Release 5 Ballot

This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v5.0.0-ballot: FHIR R5 Ballot Preview). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions . Page versions: R5 R4B R4

Example Observation/decimal (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)

Explores the edge cases of the decimal data type

{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "decimal",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</b><a name=\"decimal\"> </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 Observation &quot;decimal&quot; </p></div><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: Decimal Testing Observation <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Component <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1.0 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Component <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1.00 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Component <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1.0 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Component <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1E-22 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Component <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1000000000000000000 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Component <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1.000000000000000000E-24 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Component <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>value</b>: -1.000000000000000000E+245 g</p></blockquote></div>"
  },
  "status": "final",
  "code": {
    "text": "Decimal Testing Observation"
  },
  "component": [
    {
      "code": {
        "text": "Component"
      },
      "valueQuantity": {
        "value": 1.0,
        "unit": "g"
      }
    },
    {
      "code": {
        "text": "Component"
      },
      "valueQuantity": {
        "value": 1.00,
        "unit": "g"
      }
    },
    {
      "code": {
        "text": "Component"
      },
      "valueQuantity": {
        "value": 1.0,
        "unit": "g"
      }
    },
    {
      "code": {
        "text": "Component"
      },
      "valueQuantity": {
        "value": 1E-22,
        "unit": "g"
      }
    },
    {
      "code": {
        "text": "Component"
      },
      "valueQuantity": {
        "value": 1000000000000000000,
        "unit": "g"
      }
    },
    {
      "code": {
        "text": "Component"
      },
      "valueQuantity": {
        "value": 1.000000000000000000E-24,
        "unit": "g"
      }
    },
    {
      "code": {
        "text": "Component"
      },
      "valueQuantity": {
        "value": -1.000000000000000000E+245,
        "unit": "g"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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.