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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
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Real-world patient - temperature
{ "resourceType": "Observation", "id": "f202", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</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 Observation "f202" </p></div><p><b>status</b>: <span title=\" Oral temperature was measured on April fourth \">entered-in-error</span></p><p><b>category</b>: <span title=\" category code is A code that classifies the general type of observation being made. This is used for searching, sorting and display purposes. \">Vital Signs <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-observation-category.html\">Observation Category Codes</a>#vital-signs)</span></span></p><p><b>code</b>: Temperature <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (acme.lab#BT "Body temperature"; <a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#8310-5 "Body temperature"; <a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#8331-1 "Oral temperature"; <a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#56342008 "Temperature taking")</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <span title=\" No identifier could be provided to this observation \"><a href=\"patient-example-f201-roel.html\">Patient/f201: Roel</a> "Roel"</span></p><p><b>issued</b>: 04/04/2013 11:27:00 PM</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a href=\"practitioner-example-f201-ab.html\">Practitioner/f201</a> "Dokter Bronsig"</p><p><b>value</b>: 39 degrees C<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code Cel = 'Cel')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: High <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html\">ObservationInterpretation</a>#H)</span></p><p><b>bodySite</b>: <span title=\" In the meantime a new oral temperature is measured &#10; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3418963/ \">Oral cavity <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#74262004)</span></span></p><p><b>method</b>: Oral temperature taking <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#89003005)</span></p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>High</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><span title=\" 0..* Provides guide for interpretation \">38.2 degrees C</span></td></tr></table></div>" }, "status": "entered-in-error", "category": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category", "code": "vital-signs", "display": "Vital Signs" } ] } ], "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://acme.lab", "code": "BT", "display": "Body temperature" }, { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "8310-5", "display": "Body temperature" }, { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "8331-1", "display": "Oral temperature" }, { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "56342008", "display": "Temperature taking" } ], "text": "Temperature" }, "subject": { "reference": "Patient/f201", "display": "Roel" }, "issued": "2013-04-04T13:27:00+01:00", "performer": [ { "reference": "Practitioner/f201" } ], "valueQuantity": { "value": 39, "unit": "degrees C", "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org", "code": "Cel" }, "interpretation": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation", "code": "H" } ] } ], "bodySite": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "74262004", "display": "Oral cavity" } ] }, "method": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "89003005", "display": "Oral temperature taking" } ] }, "referenceRange": [ { "high": { "value": 38.2, "unit": "degrees C" } } ] }
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