span>Chief complaint</span></p><p><b>rank</b>: 1</p></blockquote><p><b>serviceProvider</b>: <a>Generated Summary: id: Artis University Medical Center (OFFICIAL); active; <span>Academic Medical Center</span>; name: Artis University Medical Center (AUMC); Phone: +31715269111</a></p></div>"
},
"identifier": [
{
"use": "temp",
"value": "Encounter_Roel_20130128"
}
],
"status": "finished",
"class": {
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
"code": "AMB",
"display": "ambulatory"
},
"type": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "367336001",
"display": "Chemotherapy"
}
]
}
],
"priority": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "103391001",
"display": "Urgent"
}
]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/f201",
"display": "Roel"
},
"participant": [
{
"individual": {
"reference": "Practitioner/f201"
}
}
],
"length": {
"value": 56,
"unit": "minutes",
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "min"
},
"reasonCode": [
{
"text": "The patient is treated for a tumor."
}
],
"diagnosis": [
{
"condition": {
"display": "Complications from Roel's TPF chemotherapy on January 28th, 2013"
},
"use": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role",
"code": "AD",
"display": "Admission diagnosis"
}
]
},
"rank": 2
},
{
"condition": {
"display": "The patient is treated for a tumor"
},
"use": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role",
"code": "CC",
"display": "Chief complaint"
}
]
},
"rank": 1
}
],
"serviceProvider": {
"reference": "Organization/f201"
}
}
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.