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Example ObservationDefinition/example (XML)

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: No defined compartments

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

Example of observationdefinition (id = "example")

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

<ObservationDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="example"/> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="oo"/> 
  </extension> 
  <status value="active"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 International / Orders and Observations"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/orders"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <category> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"/> 
      <code value="laboratory"/> 
    </coding> 
  </category> 
  <code> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
      <code value="13980-8"/> 
      <display value="Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis"/> 
    </coding> 
  </code> 
  <permittedDataType value="Quantity"/> 
  <multipleResultsAllowed value="false"/> 
  <method> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
      <code value="115341008"/> 
      <display value="Total measurement"/> 
    </coding> 
  </method> 
  <preferredReportName value="Serum albumin/​Protein total"/> 
  <permittedUnit> 
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
    <code value="%"/> 
    <display value="%"/> 
  </permittedUnit> 
  <qualifiedValue> 
    <context> 
      <coding> 
        <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning"/> 
        <code value="normal"/> 
        <display value="Normal Range"/> 
      </coding> 
    </context> 
    <rangeCategory value="reference"/> 
    <range> 
      <low> 
        <value value="50"/> 
      </low> 
    </range> 
  </qualifiedValue> 
  <qualifiedValue> 
    <context> 
      <coding> 
        <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning"/> 
        <code value="normal"/> 
        <display value="Normal Range"/> 
      </coding> 
    </context> 
    <rangeCategory value="critical"/> 
    <range> 
      <high> 
        <value value="40"/> 
      </high> 
    </range> 
  </qualifiedValue> 
</ObservationDefinition> 

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.