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Dataelement-labtestmaster-example.xml

Raw XML (canonical form)

Prothrombin time for lab test master file (id = "prothrombin")

Raw XML

<DataElement xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="prothrombin"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- Snipped for brevity --></div>
  </text><!--   text&gt;
      generated by build process
    &lt;/text    -->
  <identifier>
    <label value="Prothrombin Time, PT"/>
    <system value="http://www.CenturyHospital/Laboratory/DirectoryofServices"/>
    <value value="11"/>
    <period>
      <start value="2011-05-19"/>
    </period>
    <assigner>
      <display value="Century Hospital Laboratory"/>
    </assigner>
  </identifier>
  <name value="Prothrombin Time"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <mapping>
    <identity value="loinc"/>
    <uri value="http://loinc.org/"/>
    <name value="LOINC"/>
    <comments value="Version 2.48 or later"/>
  </mapping>
  <element>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-allowedUnits">
      <valueCodeableConcept>
        <coding>
          <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
          <version value="1.9"/>
          <code value="s"/>
          <display value="second"/>
          <primary value="true"/>
        </coding>
        <text value="second"/>
      </valueCodeableConcept>
    </extension>
    <path value="prothrombin"/>
    <definition value="The PT test evaluates the extrinsic and common pathways of the coagulation cascade."/>
    <comments value="Used to screen the integrity of the extrinsic and common pathways of coagulation and to
     monitor warfarin anticoagulation. "/>
    <requirements value="This test is orderable. A plasma specimen in a 3.2% sodium citrate blue top tube is required."/>
    <alias value="Protime, PT"/>
    <type>
      <code value="Decimal"/>
    </type><!--    Is this the FHIR datatype for the observation? ( ie the datatype when ordering the
     test) or the Result? ( ie. numeric, codeable concept or text for lab tests )   -->
    <exampleDecimal value="10.0"/><!--    Is this the an example result like &quot;10.0&quot;  for the observation/dataelement?
        -->
    <mapping>
      <identity value="loinc"/>
      <map value="5964-2"/>
    </mapping>
  </element>
</DataElement>

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.