Release 4B Snapshot #1

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Observation-example-body-length.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)

Simple Body Length Example

{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "body-length",
  "meta": {
    "profile": [
      "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"
    ]
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource &quot;body-length&quot; </p><p>Profile: <a>Vital Signs Profile</a></p></div><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>category</b>: Vital Signs <span> (<a>Observation Category Codes</a>#vital-signs)</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Body Length <span> (<a>LOINC</a>#8302-2 &quot;Body height&quot;; <a>LOINC</a>#8306-3 &quot;Body height --lying&quot;)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/example</a> &quot;Peter CHALMERS&quot;</p><p><b>effective</b>: 1999-07-02</p><p><b>value</b>: 25 cm<span> (Details: UCUM code cm = 'cm')</span></p></div>"
  },
  "status": "final",
  "category": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
          "code": "vital-signs",
          "display": "Vital Signs"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Vital Signs"
    }
  ],
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://loinc.org",
        "code": "8302-2",
        "display": "Body height"
      },
      {
        "system": "http://loinc.org",
        "code": "8306-3",
        "display": "Body height --lying",
        "userSelected": true
      }
    ],
    "text": "Body Length"
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/example"
  },
  "effectiveDateTime": "1999-07-02",
  "valueQuantity": {
    "value": 25,
    "unit": "cm",
    "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code": "cm"
  }
}

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.