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Example Observation/vp-oyster (XML)
Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
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Example of an Observations made about a location - an oyster farm (id = "vp-oyster")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="vp-oyster"/>
<text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="vp-oyster"> </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 "vp-oyster" </p> </div> <p> <b> identifier</b> : id: 20171014-1234 (use: OFFICIAL)</p> <p> <b> status</b> : preliminary</p> <p> <b> code</b> : <span title="
Observations are often coded in multiple code systems.
- LOINC
- or SNOMED
-and/or the source system may provides its own "local" code, which
may be less or more granular than LOINC.
In this example there is only local codes
">OYSTER TESTING <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #41857-4 "Vibrio parahaemolyticus DNA [Presence] in Unspecified specimen by
Probe and target amplification method"; test-codes#VP MULTI PCR "VP MULTI
PCR")</span> </span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <span> : Sonoma oyster farm</span> </p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 2017-10-12</p> <p> <b> issued</b> : 15 Oct 2017, 10:11:24 am</p> <p> <b> performer</b> : <a href="practitioner-example-f005-al.html">Practitioner/f005: A. Langeveld</a> "Langeveld ANNE"</p> <p> <b> value</b> : <span title=" results of this Qualtiattive PCR is a choice of Positive/Negative and Inconclusive
">POSITIVE <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #10828004 "Positive (qualifier value)"; result-codes#POSITIVE)</span> </span> </p> <p> <b> interpretation</b> : Abnormal <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> #A)</span> </p> <p> <b> specimen</b> : <a name="group1"> </a> </p> <blockquote> <p/> <p> <a name="group1"> </a> </p> <p> <b> type</b> : animal</p> <p> <b> membership</b> : enumerated</p> <blockquote> <p> <b> member</b> </p> <p> <b> entity</b> : <a href="#bed1">#bed1</a> </p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> member</b> </p> <p> <b> entity</b> : <a href="#bed2">#bed2</a> </p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <h3> ReferenceRanges</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Text</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> NEGATIVE</td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <contained>
<Specimen>
<id value="bed1"/>
<note>
<text value="Live Oysters Acc#20171014-1234 from Bed 1"/>
</note>
</Specimen>
</contained>
<contained>
<Specimen>
<id value="bed2"/>
<note>
<text value="Live Oysters Acc#20171014-1234 from Bed 2"/>
</note>
</Specimen>
</contained>
<contained>
<Group>
<id value="group1"/>
<type value="animal"/>
<membership value="enumerated"/>
<member>
<entity>
<reference value="#bed1"/>
</entity>
</member>
<member>
<entity>
<reference value="#bed2"/>
</entity>
</member>
</Group>
</contained>
<identifier>
<use value="official"/>
<system value="http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Health/Public-Health/Laboratory"/>
<value value="20171014-1234"/>
</identifier>
<status value="preliminary"/>
<code>
<coding>
<system value="http://loinc.org"/>
<code value="41857-4"/>
<display value="Vibrio parahaemolyticus DNA [Presence] in Unspecified specimen by Probe and target
amplification method"/>
</coding>
<coding>
<system value="http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Health/Public-Health/Laboratory/test-codes"/>
<code value="VP MULTI PCR"/>
<display value="VP MULTI PCR"/>
</coding>
<text value="OYSTER TESTING"/>
</code>
<subject>
<display value="Sonoma oyster farm"/>
</subject>
<effectiveDateTime value="2017-10-12"/>
<issued value="2017-10-14T23:11:24Z"/>
<performer>
<reference value="Practitioner/f005"/>
<display value="A. Langeveld"/>
</performer>
<valueCodeableConcept>
<coding>
<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
<code value="10828004"/>
<display value="Positive (qualifier value)"/>
</coding>
<coding>
<system value="http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Health/Public-Health/Laboratory/result-codes"/>
<code value="POSITIVE"/>
<display value="POSITIVE"/>
</coding>
<text value="POSITIVE"/>
</valueCodeableConcept>
<interpretation>
<coding>
<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation"/>
<code value="A"/>
<display value="Abnormal"/>
</coding>
</interpretation>
<specimen>
<reference value="#group1"/>
</specimen>
<referenceRange>
<text value="NEGATIVE"/>
</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.