Release 5 Ballot

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Example ObservationDefinition/example (Turtle)

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Not linked to any defined compartments

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Example of observationdefinition

@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .
@prefix loinc: <http://loinc.org/rdf#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix sct: <http://snomed.info/id/> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

# - resource -------------------------------------------------------------------

[a fhir:ObservationDefinition;
  fhir:nodeRole fhir:treeRoot;
  fhir:Resource.id [ fhir:value "example"];
  fhir:DomainResource.text [
     fhir:Narrative.status [ fhir:value "generated" ];
     fhir:Narrative.div "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: ObservationDefinition</b><a name=\"example\"> </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 ObservationDefinition &quot;example&quot; </p></div><p><b>status</b>: active</p><p><b>category</b>: Laboratory <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>#laboratory)</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#13980-8)</span></p><p><b>permittedDataType</b>: Quantity</p><p><b>multipleResultsAllowed</b>: false</p><p><b>method</b>: Total measurement <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#115341008)</span></p><p><b>preferredReportName</b>: Serum albumin/​Protein total</p><h3>QuantitativeDetails</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Unit</b></td><td><b>DecimalPrecision</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>% <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://ucum.org\">UCUM</a>#%)</span></td><td>0</td></tr></table><blockquote><p><b>qualifiedValue</b></p><p><b>context</b>: Normal Range <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-referencerange-meaning.html\">Observation Reference Range Meaning Codes</a>#normal)</span></p><p><b>rangeCategory</b>: reference</p><p><b>range</b>: 50-?</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>qualifiedValue</b></p><p><b>context</b>: Normal Range <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-referencerange-meaning.html\">Observation Reference Range Meaning Codes</a>#normal)</span></p><p><b>rangeCategory</b>: critical</p><p><b>range</b>: ?-40</p></blockquote></div>"
  ];
  fhir:ObservationDefinition.status [ fhir:value "active"];
  fhir:ObservationDefinition.category [
     fhir:index 0;
     fhir:CodeableConcept.coding [
       fhir:index 0;
       fhir:Coding.system [ fhir:value "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category" ];
       fhir:Coding.code [ fhir:value "laboratory" ]
     ]
  ];
  fhir:ObservationDefinition.code [
     fhir:CodeableConcept.coding [
       fhir:index 0;
       a loinc:13980-8;
       fhir:Coding.system [ fhir:value "http://loinc.org" ];
       fhir:Coding.code [ fhir:value "13980-8" ];
       fhir:Coding.display [ fhir:value "Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis" ]
     ]
  ];
  fhir:ObservationDefinition.permittedDataType [
     fhir:value "Quantity";
     fhir:index 0
  ];
  fhir:ObservationDefinition.multipleResultsAllowed [ fhir:value "false"^^xsd:boolean];
  fhir:ObservationDefinition.method [
     fhir:CodeableConcept.coding [
       fhir:index 0;
       a sct:115341008;
       fhir:Coding.system [ fhir:value "http://snomed.info/sct" ];
       fhir:Coding.code [ fhir:value "115341008" ];
       fhir:Coding.display [ fhir:value "Total measurement" ]
     ]
  ];
  fhir:ObservationDefinition.preferredReportName [ fhir:value "Serum albumin/​Protein total"];
  fhir:ObservationDefinition.quantitativeDetails [
     fhir:ObservationDefinition.quantitativeDetails.unit [
       fhir:CodeableConcept.coding [
         fhir:index 0;
         fhir:Coding.system [ fhir:value "http://unitsofmeasure.org" ];
         fhir:Coding.code [ fhir:value "%" ];
         fhir:Coding.display [ fhir:value "%" ]
       ]
     ];
     fhir:ObservationDefinition.quantitativeDetails.decimalPrecision [ fhir:value "0"^^xsd:integer ]
  ];
  fhir:ObservationDefinition.qualifiedValue [
     fhir:index 0;
     fhir:ObservationDefinition.qualifiedValue.context [
       fhir:CodeableConcept.coding [
         fhir:index 0;
         fhir:Coding.system [ fhir:value "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning" ];
         fhir:Coding.code [ fhir:value "normal" ];
         fhir:Coding.display [ fhir:value "Normal Range" ]
       ]
     ];
     fhir:ObservationDefinition.qualifiedValue.rangeCategory [ fhir:value "reference" ];
     fhir:ObservationDefinition.qualifiedValue.range [
       fhir:Range.low [
         fhir:Quantity.value [ fhir:value "50"^^xsd:decimal ]
       ]
     ]
  ], [
     fhir:index 1;
     fhir:ObservationDefinition.qualifiedValue.context [
       fhir:CodeableConcept.coding [
         fhir:index 0;
         fhir:Coding.system [ fhir:value "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning" ];
         fhir:Coding.code [ fhir:value "normal" ];
         fhir:Coding.display [ fhir:value "Normal Range" ]
       ]
     ];
     fhir:ObservationDefinition.qualifiedValue.rangeCategory [ fhir:value "critical" ];
     fhir:ObservationDefinition.qualifiedValue.range [
       fhir:Range.high [
         fhir:Quantity.value [ fhir:value "40"^^xsd:decimal ]
       ]
     ]
  ]] .

# - ontology header ------------------------------------------------------------

[a owl:Ontology;
  owl:imports fhir:fhir.ttl] .

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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.