Release 5 Ballot

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Example Observation/f203 (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)

Real-world patient - CO2

{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "f203",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</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 Observation &quot;f203&quot; </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: 1304-03720-Bicarbonate</p><p><b>status</b>: <span title=\"  Bicarbonate was measured on April fourth  \">final</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Bicarbonate [Moles/?volume] in Serum <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#1963-8; <a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#365722008 &quot;Bicarbonate level&quot;)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example-f201-roel.html\">Patient/f201: Roel</a> &quot;Roel&quot;</p><p><b>issued</b>: 05/04/2013 12:34:00 AM</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a href=\"practitioner-example-f202-lm.html\">Practitioner/f202: Luigi Maas</a> &quot;Luigi Maas&quot;</p><p><b>value</b>: 28 mmol/L<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: SNOMED CT code 258813002 = 'mM')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: Serum bicarbonate level normal <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#166698001; <a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html\">ObservationInterpretation</a>#N)</span></p><p><b>method</b>: <span title=\"  The observation is complete  &amp;#10;  No reliability concerns  \">enzymatic method <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></span></p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Low</b></td><td><b>High</b></td><td><b>Type</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><span title=\"  Healthy bicarbonate level ranges from 22mmol/L to 29mmol/L  \">22</span></td><td>29</td><td>Normal Range <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-referencerange-meaning.html\">Observation Reference Range Meaning Codes</a>#normal)</span></td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "identifier": [
    {
      "system": "https://intranet.aumc.nl/labvalues",
      "value": "1304-03720-Bicarbonate"
    }
  ],
  "status": "final",
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://loinc.org",
        "code": "1963-8",
        "display": "Bicarbonate [Moles/?volume] in Serum"
      },
      {
        "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code": "365722008",
        "display": "Bicarbonate level"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/f201",
    "display": "Roel"
  },
  "issued": "2013-04-04T14:34:00+01:00",
  "performer": [
    {
      "reference": "Practitioner/f202",
      "display": "Luigi Maas"
    }
  ],
  "valueQuantity": {
    "value": 28,
    "unit": "mmol/L",
    "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
    "code": "258813002"
  },
  "interpretation": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "166698001",
          "display": "Serum bicarbonate level normal"
        },
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation",
          "code": "N"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "method": {
    "text": "enzymatic method"
  },
  "referenceRange": [
    {
      "low": {
        "value": 22
      },
      "high": {
        "value": 29
      },
      "type": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning",
            "code": "normal",
            "display": "Normal Range"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

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