Release 5

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Example ExplanationOfBenefit/EB3501 (JSON)

Financial Management Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

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

EOB for an Claim that had errors

{
  "resourceType" : "ExplanationOfBenefit",
  "id" : "EB3501",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">A human-readable rendering of the ExplanationOfBenefit for a claim that had errors, various other attributes (such as accident and hospitalization) are also completed.</div>"
  },
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "http://www.BenefitsInc.com/fhir/explanationofbenefit",
    "value" : "error-1"
  }],
  "status" : "active",
  "type" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/claim-type",
      "code" : "oral"
    }]
  },
  "subType" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ex-claimsubtype",
      "code" : "emergency"
    }]
  },
  "use" : "claim",
  "patient" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/pat1"
  },
  "billablePeriod" : {
    "start" : "2014-02-01",
    "end" : "2014-03-01"
  },
  "created" : "2014-08-16",
  "enterer" : {
    "reference" : "Practitioner/1"
  },
  "insurer" : {
    "reference" : "Organization/2"
  },
  "provider" : {
    "reference" : "Organization/2"
  },
  "related" : [{
    "reference" : {
      "system" : "http://www.BenefitsInc.com/case-number",
      "value" : "23-56Tu-XX-47-20150M14"
    }
  }],
  "prescription" : {
    "reference" : "MedicationRequest/medrx002"
  },
  "originalPrescription" : {
    "reference" : "MedicationRequest/medrx0301"
  },
  "facility" : {
    "reference" : "Location/1"
  },
  "claim" : {
    "reference" : "Claim/100150"
  },
  "claimResponse" : {
    "reference" : "ClaimResponse/R3500"
  },
  "outcome" : "error",
  "disposition" : "Could not process.",
  "supportingInfo" : [{
    "sequence" : 1,
    "category" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/claiminformationcategory",
        "code" : "employmentimpacted"
      }]
    },
    "timingPeriod" : {
      "start" : "2014-02-14",
      "end" : "2014-02-28"
    }
  },
  {
    "sequence" : 2,
    "category" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/claiminformationcategory",
        "code" : "hospitalized"
      }]
    },
    "timingPeriod" : {
      "start" : "2014-02-14",
      "end" : "2014-02-16"
    }
  }],
  "procedure" : [{
    "sequence" : 1,
    "date" : "2014-02-14",
    "procedureCodeableConcept" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/ex-icd-10-procedures",
        "code" : "123001"
      }]
    },
    "udi" : [{
      "reference" : "Device/example"
    }]
  }],
  "precedence" : 2,
  "insurance" : [{
    "focal" : true,
    "coverage" : {
      "reference" : "Coverage/9876B1"
    }
  }],
  "accident" : {
    "date" : "2014-02-14",
    "type" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
        "code" : "SPT"
      }]
    },
    "locationReference" : {
      "reference" : "Location/ph"
    }
  },
  "total" : [{
    "category" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "code" : "submitted"
      }]
    },
    "amount" : {
      "value" : 2478.57,
      "currency" : "USD"
    }
  },
  {
    "category" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "code" : "benefit"
      }]
    },
    "amount" : {
      "value" : 0.00,
      "currency" : "USD"
    }
  }],
  "formCode" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/forms-codes",
      "code" : "2"
    }]
  },
  "processNote" : [{
    "number" : 1,
    "type" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/note-type",
        "code" : "display"
      }]
    },
    "text" : "Invalid claim",
    "language" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "urn:ietf:bcp:47",
        "code" : "en-CA"
      }]
    }
  }]
}

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.