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Patient Care Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
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A typical Food Allergy (id = "example")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <AllergyIntolerance xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="example"/> <!-- an identifier used for this allergic propensity (adverse reaction risk) --> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative</b> </p> <div> <p> Resource "example" </p> </div> <p> <b> identifier</b> : id: 49476534</p> <p> <b> clinicalStatus</b> : Active <span> (<a> AllergyIntolerance Clinical Status Codes</a> #active)</span> </p> <p> <b> verificationStatus</b> : Confirmed <span> (<a> AllergyIntolerance Verification Status Codes</a> #confirmed)</span> </p> <p> <b> type</b> : allergy</p> <p> <b> category</b> : food</p> <p> <b> criticality</b> : high</p> <p> <b> code</b> : Cashew nuts <span> (<a> SNOMED CT</a> #227493005)</span> </p> <p> <b> patient</b> : <a> Patient/example</a> "Peter CHALMERS"</p> <p> <b> onset</b> : 2004-01-01</p> <p> <b> recordedDate</b> : 2014-10-09T14:58:00+11:00</p> <p> <b> recorder</b> : <a> Practitioner/example</a> "Adam CAREFUL"</p> <p> <b> asserter</b> : <a> Patient/example</a> "Peter CHALMERS"</p> <p> <b> lastOccurrence</b> : 2012-06-01</p> <p> <b> note</b> : The criticality is high becasue of the observed anaphylactic reaction when challenged with cashew extract.</p> <blockquote> <p> <b> reaction</b> </p> <p> <b> substance</b> : cashew nut allergenic extract Injectable Product <span> (<a> RxNorm</a> #1160593)</span> </p> <p> <b> manifestation</b> : Anaphylactic reaction <span> (<a> SNOMED CT</a> #39579001)</span> </p> <p> <b> description</b> : Challenge Protocol. Severe reaction to subcutaneous cashew extract. Epinephrine administered</p> <p> <b> onset</b> : 2012-06-12</p> <p> <b> severity</b> : severe</p> <p> <b> exposureRoute</b> : Subcutaneous route <span> (<a> SNOMED CT</a> #34206005)</span> </p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> reaction</b> </p> <p> <b> manifestation</b> : Urticaria <span> (<a> SNOMED CT</a> #64305001)</span> </p> <p> <b> onset</b> : 2004-01-01</p> <p> <b> severity</b> : moderate</p> <p> <b> note</b> : The patient reports that the onset of urticaria was within 15 minutes of eating cashews.</p> </blockquote> </div> </text> <identifier> <system value="http://acme.com/ids/patients/risks"/> <value value="49476534"/> </identifier> <!-- this individual has had several reactions --> <clinicalStatus> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/allergyintolerance-clinical"/> <code value="active"/> <display value="Active"/> </coding> </clinicalStatus> <verificationStatus> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/allergyintolerance-verification"/> <code value="confirmed"/> <display value="Confirmed"/> </coding> </verificationStatus> <!-- note: it's often unknown whether an allergy is mediated by an immune response, and not as significant as once thought --> <type value="allergy"/> <!-- this categorization is implied by "cashew nut" and therefore basically redundant, but many systems collect this field anyway, since it's either useful when the substance is not coded, or it's quicker to sort/filter on than using terminology based reasoning --> <category value="food"/> <!-- there is no question that the allergy is real and serious --> <criticality value="high"/> <!-- Allergy or intolerance code (substance, product, condition or negated/excluded statement) or text. A few times, there's a full description of a complex substance/product - in these caes, use the extension [url] to refer to a Substance resource. --> <code> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="227493005"/> <display value="Cashew nuts"/> </coding> </code> <!-- the patient that actually has the risk of adverse reaction --> <patient> <reference value="Patient/example"/> </patient> <!-- when the allergy was first noted (in this case the same as reaction.onset of the first occurrence) --> <onsetDateTime value="2004"/> <!-- the date that this entry was recorded --> <recordedDate value="2014-10-09T14:58:00+11:00"/> <!-- who made the record / last updated it --> <recorder> <reference value="Practitioner/example"/> </recorder> <!-- the patient is the reporter in this case --> <asserter> <reference value="Patient/example"/> </asserter> <!-- last happened June 2012. Typically, systems either track lastOccurrence, or a list of events. --> <lastOccurrence value="2012-06"/> <!-- an additional note about the allergy propensity by the recorder --> <note> <text value="The criticality is high becasue of the observed anaphylactic reaction when challenged with cashew extract."/> </note> <!-- past events. There's no claim that this is all the events, and that should not be assumed --> <reaction> <!-- It's possible to list specific things to which the patient responded, e.g. chocolate (that happened to contain cashew nuts). This event has such a specific substance. Note that systems should ensure that what goes in here does not conflict with the substance above, and systems processing the data can be sure that what is here does not contravene the substance above --> <substance> <coding> <system value="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm"/> <code value="1160593"/> <display value="cashew nut allergenic extract Injectable Product"/> </coding> </substance> <manifestation> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="39579001"/> <display value="Anaphylactic reaction"/> </coding> </manifestation> <description value="Challenge Protocol. Severe reaction to subcutaneous cashew extract. Epinephrine administered"/> <onset value="2012-06-12"/> <severity value="severe"/> <exposureRoute> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="34206005"/> <display value="Subcutaneous route"/> </coding> </exposureRoute> </reaction> <!-- this was the first occurrence --> <reaction> <manifestation> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="64305001"/> <display value="Urticaria"/> </coding> </manifestation> <onset value="2004"/> <severity value="moderate"/> <!-- an additional note about the reaction by the recorder --> <note> <text value="The patient reports that the onset of urticaria was within 15 minutes of eating cashews."/> </note> </reaction> </AllergyIntolerance>
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.