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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: Encounter</b><a name=\"f203\"> </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 "f203" </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: Encounter_Roel_20130311 (TEMP)</p><p><b>status</b>: completed</p><h3>StatusHistories</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Status</b></td><td><b>Period</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>in-progress</td><td>2013-03-08 --> (ongoing)</td></tr></table><p><b>class</b>: <span title=\" Encounter has been completed \">inpatient encounter <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>#IMP)</span></span></p><p><b>priority</b>: High priority <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#394849002)</span></p><p><b>type</b>: Inpatient stay for nine days <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#183807002)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example-f201-roel.html\">Patient/f201: Roel</a> "Roel"</p><p><b>episodeOfCare</b>: <a href=\"episodeofcare-example.html\">EpisodeOfCare/example</a></p><p><b>basedOn</b>: <a href=\"servicerequest-example-myringotomy.html\">ServiceRequest/myringotomy</a></p><p><b>partOf</b>: <a href=\"encounter-example-f203-20130311.html\">Encounter/f203</a></p><p><b>serviceProvider</b>: <a href=\"organization-example-insurer.html\">Organization/2</a> "XYZ Insurance"</p><h3>Participants</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Actor</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Participation <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html\">ParticipationType</a>#PART)</span></td><td><a href=\"practitioner-example-f201-ab.html\">Practitioner/f201</a> "Dokter Bronsig"</td></tr></table><p><b>appointment</b>: <a href=\"appointment-example.html\">Appointment/example</a></p><p><b>actualPeriod</b>: 2013-03-11 --> 2013-03-20</p><h3>Reasons</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Concept</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>The patient seems to suffer from bilateral pneumonia and renal insufficiency, most likely due to chemotherapy. <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></td></tr></table><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><p><b>condition</b>: <a href=\"condition-example-stroke.html\">Condition/stroke</a></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>: 1</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><p><b>condition</b>: <a href=\"condition-example-f201-fever.html\">Condition/f201</a></p><p><b>use</b>: Discharge 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>#DD)</span></p></blockquote><p><b>account</b>: <a href=\"account-example.html\">Account/example</a> "HACC Funded Billing for Peter James Chalmers"</p><h3>Admissions</h3><table class=\"grid\"><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 href=\"location-example-room.html\">Location/2</a> "South Wing Neuro OR 1"</td><td>Clinical Oncology Department <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#309902002)</span></td><td>readmitted <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ([not stated])</span></td><td><span title=\" accomodation details are not available \">Fluid balance regulation <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#276026009)</span></span></td><td>normal courtesy <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-EncounterSpecialCourtesy.html\">EncounterSpecialCourtesy</a>#NRM)</span></td><td>Wheelchair <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-encounter-special-arrangements.html\">Special arrangements</a>#wheel)</span></td><td><a href=\"location-example-room.html\">Location/2</a> "South Wing Neuro OR 1"</td></tr></table></div>" }, "identifier": [ { "use": "temp", "value": "Encounter_Roel_20130311" } ], "status": "completed", "statusHistory": [ { "status": "in-progress", "period": { "start": "2013-03-08" } } ], "class": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode", "code": "IMP", "display": "inpatient encounter" } ] } ], "priority": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "394849002", "display": "High priority" } ] }, "type": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "183807002", "display": "Inpatient stay for nine days" } ] } ], "subject": { "reference": "Patient/f201", "display": "Roel" }, "episodeOfCare": [ { "reference": "EpisodeOfCare/example" } ], "basedOn": [ { "reference": "ServiceRequest/myringotomy" } ], "partOf": { "reference": "Encounter/f203" }, "serviceProvider": { "reference": "Organization/2" }, "participant": [ { "type": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType", "code": "PART" } ] } ], "actor": { "reference": "Practitioner/f201" } } ], "appointment": [ { "reference": "Appointment/example" } ], "actualPeriod": { "start": "2013-03-11", "end": "2013-03-20" }, "reason": [ { "concept": { "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" } ], "admission": { "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" } } }
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