Release 4B Snapshot #1

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Observation-example-body-temperature.xml

Orders and Observations Work Group

Maturity Level: N/A

Standards Status: Informative

Compartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

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Simple Body Temperature Example (id = "body-temperature")

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="body-temperature"/> 
  <meta> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative</b> </p> <div> <p> Resource &quot;body-temperature&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 temperature <span>  (<a> LOINC</a> #8310-5)</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> : 36.5 C<span>  (Details: UCUM code Cel = 'Cel')</span> </p> </div> </text> <status value="final"/> 
  <category> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"/> 
      <code value="vital-signs"/> 
      <display value="Vital Signs"/> 
    </coding> 
    <text value="Vital Signs"/> 
  </category> 
  <code> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
      <code value="8310-5"/> 
      <display value="Body temperature"/> 
    </coding> 
    <text value="Body temperature"/> 
  </code> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/example"/> 
  </subject> 
  <effectiveDateTime value="1999-07-02"/> 
  <valueQuantity> 
    <value value="36.5"/> 
    <unit value="C"/> 
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
    <code value="Cel"/> 
  </valueQuantity> 
</Observation>

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.