Release 5

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Example Observation/decimal (JSON)

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

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

Explores the edge cases of the decimal data type

{
  "resourceType" : "Observation",
  "id" : "decimal",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</b><a name=\"decimal\"> </a></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 Observation &quot;decimal&quot; </p></div><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: Decimal Testing Observation <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Component <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1.0 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Component <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1.00 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Component <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1.0 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Component <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1E-17 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Component <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 10000000000000000 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Component <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1.00000000000000000E-24 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Component <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>value</b>: -1.00000000000000000E+245 g</p></blockquote></div>"
  },
  "status" : "final",
  "code" : {
    "text" : "Decimal Testing Observation"
  },
  "component" : [{
    "code" : {
      "text" : "Component"
    },
    "valueQuantity" : {
      "value" : 1.0,
      "unit" : "g"
    }
  },
  {
    "code" : {
      "text" : "Component"
    },
    "valueQuantity" : {
      "value" : 1.00,
      "unit" : "g"
    }
  },
  {
    "code" : {
      "text" : "Component"
    },
    "valueQuantity" : {
      "value" : 1.0,
      "unit" : "g"
    }
  },
  {
    "code" : {
      "text" : "Component"
    },
    "valueQuantity" : {
      "value" : 1E-17,
      "unit" : "g"
    }
  },
  {
    "code" : {
      "text" : "Component"
    },
    "valueQuantity" : {
      "value" : 10000000000000000,
      "unit" : "g"
    }
  },
  {
    "code" : {
      "text" : "Component"
    },
    "valueQuantity" : {
      "value" : 1.00000000000000000E-24,
      "unit" : "g"
    }
  },
  {
    "code" : {
      "text" : "Component"
    },
    "valueQuantity" : {
      "value" : -1.00000000000000000E+245,
      "unit" : "g"
    }
  }]
}

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.