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Example Observation/head-circumference (Turtle)

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

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Simple Head Circumference Example

@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .
@prefix loinc: <https://loinc.org/rdf/> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

# - resource -------------------------------------------------------------------

[a fhir:Observation ;
  fhir:nodeRole fhir:treeRoot ;
  fhir:id [ fhir:v "head-circumference"] ; # 
  fhir:meta [
     fhir:profile ( [
       fhir:v "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"^^xsd:anyURI ;
       fhir:link <http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns>
     ] )
  ] ; # 
  fhir:text [
     fhir:status [ fhir:v "generated" ] ;
     fhir:div "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</b><a name=\"head-circumference\"> </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;head-circumference&quot; </p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Profile: <a href=\"vitalsigns.html\">Vital Signs Profile</a></p></div><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>category</b>: Vital Signs <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-observation-category.html\">Observation Category Codes</a>#vital-signs)</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Head Circumference <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#9843-4 &quot;Head Occipital-frontal circumference&quot;)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example.html\">Patient/example</a> &quot;Peter CHALMERS&quot;</p><p><b>effective</b>: 1999-07-02</p><p><b>value</b>: 51.2 cm<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code cm = 'cm')</span></p></div>"
  ] ; # 
  fhir:status [ fhir:v "final"] ; # 
  fhir:category ( [
     fhir:coding ( [
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "vital-signs" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Vital Signs" ]
     ] ) ;
     fhir:text [ fhir:v "Vital Signs" ]
  ] ) ; # 
  fhir:code [
     fhir:coding ( [
       a loinc:9843-4 ;
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://loinc.org"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "9843-4" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Head Occipital-frontal circumference" ]
     ] ) ;
     fhir:text [ fhir:v "Head Circumference" ]
  ] ; # 
  fhir:subject [
     fhir:reference [ fhir:v "Patient/example" ]
  ] ; # 
  fhir:effective [ fhir:v "1999-07-02"^^xsd:date] ; # 
  fhir:value [
     a fhir:Quantity ;
     fhir:value [ fhir:v "51.2"^^xsd:decimal ] ;
     fhir:unit [ fhir:v "cm" ] ;
     fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://unitsofmeasure.org"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
     fhir:code [ fhir:v "cm" ]
  ]] . # 

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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.