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Example Observation/body-weight-with-arabic-code (XML)

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

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Observation example demonstrating internationalization (Arabic) (id = "body-weight-with-arabic-code")

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

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
    <id value="body-weight-with-arabic-code"/> 
    <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="body-weight-with-arabic-code"> </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;body-weight-with-arabic-code&quot; </p> </div> <p> <b> status</b> : final</p> <p> <b> category</b> : Vital Signs <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> #vital-signs)</span> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : Body Weight <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #29463-7; <a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #3141-9 &quot;Body weight Measured&quot;; <a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #27113001 &quot;Body weight&quot;; clinical-codes#body-weight; #وزن-الجسم &quot;وزن
           الجسم&quot;)</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-example.html">Patient/example</a>  &quot;Peter CHALMERS&quot;</p> <p> <b> encounter</b> : <a href="encounter-example.html">Encounter/example</a> </p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 2016-03-28</p> <p> <b> value</b> : 185 lbs<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code [lb_av] = 'lb_av')</span> </p> </div> </text> <status value="final"/> 
    <category> 
        <coding> 
            <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"/> 
            <code value="vital-signs"/> 
            <display value="Vital Signs"/> 
        </coding> 
    </category> 
    <code> 
        <coding> 
            <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
            <code value="29463-7"/>      <!--    more generic methodless LOINC    -->
            <display value="Body Weight"/> 
        </coding> 
        <coding> 
            <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
            <code value="3141-9"/>      <!--    translation is more specific method = measured LOINC    -->
            <display value="Body weight Measured"/> 
        </coding> 
            <!--    SNOMED CT Codes - becoming more common    -->
        <coding> 
            <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
            <code value="27113001"/> 
            <display value="Body weight"/> 
        </coding> 
            <!--    Also, a local code specific to the source system    -->
        <coding> 
            <system value="http://acme.org/devices/clinical-codes"/> 
            <code value="body-weight"/> 
            <display value="Body Weight"/> 
        </coding> 
            <!--    Plus, a local code and display for body weight in Arabic    -->
        <coding> 
            <system value="http://i18n.example/rtl-code/"/> 
            <code value="وزن-الجسم"/> 
            <display value="وزن الجسم"/> 
        </coding> 
    </code> 
    <subject> 
        <reference value="Patient/example"/> 
    </subject> 
    <encounter> 
        <reference value="Encounter/example"/> 
    </encounter> 
    <effectiveDateTime value="2016-03-28"/> 
    <valueQuantity> 
        <value value="185"/> 
        <unit value="lbs"/> 
        <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
        <code value="[lb_av]"/> 
    </valueQuantity> 
</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.