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Example Observation/f004 (XML)

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

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Real-world patient - erythrocyte (id = "f004")

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

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="f004"/>     <!--      urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.7      --><text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="f004"> </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;f004&quot; </p> </div> <p> <b> identifier</b> : <span title="    urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.7    ">id: 6326 (use: OFFICIAL)</span> </p> <p> <b> status</b> : final</p> <p> <b> code</b> : Erythrocytes [#/volume] in Blood by Automated count <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #789-8)</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-example-f001-pieter.html">Patient/f001: P. van de Heuvel</a>  &quot;Pieter VAN DE HEUVEL&quot;</p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 2013-04-02T10:30:10+01:00</p> <p> <b> issued</b> : 4 Apr 2013, 1:30:10 am</p> <p> <b> performer</b> : <a href="practitioner-example-f005-al.html">Practitioner/f005: A. Langeveld</a>  &quot;Langeveld ANNE&quot;</p> <p> <b> value</b> : 4.12 10^12/L<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code 10*12/L = '10*12/L')</span> </p> <p> <b> interpretation</b> : Low <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html">ObservationInterpretation</a> #L)</span> </p> <h3> ReferenceRanges</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Text</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> 12-14 y Male: 4.4 - 5.2  x  10^12/L ; 12-14 y Female: 4.2 - 4.8  x  10^12/L ; 15-17
             y Male: 4.6 - 5.4  x  10^12/L ; 15-17 y Female: 4.2 - 4.8  x  10^12/L ; 18-64 y
             Male: 4.6 - 5.4  x  10^12/L ; 18-64 y Female: 4.0 - 4.8  x  10^12/L ; 65-74 y Male:
             4.3 - 5.3  x  10^12/L ; 65-74 y Female: 4.1 - 4.9  x  10^12/L</td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <identifier> 
    <use value="official"/> 
    <system value="http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/observations"/> 
    <value value="6326"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <status value="final"/> 
  <code> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
      <code value="789-8"/> 
      <display value="Erythrocytes [#/volume] in Blood by Automated count"/> 
    </coding> 
  </code> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/f001"/> 
    <display value="P. van de Heuvel"/> 
  </subject> 
  <effectiveDateTime value="2013-04-02T10:30:10+01:00"/> 
  <issued value="2013-04-03T15:30:10+01:00"/> 
  <performer> 
    <reference value="Practitioner/f005"/> 
    <display value="A. Langeveld"/> 
  </performer> 
  <valueQuantity> 
    <value value="4.12"/>     <!--     Actually, 4.12E+12     --><unit value="10^12/L"/> 
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
    <code value="10*12/L"/> 
  </valueQuantity> 
  <interpretation> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation"/> 
      <code value="L"/> 
      <display value="Low"/> 
    </coding> 
  </interpretation>     <!--    this example demonstrates using the reference range text element for stuff that
   is not easily structured !   --><referenceRange> 
    <text value="12-14 y Male: 4.4 - 5.2  x  10^12/L ; 12-14 y Female: 4.2 - 4.8  x  10^12/L ; 15-17
     y Male: 4.6 - 5.4  x  10^12/L ; 15-17 y Female: 4.2 - 4.8  x  10^12/L ; 18-64 y
     Male: 4.6 - 5.4  x  10^12/L ; 18-64 y Female: 4.0 - 4.8  x  10^12/L ; 65-74 y Male:
     4.3 - 5.3  x  10^12/L ; 65-74 y Female: 4.1 - 4.9  x  10^12/L"/> 
  </referenceRange> 
</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.