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Observation-example-satO2.json

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

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Oxygen Saturation by Pulse Oximetry Example (DeviceMetricObservation profile)

{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "satO2",
  "meta": {
    "profile": [
      "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"
    ]
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: satO2</p><p><b>meta</b>: </p><p><b>identifier</b>: o1223435-10</p><p><b>partOf</b>: <a>Procedure/ob</a></p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>category</b>: Vital Signs <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category code 'vital-signs' = 'Vital Signs', given as 'Vital Signs'})</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood <span>(Details : {LOINC code '2708-6' = 'Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood', given as 'Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood'}; {LOINC code '59408-5' = 'Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood by Pulse oximetry', given as 'Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood by Pulse oximetry'}; {urn:iso:std:iso:11073:10101 code '150456' = '150456', given as 'MDC_PULS_OXIM_SAT_O2'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/example</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 05/12/2014 9:30:10 AM</p><p><b>value</b>: 95 %<span> (Details: UCUM code % = '%')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: Normal (applies to non-numeric results) <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation code 'N' = 'Normal', given as 'Normal'})</span></p><p><b>device</b>: <a>DeviceMetric/example</a></p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Low</b></td><td><b>High</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>90 %<span> (Details: UCUM code % = '%')</span></td><td>99 %<span> (Details: UCUM code % = '%')</span></td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "identifier": [
    {
      "system": "http://goodcare.org/observation/id",
      "value": "o1223435-10"
    }
  ],
  "partOf": [
    {
      "reference": "Procedure/ob"
    }
  ],
  "status": "final",
  "category": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
          "code": "vital-signs",
          "display": "Vital Signs"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Vital Signs"
    }
  ],
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://loinc.org",
        "code": "2708-6",
        "display": "Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood"
      },
      {
        "system": "http://loinc.org",
        "code": "59408-5",
        "display": "Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood by Pulse oximetry"
      },
      {
        "system": "urn:iso:std:iso:11073:10101",
        "code": "150456",
        "display": "MDC_PULS_OXIM_SAT_O2"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/example"
  },
  "effectiveDateTime": "2014-12-05T09:30:10+01:00",
  "valueQuantity": {
    "value": 95,
    "unit": "%",
    "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code": "%"
  },
  "interpretation": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation",
          "code": "N",
          "display": "Normal"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Normal (applies to non-numeric results)"
    }
  ],
  "device": {
    "reference": "DeviceMetric/example"
  },
  "referenceRange": [
    {
      "low": {
        "value": 90,
        "unit": "%",
        "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
        "code": "%"
      },
      "high": {
        "value": 99,
        "unit": "%",
        "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
        "code": "%"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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.