Release 5

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Example Encounter/f001 (JSON)

Patient Administration Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

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

Real-world encounter example

{
  "resourceType" : "Encounter",
  "id" : "f001",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Encounter</b><a name=\"f001\"> </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 Encounter &quot;f001&quot; </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id:\u00a0v1451\u00a0(use:\u00a0OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: completed</p><p><b>class</b>: ambulatory <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html\">ActCode</a>#AMB)</span></p><p><b>priority</b>: Non-urgent cardiological admission <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#310361003)</span></p><p><b>type</b>: Patient-initiated encounter <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#270427003)</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>serviceProvider</b>: <a href=\"organization-example-f001-burgers.html\">Organization/f001: Burgers University Medical Center</a> &quot;Burgers University Medical Center&quot;</p><h3>Participants</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Actor</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a href=\"practitioner-example-f002-pv.html\">Practitioner/f002: P. Voigt</a> &quot;Pieter VOIGT&quot;</td></tr></table><h3>Lengths</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Value</b></td><td><b>Unit</b></td><td><b>System</b></td><td><b>Code</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>140</td><td>min</td><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ucum.html\">Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM)</a></td><td>min</td></tr></table><blockquote><p><b>reason</b></p><h3>Values</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Concept</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Heart valve replacement <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#34068001)</span></td></tr></table></blockquote><h3>Admissions</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>PreAdmissionIdentifier</b></td><td><b>AdmitSource</b></td><td><b>DischargeDisposition</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>id:\u00a093042\u00a0(use:\u00a0OFFICIAL)</td><td><span title=\"       &lt;preAdmissionTest&gt;\n            &lt;coding&gt;\n                &lt;system value=&quot;http://snomed.info/sct&quot;/&gt;\n                &lt;code value=&quot;164847006&quot;/&gt;\n                &lt;display value=&quot;Standard ECG&quot;/&gt;\n            &lt;/coding&gt;\n            &lt;coding&gt;\n                &lt;system value=&quot;http://snomed.info/sct&quot;/&gt;\n                &lt;code value=&quot;396550006&quot;/&gt;\n                &lt;display value=&quot;Blood test&quot;/&gt;\n            &lt;/coding&gt;\n        &lt;/preAdmissionTest&gt;  \">Referral by physician <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#305956004)</span></span></td><td>Discharge to home <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#306689006)</span></td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "identifier" : [{
    "use" : "official",
    "system" : "http://www.amc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/visits",
    "value" : "v1451"
  }],
  "status" : "completed",
  "class" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
      "code" : "AMB",
      "display" : "ambulatory"
    }]
  }],
  "priority" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "310361003",
      "display" : "Non-urgent cardiological admission"
    }]
  },
  "type" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "270427003",
      "display" : "Patient-initiated encounter"
    }]
  }],
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/f001",
    "display" : "P. van de Heuvel"
  },
  "serviceProvider" : {
    "reference" : "Organization/f001",
    "display" : "Burgers University Medical Center"
  },
  "participant" : [{
    "actor" : {
      "reference" : "Practitioner/f002",
      "display" : "P. Voigt"
    }
  }],
  "length" : {
    "value" : 140,
    "unit" : "min",
    "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code" : "min"
  },
  "reason" : [{
    "value" : [{
      "concept" : {
        "coding" : [{
          "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code" : "34068001",
          "display" : "Heart valve replacement"
        }]
      }
    }]
  }],
  "admission" : {
    "preAdmissionIdentifier" : {
      "use" : "official",
      "system" : "http://www.amc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/pre-admissions",
      "value" : "93042"
    },
    "admitSource" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "305956004",
        "display" : "Referral by physician"
      }]
    },
    "dischargeDisposition" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "306689006",
        "display" : "Discharge to home"
      }]
    }
  }
}

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.