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Example Observation/bloodgroup (XML)

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

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An example of a blood group (ABO) measurement. (id = "bloodgroup")

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

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="bloodgroup"/> 
  <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="bloodgroup"> </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;bloodgroup&quot; </p> </div> <p> <b> status</b> : final</p> <p> <b> category</b> : Laboratory <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-observation-category.html">Observation Category Codes</a> #laboratory)</span> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : Blood Group <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #883-9 &quot;ABO group [Type] in Blood&quot;)</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="broken-link.html">Patient/infant</a> </p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 2018-03-11T16:07:54Z</p> <p> <b> value</b> : A <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #112144000 &quot;Blood group A (finding)&quot;)</span> </p> </div> </text> <status value="final"/> 
  <category> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"/> 
      <code value="laboratory"/> 
      <display value="Laboratory"/> 
    </coding> 
    <text value="Laboratory"/> 
  </category> 
  <code> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
      <code value="883-9"/> 
      <display value="ABO group [Type] in Blood"/> 
    </coding> 
    <text value="Blood Group"/> 
  </code> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/infant"/> 
  </subject> 
  <effectiveDateTime value="2018-03-11T16:07:54+00:00"/> 
  <valueCodeableConcept> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
      <code value="112144000"/> 
      <display value="Blood group A (finding)"/> 
    </coding> 
        <text value="A"/> 
  </valueCodeableConcept> 
</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.