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| Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
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Real-world encounter example
{
"resourceType": "Encounter",
"id": "f203",
"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_20130311 (TEMP)</p><p><b>status</b>: finished</p><h3>StatusHistories</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Status</b></td><td><b>Period</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>arrived</td><td>2013-03-08 --> (ongoing)</td></tr></table><p><b>class</b>: <span>inpatient encounter</span></p><p><b>type</b>: <span>Inpatient stay for nine days</span></p><p><b>priority</b>: <span>High priority</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><p><b>episodeOfCare</b>: <a>Generated Summary: id: 123; status: active; <span>Home and Community Care</span>; period: 2014-09-01 --> (ongoing)</a></p><p><b>basedOn</b>: <a>Generated Summary: id: ret4421; id: 1234; status: active; intent: order; <span>Patient referral to specialist</span>; priority: routine; <span>Insertion of grommets</span>; occurrence: ?ngen-2? --> 2014-03-14; authoredOn: 2014-02-14; <span>ENT</span>; <span>For consideration of Grommets</span>; In the past 2 years Beverly has had 6 instances of rt-sided Otitis media. She is falling behind her peers at school, and displaying some learning difficulties. (By Serena Shrink @2014-02-14)</a></p><h3>Participants</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Individual</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><span>Participation</span></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><p><b>appointment</b>: <a>Generated Summary: status: booked; <span>General Practice</span>; <span>General Discussion</span>; <span>General practice</span>; <span>A follow up visit from a previous appointment</span>; 5; description: Discussion on the results of your recent MRI; start: 10 Dec. 2013, 8:00:00 pm; end: 10 Dec. 2013, 10:00:00 pm; created: 2013-10-10; comment: Further expand on the results of the MRI and determine the next actions that may be appropriate.</a></p><p><b>period</b>: 2013-03-11 --> 2013-03-20</p><p><b>reasonCode</b>: <span>The patient seems to suffer from bilateral pneumonia and renal insufficiency, most likely due to chemotherapy.</span></p><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><p><b>condition</b>: <a>Generated Summary: <span>Active</span>; <span>Confirmed</span>; <span>Encounter Diagnosis</span>; <span>Stroke</span>; onset: 2010-07-18</a></p><p><b>use</b>: <span>Admission diagnosis</span></p><p><b>rank</b>: 1</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><p><b>condition</b>: <a>Generated Summary: id: 12345; <span>Resolved</span>; <span>Confirmed</span>; <span>Problem</span>; <span>Mild</span>; <span>Fever</span>; <span>Entire body as a whole</span>; onset: 2013-04-02; abatement: around April 9, 2013; recordedDate: 2013-04-04</a></p><p><b>use</b>: <span>Discharge diagnosis</span></p></blockquote><p><b>account</b>: <a>Generated Summary: id: 654321; status: active; <span>patient</span>; name: HACC Funded Billing for Peter James Chalmers; servicePeriod: 2016-01-01 --> 2016-06-30; description: Hospital charges</a></p><h3>Hospitalizations</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Origin</b></td><td><b>AdmitSource</b></td><td><b>ReAdmission</b></td><td><b>DietPreference</b></td><td><b>SpecialCourtesy</b></td><td><b>SpecialArrangement</b></td><td><b>Destination</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>Generated Summary: id: B1-S.F2.1.00; status: suspended; <span>Housekeeping</span>; name: South Wing Neuro OR 1; alias: South Wing OR 5, alias: Main Wing OR 2; description: Old South Wing, Neuro Radiology Operation Room 1 on second floor; mode: instance; <span>Neuroradiology unit</span>; Phone: 2329; <span>Room</span></a></td><td><span>Clinical Oncology Department</span></td><td><span>readmitted</span></td><td><span>Fluid balance regulation</span></td><td><span>normal courtesy</span></td><td><span>Wheelchair</span></td><td><a>Generated Summary: id: B1-S.F2.1.00; status: suspended; <span>Housekeeping</span>; name: South Wing Neuro OR 1; alias: South Wing OR 5, alias: Main Wing OR 2; description: Old South Wing, Neuro Radiology Operation Room 1 on second floor; mode: instance; <span>Neuroradiology unit</span>; Phone: 2329; <span>Room</span></a></td></tr></table><p><b>serviceProvider</b>: <a>Generated Summary: id: 666666; name: XYZ Insurance; alias: ABC Insurance</a></p><p><b>partOf</b>: <a>Generated Summary: id: Encounter_Roel_20130311 (TEMP); status: finished; <span>inpatient encounter</span>; <span>Inpatient stay for nine days</span>; <span>High priority</span>; period: 2013-03-11 --> 2013-03-20; <span>The patient seems to suffer from bilateral pneumonia and renal insufficiency, most likely due to chemotherapy.</span></a></p></div>"
},
"identifier": [
{
"use": "temp",
"value": "Encounter_Roel_20130311"
}
],
"status": "finished",
"statusHistory": [
{
"status": "arrived",
"period": {
"start": "2013-03-08"
}
}
],
"class": {
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
"code": "IMP",
"display": "inpatient encounter"
},
"type": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "183807002",
"display": "Inpatient stay for nine days"
}
]
}
],
"priority": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "394849002",
"display": "High priority"
}
]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/f201",
"display": "Roel"
},
"episodeOfCare": [
{
"reference": "EpisodeOfCare/example"
}
],
"basedOn": [
{
"reference": "ServiceRequest/myringotomy"
}
],
"participant": [
{
"type": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType",
"code": "PART"
}
]
}
],
"individual": {
"reference": "Practitioner/f201"
}
}
],
"appointment": [
{
"reference": "Appointment/example"
}
],
"period": {
"start": "2013-03-11",
"end": "2013-03-20"
},
"reasonCode": [
{
"text": "The patient seems to suffer from bilateral pneumonia and renal insufficiency, most likely due to chemotherapy."
}
],
"diagnosis": [
{
"condition": {
"reference": "Condition/stroke"
},
"use": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role",
"code": "AD",
"display": "Admission diagnosis"
}
]
},
"rank": 1
},
{
"condition": {
"reference": "Condition/f201"
},
"use": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role",
"code": "DD",
"display": "Discharge diagnosis"
}
]
}
}
],
"account": [
{
"reference": "Account/example"
}
],
"hospitalization": {
"origin": {
"reference": "Location/2"
},
"admitSource": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "309902002",
"display": "Clinical Oncology Department"
}
]
},
"reAdmission": {
"coding": [
{
"display": "readmitted"
}
]
},
"dietPreference": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "276026009",
"display": "Fluid balance regulation"
}
]
}
],
"specialCourtesy": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EncounterSpecialCourtesy",
"code": "NRM",
"display": "normal courtesy"
}
]
}
],
"specialArrangement": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/encounter-special-arrangements",
"code": "wheel",
"display": "Wheelchair"
}
]
}
],
"destination": {
"reference": "Location/2"
}
},
"serviceProvider": {
"reference": "Organization/2"
},
"partOf": {
"reference": "Encounter/f203"
}
}
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.