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Example Observation/f206 (XML)

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

Real-world patient - staphylococcus (id = "f206")

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!--   @version June 2013 @author Melchior Ferdinand Pot   --><!--   ReferenceRange and component are not applicable   --><Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="f206"/> 
  <status value="final"/> 
  <code> 
    <!--   Kind of observation = Blood culture   -->
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://acmelabs.org"/> 
      <code value="104177"/> 
      <display value="Blood culture"/> 
    </coding> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
      <code value="600-7"/> 
      <display value="Bacteria identified in Blood by Culture"/> 
    </coding> 
  </code> 
  <!--   No identifier could be provided to this observation   -->
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/f201"/> 
    <display value="Roel"/> 
  </subject> 
  <issued value="2013-03-11T10:28:00+01:00"/> 
  <performer> 
    <reference value="Practitioner/f202"/> 
    <display value="Luigi Maas"/> 
  </performer> 
  <valueCodeableConcept> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
      <code value="3092008"/> 
      <display value="Staphylococcus aureus"/> 
    </coding> 
  </valueCodeableConcept> 
  <interpretation> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation"/> 
      <code value="POS"/> 
    </coding> 
  </interpretation> 
  <!--   BodySite not relevant   -->
  <method> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
      <code value="104177005"/> 
      <display value="Blood culture for bacteria, including anaerobic screen"/> 
    </coding> 
  </method> 
</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.