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Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
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Real-world encounter example
{ "resourceType": "Encounter", "id": "f203", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource "f203" </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: Encounter_Roel_20130311 (TEMP)</p><p><b>status</b>: finished</p><h3>StatusHistories</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Status</b></td><td><b>Period</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>arrived</td><td>2013-03-08 --> (ongoing)</td></tr></table><p><b>class</b>: inpatient encounter (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode code IMP = 'inpatient encounter', stated as 'inpatient encounter')</p><p><b>type</b>: Inpatient stay for nine days <span> (<a>SNOMED CT</a>#183807002)</span></p><p><b>priority</b>: High priority <span> (<a>SNOMED CT</a>#394849002)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/f201: Roel</a> "Roel"</p><p><b>episodeOfCare</b>: <a>EpisodeOfCare/example</a></p><p><b>basedOn</b>: <a>ServiceRequest/myringotomy</a></p><h3>Participants</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Individual</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Participation <span> (<a>ParticipationType</a>#PART)</span></td><td><a>Practitioner/f201</a> "Dokter Bronsig"</td></tr></table><p><b>appointment</b>: <a>Appointment/example</a></p><p><b>period</b>: 2013-03-11 --> 2013-03-20</p><p><b>reasonCode</b>: The patient seems to suffer from bilateral pneumonia and renal insufficiency, most likely due to chemotherapy. <span> ()</span></p><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><p><b>condition</b>: <a>Condition/stroke</a></p><p><b>use</b>: Admission diagnosis <span> (<a>DiagnosisRole</a>#AD)</span></p><p><b>rank</b>: 1</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><p><b>condition</b>: <a>Condition/f201</a></p><p><b>use</b>: Discharge diagnosis <span> (<a>DiagnosisRole</a>#DD)</span></p></blockquote><p><b>account</b>: <a>Account/example</a> "HACC Funded Billing for Peter James Chalmers"</p><h3>Hospitalizations</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Origin</b></td><td><b>AdmitSource</b></td><td><b>ReAdmission</b></td><td><b>DietPreference</b></td><td><b>SpecialCourtesy</b></td><td><b>SpecialArrangement</b></td><td><b>Destination</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>Location/2</a> "South Wing Neuro OR 1"</td><td>Clinical Oncology Department <span> (<a>SNOMED CT</a>#309902002)</span></td><td>readmitted <span> ([not stated])</span></td><td>Fluid balance regulation <span> (<a>SNOMED CT</a>#276026009)</span></td><td>normal courtesy <span> (<a>EncounterSpecialCourtesy</a>#NRM)</span></td><td>Wheelchair <span> (<a>SpecialArrangements</a>#wheel)</span></td><td><a>Location/2</a> "South Wing Neuro OR 1"</td></tr></table><p><b>serviceProvider</b>: <a>Organization/2</a> "XYZ Insurance"</p><p><b>partOf</b>: <a>Encounter/f203</a></p></div>" }, "identifier": [ { "use": "temp", "value": "Encounter_Roel_20130311" } ], "status": "finished", "statusHistory": [ { "status": "arrived", "period": { "start": "2013-03-08" } } ], "class": { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode", "code": "IMP", "display": "inpatient encounter" }, "type": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "183807002", "display": "Inpatient stay for nine days" } ] } ], "priority": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "394849002", "display": "High priority" } ] }, "subject": { "reference": "Patient/f201", "display": "Roel" }, "episodeOfCare": [ { "reference": "EpisodeOfCare/example" } ], "basedOn": [ { "reference": "ServiceRequest/myringotomy" } ], "participant": [ { "type": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType", "code": "PART" } ] } ], "individual": { "reference": "Practitioner/f201" } } ], "appointment": [ { "reference": "Appointment/example" } ], "period": { "start": "2013-03-11", "end": "2013-03-20" }, "reasonCode": [ { "text": "The patient seems to suffer from bilateral pneumonia and renal insufficiency, most likely due to chemotherapy." } ], "diagnosis": [ { "condition": { "reference": "Condition/stroke" }, "use": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role", "code": "AD", "display": "Admission diagnosis" } ] }, "rank": 1 }, { "condition": { "reference": "Condition/f201" }, "use": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role", "code": "DD", "display": "Discharge diagnosis" } ] } } ], "account": [ { "reference": "Account/example" } ], "hospitalization": { "origin": { "reference": "Location/2" }, "admitSource": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "309902002", "display": "Clinical Oncology Department" } ] }, "reAdmission": { "coding": [ { "display": "readmitted" } ] }, "dietPreference": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "276026009", "display": "Fluid balance regulation" } ] } ], "specialCourtesy": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EncounterSpecialCourtesy", "code": "NRM", "display": "normal courtesy" } ] } ], "specialArrangement": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/encounter-special-arrangements", "code": "wheel", "display": "Wheelchair" } ] } ], "destination": { "reference": "Location/2" } }, "serviceProvider": { "reference": "Organization/2" }, "partOf": { "reference": "Encounter/f203" } }
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.