Release 5

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Example Observation/f206 (XML)

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

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

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Real-world patient - staphylococcus (id = "f206")

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

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="f206"/> 
  <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="f206"> </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;f206&quot; </p> </div> <p> <b> status</b> : final</p> <p> <b> code</b> : Blood culture <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (acmelabs.org#104177; <a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #600-7 &quot;Bacteria identified in Blood by Culture&quot;)</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <span title="  No identifier could be provided to this observation  "><a href="patient-example-f201-roel.html">Patient/f201: Roel</a>  &quot;Roel&quot;</span> </p> <p> <b> issued</b> : 11 Mar 2013, 8:28:00 pm</p> <p> <b> performer</b> : <a href="practitioner-example-f202-lm.html">Practitioner/f202: Luigi Maas</a>  &quot;Luigi Maas&quot;</p> <p> <b> value</b> : Staphylococcus aureus <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #3092008)</span> </p> <p> <b> interpretation</b> : Positive <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> #POS)</span> </p> <p> <b> method</b> : <span title="  BodySite not relevant  ">Blood culture for bacteria, including anaerobic screen <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #104177005)</span> </span> </p> </div> </text> <status value="final"/> 
  <code>     <!--    Kind of observation = Blood culture    --><coding> 
      <system value="http://acmelabs.org"/> 
      <code value="104177"/> 
      <display value="Blood culture"/> 
    </coding> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
      <code value="600-7"/> 
      <display value="Bacteria identified in Blood by Culture"/> 
    </coding> 
  </code>     <!--    No identifier could be provided to this observation    --><subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/f201"/> 
    <display value="Roel"/> 
  </subject> 
  <issued value="2013-03-11T10:28:00+01:00"/> 
  <performer> 
    <reference value="Practitioner/f202"/> 
    <display value="Luigi Maas"/> 
  </performer> 
  <valueCodeableConcept> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
      <code value="3092008"/> 
      <display value="Staphylococcus aureus"/> 
    </coding> 
  </valueCodeableConcept> 
  <interpretation> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation"/> 
      <code value="POS"/> 
    </coding> 
  </interpretation>     <!--    BodySite not relevant    --><method> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
      <code value="104177005"/> 
      <display value="Blood culture for bacteria, including anaerobic screen"/> 
    </coding> 
  </method>     <!--    ReferenceRange and component are not applicable    --></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.