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Example Encounter/f003 (XML)

Patient Administration Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

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Real-world encounter example (id = "f003")

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<Encounter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="f003"/> 
  <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Encounter</b> <a name="f003"> </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 Encounter &quot;f003&quot; </p> </div> <p> <b> identifier</b> : id: v6751 (use: OFFICIAL)</p> <p> <b> status</b> : completed</p> <p> <b> class</b> : ambulatory <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html">ActCode</a> #AMB)</span> </p> <p> <b> priority</b> : Non-urgent ear, nose and throat admission <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #103391001)</span> </p> <p> <b> type</b> : Patient-initiated encounter <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #270427003)</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-example-f001-pieter.html">Patient/f001: P. van de Heuvel</a>  &quot;Pieter VAN DE HEUVEL&quot;</p> <p> <b> serviceProvider</b> : <a href="organization-example-f001-burgers.html">Organization/f001</a>  &quot;Burgers University Medical Center&quot;</p> <h3> Participants</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Actor</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> <a href="practitioner-example-f001-evdb.html">Practitioner/f001: E.M. van den Broek</a>  &quot;Eric VAN DEN BROEK&quot;</td> </tr> </table> <h3> Lengths</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Value</b> </td> <td> <b> Unit</b> </td> <td> <b> System</b> </td> <td> <b> Code</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> 90</td> <td> min</td> <td> <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ucum.html">Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM)</a> </td> <td> min</td> </tr> </table> <blockquote> <p> <b> reason</b> </p> <h3> Values</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Concept</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> Retropharyngeal abscess <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #18099001)</span> </td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <h3> Admissions</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> PreAdmissionIdentifier</b> </td> <td> <b> AdmitSource</b> </td> <td> <b> DischargeDisposition</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> id: 93042 (use: OFFICIAL)</td> <td> <span title="      &lt;preAdmissionTest&gt;
            &lt;coding&gt;
                &lt;system value=&quot;http://snomed.info/sct&quot;/&gt;
                &lt;code value=&quot;168719007&quot;/&gt;
                &lt;display value=&quot;Neck soft tissue X-ray&quot;/&gt;
            &lt;/coding&gt;
            &lt;coding&gt;
                &lt;system value=&quot;http://snomed.info/sct&quot;/&gt;
                &lt;code value=&quot;396550006&quot;/&gt;
                &lt;display value=&quot;Blood test&quot;/&gt;
            &lt;/coding&gt;
        &lt;/preAdmissionTest&gt;  ">Referral by physician <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #305956004)</span> </span> </td> <td> Discharge to home <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #306689006)</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <identifier> 
    <use value="official"/> 
    <system value="http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/encounters"/> 
    <value value="v6751"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <status value="completed"/> 
  <class> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode"/> 
      <code value="AMB"/>      <!--    outpatient    -->
      <display value="ambulatory"/> 
    </coding> 
  </class> 
  <priority> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
      <code value="103391001"/> 
      <display value="Non-urgent ear, nose and throat admission"/> 
    </coding> 
  </priority> 
  <type> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
      <code value="270427003"/> 
      <display value="Patient-initiated encounter"/> 
    </coding> 
  </type> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/f001"/> 
    <display value="P. van de Heuvel"/> 
  </subject> 
  <serviceProvider> 
    <reference value="Organization/f001"/> 
  </serviceProvider> 
  <participant> 
    <actor> 
      <reference value="Practitioner/f001"/> 
      <display value="E.M. van den Broek"/> 
    </actor> 
  </participant> 
  <length> 
    <value value="90"/> 
    <unit value="min"/> 
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
    <code value="min"/> 
  </length> 
  <reason> 
    <value> 
      <concept> 
      <coding> 
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
        <code value="18099001"/> 
        <display value="Retropharyngeal abscess"/> 
      </coding> 
      </concept> 
    </value> 
  </reason> 
  <admission> 
    <preAdmissionIdentifier> 
      <use value="official"/> 
      <system value="http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/pre-admissions"/> 
      <value value="93042"/> 
    </preAdmissionIdentifier> 
        <!--        <preAdmissionTest>
            <coding>
                <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
                <code value="168719007"/>
                <display value="Neck soft tissue X-ray"/>
            </coding>
            <coding>
                <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
                <code value="396550006"/>
                <display value="Blood test"/>
            </coding>
        </preAdmissionTest>    -->
    <admitSource> 
      <coding> 
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
        <code value="305956004"/> 
        <display value="Referral by physician"/> 
      </coding> 
    </admitSource> 
    <dischargeDisposition> 
      <coding> 
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
        <code value="306689006"/> 
        <display value="Discharge to home"/> 
      </coding> 
    </dischargeDisposition> 
  </admission> 
</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.