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Example Observation/body-length (XML)
Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
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Simple Body Length Example (id = "body-length")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="body-length"/>
<meta>
<profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"/>
</meta>
<text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="body-length"> </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 "body-length" </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Profile: <a href="vitalsigns.html">Vital Signs Profile</a> </p> </div> <p> <b> status</b> : final</p> <p> <b> category</b> : Vital Signs <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/4.0.0/CodeSystem-observation-category.html">Observation Category Codes</a> #vital-signs)</span> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : <span title=" This example demonstrates the use of a code translation to allow the observation
to be interpreted as Body Length ( typically used for infants) ">Body Length <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #8302-2 "Body height"; <a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #8306-3 "Body height --lying")</span> </span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-example.html">Patient/example</a> "Peter CHALMERS"</p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 1999-07-02</p> <p> <b> value</b> : 25 cm<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code cm = 'cm')</span> </p> </div> </text> <status value="final"/>
<category>
<coding>
<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"/>
<code value="vital-signs"/>
<display value="Vital Signs"/>
</coding>
<text value="Vital Signs"/>
</category>
<code>
<coding>
<system value="http://loinc.org"/>
<code value="8302-2"/>
<display value="Body height"/>
</coding>
<coding>
<system value="http://loinc.org"/>
<code value="8306-3"/>
<display value="Body height --lying"/>
<userSelected value="true"/>
</coding>
<text value="Body Length"/>
</code>
<subject>
<reference value="Patient/example"/>
</subject>
<effectiveDateTime value="1999-07-02"/>
<valueQuantity>
<value value="25"/>
<unit value="cm"/>
<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
<code value="cm"/>
</valueQuantity>
</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.