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Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
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Real-world encounter example (with primaryDiagnosis extension added)
{ "resourceType": "Encounter", "id": "f202", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: f202</p><p><b>identifier</b>: Encounter_Roel_20130128 (TEMP)</p><p><b>status</b>: finished</p><p><b>class</b>: ambulatory (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode code AMB = 'ambulatory', stated as 'ambulatory')</p><p><b>type</b>: Chemotherapy <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '367336001' = 'Chemotherapy', given as 'Chemotherapy'})</span></p><p><b>priority</b>: Urgent <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '103391001' = 'Urgency', given as 'Urgent'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Roel</a></p><h3>Participants</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Individual</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>Practitioner/f201</a></td></tr></table><p><b>length</b>: 56 minutes<span> (Details: UCUM code min = 'min')</span></p><p><b>reasonCode</b>: The patient is treated for a tumor. <span>(Details )</span></p><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><p><b>condition</b>: Complications from Roel's TPF chemotherapy on January 28th, 2013</p><p><b>use</b>: Admission diagnosis <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role code 'AD' = 'Admission diagnosis', given as 'Admission diagnosis'})</span></p><p><b>rank</b>: 2</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><p><b>condition</b>: The patient is treated for a tumor</p><p><b>use</b>: Chief complaint <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role code 'CC' = 'Chief complaint', given as 'Chief complaint'})</span></p><p><b>rank</b>: 1</p></blockquote><p><b>serviceProvider</b>: <a>Organization/f201</a></p></div>" }, "identifier": [ { "use": "temp", "value": "Encounter_Roel_20130128" } ], "status": "finished", "class": { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode", "code": "AMB", "display": "ambulatory" }, "type": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "367336001", "display": "Chemotherapy" } ] } ], "priority": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "103391001", "display": "Urgent" } ] }, "subject": { "reference": "Patient/f201", "display": "Roel" }, "participant": [ { "individual": { "reference": "Practitioner/f201" } } ], "length": { "value": 56, "unit": "minutes", "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org", "code": "min" }, "reasonCode": [ { "text": "The patient is treated for a tumor." } ], "diagnosis": [ { "condition": { "display": "Complications from Roel's TPF chemotherapy on January 28th, 2013" }, "use": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role", "code": "AD", "display": "Admission diagnosis" } ] }, "rank": 2 }, { "condition": { "display": "The patient is treated for a tumor" }, "use": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role", "code": "CC", "display": "Chief complaint" } ] }, "rank": 1 } ], "serviceProvider": { "reference": "Organization/f201" } }
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.