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| Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Not linked to any defined compartments |
Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)
Example of observationdefinition
{
"resourceType": "ObservationDefinition",
"id": "example",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource "example" </p></div><p><b>status</b>: active</p><p><b>category</b>: Laboratory <span> (<a>Observation Category Codes</a>#laboratory)</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis <span> (<a>LOINC</a>#13980-8)</span></p><p><b>permittedDataType</b>: Quantity</p><p><b>multipleResultsAllowed</b>: false</p><p><b>method</b>: Total measurement <span> (<a>SNOMED CT</a>#115341008)</span></p><p><b>preferredReportName</b>: Serum albumin/Protein total</p><h3>QuantitativeDetails</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Unit</b></td><td><b>DecimalPrecision</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>% <span> (<a>UCUM</a>#%)</span></td><td>0</td></tr></table><blockquote><p><b>qualifiedValue</b></p><p><b>context</b>: Normal Range <span> (<a>Observation Reference Range Meaning Codes</a>#normal)</span></p><p><b>rangeCategory</b>: reference</p><p><b>range</b>: 50-?</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>qualifiedValue</b></p><p><b>context</b>: Normal Range <span> (<a>Observation Reference Range Meaning Codes</a>#normal)</span></p><p><b>rangeCategory</b>: critical</p><p><b>range</b>: ?-40</p></blockquote></div>"
},
"status": "active",
"category": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
"code": "laboratory"
}
]
}
],
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "13980-8",
"display": "Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis"
}
]
},
"permittedDataType": [
"Quantity"
],
"multipleResultsAllowed": false,
"method": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "115341008",
"display": "Total measurement"
}
]
},
"preferredReportName": "Serum albumin/Protein total",
"quantitativeDetails": {
"unit": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "%",
"display": "%"
}
]
},
"decimalPrecision": 0
},
"qualifiedValue": [
{
"context": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning",
"code": "normal",
"display": "Normal Range"
}
]
},
"rangeCategory": "reference",
"range": {
"low": {
"value": 50
}
}
},
{
"context": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning",
"code": "normal",
"display": "Normal Range"
}
]
},
"rangeCategory": "critical",
"range": {
"high": {
"value": 40
}
}
}
]
}
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.