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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 (with primaryDiagnosis extension added) (id = "f202")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Encounter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="f202"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Encounter</b> <a name="f202"> </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 "f202" </p> </div> <p> <b> identifier</b> : id: Encounter_Roel_20130128 (TEMP)</p> <p> <b> status</b> : completed</p> <p> <b> class</b> : <span title=" Encounter has finished ">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> </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> : Chemotherapy <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #367336001)</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-example-f201-roel.html">Patient/f201: Roel</a> "Roel"</p> <p> <b> serviceProvider</b> : <a href="organization-example-f201-aumc.html">Organization/f201</a> "Artis University Medical Center (AUMC)"</p> <h3> Participants</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Actor</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> <a href="practitioner-example-f201-ab.html">Practitioner/f201</a> "Dokter Bronsig"</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> 56</td> <td> minutes</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> The patient is treated for a tumor. <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> ()</span> </td> </tr> </table> <blockquote> <p> <b> diagnosis</b> </p> <p> <b> condition</b> : <span> : Complications from Roel's TPF chemotherapy on January 28th, 2013</span> </p> <p> <b> use</b> : Admission diagnosis <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-diagnosis-role.html">DiagnosisRole</a> #AD)</span> </p> <p> <b> rank</b> : 2</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> diagnosis</b> </p> <p> <b> condition</b> : <span> : The patient is treated for a tumor</span> </p> <p> <b> use</b> : Chief complaint <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-diagnosis-role.html">DiagnosisRole</a> #CC)</span> </p> <p> <b> rank</b> : 1</p> </blockquote> </div> </text> <identifier> <use value="temp"/> <!-- 0..1 The use of this identifier --> <value value="Encounter_Roel_20130128"/> </identifier> <status value="completed"/> <!-- Encounter has finished --> <class> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode"/> <code value="AMB"/> <!-- outpatient encounter for chemotherapy --> <display value="ambulatory"/> </coding> </class> <priority> <!-- Urgent priority, because of complications --> <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="367336001"/> <display value="Chemotherapy"/> </coding> </type> <subject> <reference value="Patient/f201"/> <display value="Roel"/> </subject> <serviceProvider> <reference value="Organization/f201"/> </serviceProvider> <participant> <actor> <reference value="Practitioner/f201"/> </actor> </participant> <length> <value value="56"/> <unit value="minutes"/> <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> <code value="min"/> </length> <reason> <concept> <text value="The patient is treated for a tumor."/> </concept> </reason> <diagnosis> <condition> <display value="Complications from Roel's TPF chemotherapy on January 28th, 2013"/> </condition> <use> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role"/> <code value="AD"/> <display value="Admission diagnosis"/> </coding> </use> <rank value="2"/> </diagnosis> <!-- Example of a principal diagnosis with role=CC and rank=1 --> <diagnosis> <condition> <display value="The patient is treated for a tumor"/> </condition> <use> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role"/> <code value="CC"/> <display value="Chief complaint"/> </coding> </use> <rank value="1"/> </diagnosis> <!-- No admission was deemed necessary --> </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.