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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 (id = "f002")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Encounter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="f002"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Encounter</b> <a name="f002"> </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 Encounter "f002" </p> </div> <p> <b> identifier</b> : id: v3251 (OFFICIAL)</p> <p> <b> status</b> : completed</p> <p> <b> class</b> : ambulatory <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html">ActCode</a> #AMB)</span> </p> <p> <b> priority</b> : Urgent <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #103391001)</span> </p> <p> <b> type</b> : Patient-initiated encounter <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #270427003)</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-example-f001-pieter.html">Patient/f001: P. van de Heuvel</a> "Pieter VAN DE HEUVEL"</p> <p> <b> serviceProvider</b> : <a href="organization-example-f001-burgers.html">Organization/f001: BMC</a> "Burgers University Medical Center"</p> <h3> Participants</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Actor</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> <a href="practitioner-example-f003-mv.html">Practitioner/f003: M.I.M Versteegh</a> "Marc VERSTEEGH"</td> </tr> </table> <h3> Lengths</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Value</b> </td> <td> <b> Unit</b> </td> <td> <b> System</b> </td> <td> <b> Code</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> 140</td> <td> min</td> <td> <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ucum.html">Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM)</a> </td> <td> min</td> </tr> </table> <h3> Reasons</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Concept</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> Partial lobectomy of lung <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #34068001)</span> </td> </tr> </table> <h3> Admissions</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> PreAdmissionIdentifier</b> </td> <td> <b> AdmitSource</b> </td> <td> <b> DischargeDisposition</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> id: 98682 (OFFICIAL)</td> <td> <span title=" <preAdmissionTest> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="399208008"/> <display value="Chest X-ray"/> </coding> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="396550006"/> <display value="Blood test"/> </coding> </preAdmissionTest> ">Referral by radiologist <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #305997006)</span> </span> </td> <td> Discharge to home <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #306689006)</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <identifier> <use value="official"/> <system value="http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/encounters"/> <value value="v3251"/> </identifier> <status value="completed"/> <class> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode"/> <code value="AMB"/> <!-- outpatient --> <display value="ambulatory"/> </coding> </class> <priority> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="103391001"/> <display value="Urgent"/> </coding> </priority> <type> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="270427003"/> <display value="Patient-initiated encounter"/> </coding> </type> <subject> <reference value="Patient/f001"/> <display value="P. van de Heuvel"/> </subject> <serviceProvider> <reference value="Organization/f001"/> <display value="BMC"/> </serviceProvider> <participant> <actor> <reference value="Practitioner/f003"/> <display value="M.I.M Versteegh"/> </actor> </participant> <length> <value value="140"/> <unit value="min"/> <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> <code value="min"/> </length> <reason> <concept> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="34068001"/> <display value="Partial lobectomy of lung"/> </coding> </concept> </reason> <admission> <preAdmissionIdentifier> <use value="official"/> <system value="http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/pre-admissions"/> <value value="98682"/> </preAdmissionIdentifier> <!-- <preAdmissionTest> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="399208008"/> <display value="Chest X-ray"/> </coding> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="396550006"/> <display value="Blood test"/> </coding> </preAdmissionTest> --> <admitSource> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="305997006"/> <display value="Referral by radiologist"/> </coding> </admitSource> <dischargeDisposition> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="306689006"/> <display value="Discharge to home"/> </coding> </dischargeDisposition> </admission> </Encounter>
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.