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Example Observation/bmd (XML)
Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
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Example of an encoded BMD measurements of left femur (id = "bmd")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="bmd"/>
<text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="bmd"> </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 "bmd" </p> </div> <p> <b> status</b> : final</p> <p> <b> code</b> : BMD - Left Femur <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #24701-5 "Femur DXA Bone density")</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-example-b.html">Patient/pat2</a> "Duck DONALD"</p> <p> <b> performer</b> : <span title=" well, actually. this isn't the patient, but it'll do for now "><a href="organization-example-lab.html">Organization/1832473e-2fe0-452d-abe9-3cdb9879522f: Acme Imaging Diagnostics</a> "Clinical Lab"</span> </p> <p> <b> value</b> : 0.887 g/cm²<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code g/cm-2 = 'g/cm-2')</span> </p> <p> <b> bodySite</b> : Left Femur <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #71341001:272741003=7771000)</span> </p> </div> </text> <status value="final"/>
<code>
<coding>
<system value="http://loinc.org"/>
<code value="24701-5"/>
<display value="Femur DXA Bone density"/>
</coding>
<text value="BMD - Left Femur"/>
</code>
<subject>
<reference value="Patient/pat2"/>
</subject> <performer>
<reference value="Organization/1832473e-2fe0-452d-abe9-3cdb9879522f"/>
<display value="Acme Imaging Diagnostics"/>
</performer>
<valueQuantity>
<value value="0.887"/>
<unit value="g/cm²"/>
<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
<code value="g/cm-2"/>
</valueQuantity>
<bodySite>
<coding>
<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
<code value="71341001:272741003=7771000"/> </coding> <text value="Left Femur"/>
</bodySite>
</Observation>
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.