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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) (id = "f202")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Encounter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="f202"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <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> </text> <identifier> <use value="temp"/> <!-- 0..1 The use of this identifier --> <value value="Encounter_Roel_20130128"/> </identifier> <status value="finished"/> <!-- Encounter has finished --> <class> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode"/> <code value="AMB"/> <!-- outpatient encounter for chemotherapy --> <display value="ambulatory"/> </class> <type> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="367336001"/> <display value="Chemotherapy"/> </coding> </type> <priority> <!-- Urgent priority, because of complications --> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="103391001"/> <display value="Urgent"/> </coding> </priority> <subject> <reference value="Patient/f201"/> <display value="Roel"/> </subject> <participant> <individual> <reference value="Practitioner/f201"/> </individual> </participant> <length> <value value="56"/> <unit value="minutes"/> <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> <code value="min"/> </length> <reasonCode> <text value="The patient is treated for a tumor."/> </reasonCode> <diagnosis> <condition> <display value="Complications from Roel's TPF chemotherapy on January 28th, 2013"/> </condition> <use> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role"/> <code value="AD"/> <display value="Admission diagnosis"/> </coding> </use> <rank value="2"/> </diagnosis> <!-- Example of a principal diagnosis with role=CC and rank=1 --> <diagnosis> <condition> <display value="The patient is treated for a tumor"/> </condition> <use> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role"/> <code value="CC"/> <display value="Chief complaint"/> </coding> </use> <rank value="1"/> </diagnosis> <!-- No hospitalization was deemed necessary --> <serviceProvider> <reference value="Organization/f201"/> </serviceProvider> </Encounter>
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.