Release 5 Ballot

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Example Observation/alcohol-type (JSON)

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

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

Example of a multi-select values/answers Observation with individual answers/values as components

{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "alcohol-type",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</b><a name=\"alcohol-type\"> </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 Observation &quot;alcohol-type&quot; </p></div><p><b>status</b>: <span title=\"   the mandatory quality flags:   \">final</span></p><p><b>category</b>: <span title=\"  \n    Observations are often coded in multiple code systems.\n      - LOINC\n\t\t- or SNOMED\n      -and/or the source system may provides its own &quot;local&quot; code, which may be less or more granular than LOINC.\n\tIn this example there is only local codes\n    \">Social History <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-observation-category.html\">Observation Category Codes</a>#social-history)</span></span></p><p><b>code</b>: Type of alcohol consumed <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (acme-rehab.org#alcohol-type)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example.html\">Patient/example: Peter James Chalmers</a> &quot;Peter CHALMERS&quot;</p><p><b>effective</b>: 2014-12-11T04:44:16Z</p><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span title=\"  component.code is same as code  \">alcohol-type <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (acme-rehab.org#alcohol-type)</span></span></p><p><b>value</b>: <span title=\"  coded value using SNONED-CT, could also use a local code here or only text  \">Wine <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#35748005 &quot;Wine (substance)&quot;)</span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span title=\"  component.code is same as code  \">alcohol-type <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (acme-rehab.org#alcohol-type)</span></span></p><p><b>value</b>: <span title=\"  coded value using SNONED-CT, could also use a local code here or only text  \">Beer <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#53410008 &quot;Beer (substance)&quot;)</span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span title=\"  component.code is same as code  \">alcohol-type <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (acme-rehab.org#alcohol-type)</span></span></p><p><b>value</b>: <span title=\"  coded value using SNONED-CT, could also use a local code here or only text  \">Liquor <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#6524003 &quot; Distilled spirits (substance)&quot;)</span></span></p></blockquote></div>"
  },
  "status": "final",
  "category": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
          "code": "social-history",
          "display": "Social History"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Social History"
    }
  ],
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://acme-rehab.org",
        "code": "alcohol-type",
        "display": "Type of alcohol consumed"
      }
    ],
    "text": "Type of alcohol consumed"
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/example",
    "display": "Peter James Chalmers"
  },
  "effectiveDateTime": "2014-12-11T04:44:16Z",
  "component": [
    {
      "code": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://acme-rehab.org",
            "code": "alcohol-type"
          }
        ]
      },
      "valueCodeableConcept": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code": "35748005",
            "display": "Wine (substance)"
          }
        ],
        "text": "Wine"
      }
    },
    {
      "code": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://acme-rehab.org",
            "code": "alcohol-type"
          }
        ]
      },
      "valueCodeableConcept": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code": "53410008",
            "display": "Beer (substance)"
          }
        ],
        "text": "Beer"
      }
    },
    {
      "code": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://acme-rehab.org",
            "code": "alcohol-type"
          }
        ]
      },
      "valueCodeableConcept": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code": "6524003",
            "display": " Distilled spirits (substance)"
          }
        ],
        "text": "Liquor"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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.