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| Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
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Real-world encounter example
{
"resourceType": "Encounter",
"id": "f203",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></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 "f203" </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: Encounter_Roel_20130311 (TEMP)</p><p><b>status</b>: finished</p><h3>StatusHistories</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Status</b></td><td><b>Period</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>arrived</td><td>2013-03-08 --> (ongoing)</td></tr></table><p><b>class</b>: inpatient encounter (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode code IMP = 'inpatient encounter', stated as 'inpatient encounter')</p><p><b>type</b>: Inpatient stay for nine days <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#183807002)</span></p><p><b>priority</b>: High priority <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#394849002)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-f201.html\">Patient/f201: Roel</a> "Roel"</p><p><b>episodeOfCare</b>: <a href=\"episodeofcare-example.html\">EpisodeOfCare/example</a></p><p><b>basedOn</b>: <a href=\"servicerequest-myringotomy.html\">ServiceRequest/myringotomy</a></p><h3>Participants</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Individual</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Participation <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html\">ParticipationType</a>#PART)</span></td><td><a href=\"practitioner-f201.html\">Practitioner/f201</a> "Dokter Bronsig"</td></tr></table><p><b>appointment</b>: <a href=\"appointment-example.html\">Appointment/example</a></p><p><b>period</b>: 2013-03-11 --> 2013-03-20</p><p><b>reasonCode</b>: The patient seems to suffer from bilateral pneumonia and renal insufficiency, most likely due to chemotherapy. <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><p><b>condition</b>: <a href=\"condition-stroke.html\">Condition/stroke</a></p><p><b>use</b>: Admission diagnosis <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"codesystem-diagnosis-role.html\">DiagnosisRole</a>#AD)</span></p><p><b>rank</b>: 1</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><p><b>condition</b>: <a href=\"condition-f201.html\">Condition/f201</a></p><p><b>use</b>: Discharge diagnosis <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"codesystem-diagnosis-role.html\">DiagnosisRole</a>#DD)</span></p></blockquote><p><b>account</b>: <a href=\"account-example.html\">Account/example</a> "HACC Funded Billing for Peter James Chalmers"</p><h3>Hospitalizations</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Origin</b></td><td><b>AdmitSource</b></td><td><b>ReAdmission</b></td><td><b>DietPreference</b></td><td><b>SpecialCourtesy</b></td><td><b>SpecialArrangement</b></td><td><b>Destination</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a href=\"location-2.html\">Location/2</a> "South Wing Neuro OR 1"</td><td>Clinical Oncology Department <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#309902002)</span></td><td>readmitted <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ([not stated])</span></td><td>Fluid balance regulation <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#276026009)</span></td><td>normal courtesy <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-EncounterSpecialCourtesy.html\">EncounterSpecialCourtesy</a>#NRM)</span></td><td>Wheelchair <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"codesystem-encounter-special-arrangements.html\">SpecialArrangements</a>#wheel)</span></td><td><a href=\"location-2.html\">Location/2</a> "South Wing Neuro OR 1"</td></tr></table><p><b>serviceProvider</b>: <a href=\"organization-2.html\">Organization/2</a> "XYZ Insurance"</p><p><b>partOf</b>: <a href=\"encounter-f203.html\">Encounter/f203</a></p></div>"
},
"identifier": [
{
"use": "temp",
"value": "Encounter_Roel_20130311"
}
],
"status": "finished",
"statusHistory": [
{
"status": "arrived",
"period": {
"start": "2013-03-08"
}
}
],
"class": {
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
"code": "IMP",
"display": "inpatient encounter"
},
"type": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "183807002",
"display": "Inpatient stay for nine days"
}
]
}
],
"priority": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "394849002",
"display": "High priority"
}
]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/f201",
"display": "Roel"
},
"episodeOfCare": [
{
"reference": "EpisodeOfCare/example"
}
],
"basedOn": [
{
"reference": "ServiceRequest/myringotomy"
}
],
"participant": [
{
"type": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType",
"code": "PART"
}
]
}
],
"individual": {
"reference": "Practitioner/f201"
}
}
],
"appointment": [
{
"reference": "Appointment/example"
}
],
"period": {
"start": "2013-03-11",
"end": "2013-03-20"
},
"reasonCode": [
{
"text": "The patient seems to suffer from bilateral pneumonia and renal insufficiency, most likely due to chemotherapy."
}
],
"diagnosis": [
{
"condition": {
"reference": "Condition/stroke"
},
"use": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role",
"code": "AD",
"display": "Admission diagnosis"
}
]
},
"rank": 1
},
{
"condition": {
"reference": "Condition/f201"
},
"use": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role",
"code": "DD",
"display": "Discharge diagnosis"
}
]
}
}
],
"account": [
{
"reference": "Account/example"
}
],
"hospitalization": {
"origin": {
"reference": "Location/2"
},
"admitSource": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "309902002",
"display": "Clinical Oncology Department"
}
]
},
"reAdmission": {
"coding": [
{
"display": "readmitted"
}
]
},
"dietPreference": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "276026009",
"display": "Fluid balance regulation"
}
]
}
],
"specialCourtesy": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EncounterSpecialCourtesy",
"code": "NRM",
"display": "normal courtesy"
}
]
}
],
"specialArrangement": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/encounter-special-arrangements",
"code": "wheel",
"display": "Wheelchair"
}
]
}
],
"destination": {
"reference": "Location/2"
}
},
"serviceProvider": {
"reference": "Organization/2"
},
"partOf": {
"reference": "Encounter/f203"
}
}
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.