Release 5 Ballot

This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v5.0.0-ballot: R5 Ballot - see ballot notes). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions . Page versions: R5 R4B R4 R3 R2

Example Encounter/f003 (JSON)

Patient Administration Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

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

Real-world encounter example

{
  "resourceType": "Encounter",
  "id": "f003",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Encounter</b><a name=\"f003\"> </a></p><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Resource Encounter &quot;f003&quot; </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: v6751 (OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: completed</p><p><b>class</b>: ambulatory <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html\">ActCode</a>#AMB)</span></p><p><b>priority</b>: Non-urgent ear, nose and throat admission <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#103391001)</span></p><p><b>type</b>: Patient-initiated encounter <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#270427003)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example-f001-pieter.html\">Patient/f001: P. van de Heuvel</a> &quot;Pieter VAN DE HEUVEL&quot;</p><p><b>serviceProvider</b>: <a href=\"organization-example-f001-burgers.html\">Organization/f001</a> &quot;Burgers University Medical Center&quot;</p><h3>Participants</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Actor</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a href=\"practitioner-example-f001-evdb.html\">Practitioner/f001: E.M. van den Broek</a> &quot;Eric VAN DEN BROEK&quot;</td></tr></table><h3>Lengths</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Value</b></td><td><b>Unit</b></td><td><b>System</b></td><td><b>Code</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>90</td><td>min</td><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ucum.html\">Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM)</a></td><td>min</td></tr></table><h3>Reasons</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Concept</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Retropharyngeal abscess <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#18099001)</span></td></tr></table><h3>Admissions</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>PreAdmissionIdentifier</b></td><td><b>AdmitSource</b></td><td><b>DischargeDisposition</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>id: 93042 (OFFICIAL)</td><td><span title=\"      &lt;preAdmissionTest&gt;\n            &lt;coding&gt;\n                &lt;system value=&quot;http://snomed.info/sct&quot;/&gt;\n                &lt;code value=&quot;168719007&quot;/&gt;\n                &lt;display value=&quot;Neck soft tissue X-ray&quot;/&gt;\n            &lt;/coding&gt;\n            &lt;coding&gt;\n                &lt;system value=&quot;http://snomed.info/sct&quot;/&gt;\n                &lt;code value=&quot;396550006&quot;/&gt;\n                &lt;display value=&quot;Blood test&quot;/&gt;\n            &lt;/coding&gt;\n        &lt;/preAdmissionTest&gt;  \">Referral by physician <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#305956004)</span></span></td><td>Discharge to home <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#306689006)</span></td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "identifier": [
    {
      "use": "official",
      "system": "http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/encounters",
      "value": "v6751"
    }
  ],
  "status": "completed",
  "class": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
          "code": "AMB",
          "display": "ambulatory"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "priority": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code": "103391001",
        "display": "Non-urgent ear, nose and throat admission"
      }
    ]
  },
  "type": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "270427003",
          "display": "Patient-initiated encounter"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/f001",
    "display": "P. van de Heuvel"
  },
  "serviceProvider": {
    "reference": "Organization/f001"
  },
  "participant": [
    {
      "actor": {
        "reference": "Practitioner/f001",
        "display": "E.M. van den Broek"
      }
    }
  ],
  "length": {
    "value": 90,
    "unit": "min",
    "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code": "min"
  },
  "reason": [
    {
      "concept": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code": "18099001",
            "display": "Retropharyngeal abscess"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "admission": {
    "preAdmissionIdentifier": {
      "use": "official",
      "system": "http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/pre-admissions",
      "value": "93042"
    },
    "admitSource": {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "305956004",
          "display": "Referral by physician"
        }
      ]
    },
    "dischargeDisposition": {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "306689006",
          "display": "Discharge to home"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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.