Release 5

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Example ObservationDefinition/example (Turtle)

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Example of observationdefinition

@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 sct: <http://snomed.info/id/> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

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

[a fhir:ObservationDefinition ;
  fhir:nodeRole fhir:treeRoot ;
  fhir:id [ fhir:v "example"] ; # 
  fhir:text [
     fhir:status [ fhir:v "generated" ] ;
     fhir:div "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: ObservationDefinition</b><a name=\"example\"> </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 ObservationDefinition &quot;example&quot; </p></div><p><b>status</b>: active</p><p><b>category</b>: Laboratory <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>#laboratory)</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#13980-8)</span></p><p><b>permittedDataType</b>: Quantity</p><p><b>multipleResultsAllowed</b>: false</p><p><b>method</b>: Total measurement <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#115341008)</span></p><p><b>preferredReportName</b>: Serum albumin/​Protein total</p><p><b>permittedUnit</b>: % (Details: UCUM code % = '%', stated as '%')</p><blockquote><p><b>qualifiedValue</b></p><p><b>context</b>: Normal Range <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-referencerange-meaning.html\">Observation Reference Range Meaning Codes</a>#normal)</span></p><p><b>rangeCategory</b>: reference</p><p><b>range</b>: 50-?</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>qualifiedValue</b></p><p><b>context</b>: Normal Range <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-referencerange-meaning.html\">Observation Reference Range Meaning Codes</a>#normal)</span></p><p><b>rangeCategory</b>: critical</p><p><b>range</b>: ?-40</p></blockquote></div>"
  ] ; # 
  fhir:status [ fhir:v "active"] ; # 
  fhir:category ( [
     fhir:coding ( [
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "laboratory" ]
     ] )
  ] ) ; # 
  fhir:code [
     fhir:coding ( [
       a loinc:13980-8 ;
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://loinc.org"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "13980-8" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis" ]
     ] )
  ] ; # 
  fhir:permittedDataType ( [ fhir:v "Quantity"] ) ; # 
  fhir:multipleResultsAllowed [ fhir:v "false"^^xsd:boolean] ; # 
  fhir:method [
     fhir:coding ( [
       a sct:115341008 ;
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://snomed.info/sct"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "115341008" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Total measurement" ]
     ] )
  ] ; # 
  fhir:preferredReportName [ fhir:v "Serum albumin/​Protein total"] ; # 
  fhir:permittedUnit ( [
     fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://unitsofmeasure.org"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
     fhir:code [ fhir:v "%" ] ;
     fhir:display [ fhir:v "%" ]
  ] ) ; # 
  fhir:qualifiedValue ( [
     fhir:context [
       fhir:coding ( [
         fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
         fhir:code [ fhir:v "normal" ] ;
         fhir:display [ fhir:v "Normal Range" ]
       ] )
     ] ;
     fhir:rangeCategory [ fhir:v "reference" ] ;
     fhir:range [
       fhir:low [
         fhir:value [ fhir:v "50"^^xsd:decimal ]
       ]
     ]
  ] [
     fhir:context [
       fhir:coding ( [
         fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
         fhir:code [ fhir:v "normal" ] ;
         fhir:display [ fhir:v "Normal Range" ]
       ] )
     ] ;
     fhir:rangeCategory [ fhir:v "critical" ] ;
     fhir:range [
       fhir:high [
         fhir:value [ fhir:v "40"^^xsd:decimal ]
       ]
     ]
  ] )] . # 

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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.