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Specimen-example.json

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Device, Patient, Practitioner

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

General Specimen Example

{
  "resourceType": "Specimen",
  "id": "101",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>identifier</b>: id: 23234352356</p><p><b>accessionIdentifier</b>: id: X352356</p><p><b>status</b>: available</p><p><b>type</b>: <span>Venous blood specimen</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Peter Patient. Generated Summary: Medical record number: 12345 (USUAL); active; Peter James Chalmers (OFFICIAL), Jim , Peter James Windsor (MAIDEN); , Phone: (03) 5555 6473, Phone: (03) 3410 5613, Phone: (03) 5555 8834; gender: male; birthDate: 1974-12-25; </a></p><p><b>receivedTime</b>: 4 Mar. 2011, 6:03:00 pm</p><p><b>request</b>: <a>Generated Summary: status: completed; intent: order; <span>Diagnostics Procedure</span>; <span>Computed tomography of head</span></a></p><h3>Collections</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Collector</b></td><td><b>Collected[x]</b></td><td><b>Quantity</b></td><td><b>Method</b></td><td><b>BodySite</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>Generated Summary: id: 23; active; Adam Careful </a></td><td>30 May 2011, 4:15:00 pm</td><td>6 mL</td><td><span>Line, Venous</span></td><td><span>Right median cubital vein</span></td></tr></table><h3>Containers</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Identifier</b></td><td><b>Description</b></td><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Capacity</b></td><td><b>SpecimenQuantity</b></td><td><b>Additive[x]</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>id: 48736-15394-75465</td><td>Green Gel tube</td><td><span>Vacutainer</span></td><td>10 mL</td><td>6 mL</td><td><a> </a><blockquote><p><b>instance</b>: false</p><h3>Codes</h3><table><tr><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>*</td></tr></table></blockquote></td></tr></table><p><b>note</b>: Specimen is grossly lipemic</p></div>"
  },
  "contained": [
    {
      "resourceType": "Substance",
      "id": "hep",
      "instance": false,
      "code": {
        "concept": {
          "coding": [
            {
              "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EntityCode",
              "code": "HEPL"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "identifier": [
    {
      "system": "http://ehr.acme.org/identifiers/collections",
      "value": "23234352356"
    }
  ],
  "accessionIdentifier": {
    "system": "http://lab.acme.org/specimens/2011",
    "value": "X352356"
  },
  "status": "available",
  "type": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code": "122555007",
        "display": "Venous blood specimen"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/example",
    "display": "Peter Patient"
  },
  "receivedTime": "2011-03-04T07:03:00Z",
  "request": [
    {
      "reference": "ServiceRequest/example"
    }
  ],
  "collection": {
    "collector": {
      "reference": "Practitioner/example"
    },
    "collectedDateTime": "2011-05-30T06:15:00Z",
    "quantity": {
      "value": 6,
      "unit": "mL"
    },
    "method": {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0488",
          "code": "LNV"
        }
      ]
    },
    "bodySite": {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "49852007",
          "display": "Structure of median cubital vein (body structure)"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Right median cubital vein"
    }
  },
  "container": [
    {
      "identifier": [
        {
          "value": "48736-15394-75465"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Green Gel tube",
      "type": {
        "text": "Vacutainer"
      },
      "capacity": {
        "value": 10,
        "unit": "mL"
      },
      "specimenQuantity": {
        "value": 6,
        "unit": "mL"
      },
      "additiveReference": {
        "reference": "#hep"
      }
    }
  ],
  "note": [
    {
      "text": "Specimen is grossly lipemic"
    }
  ]
}

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.