Release 5

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Example Observation/alcohol-type (JSON)

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

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Example of a multi-select values/answers Observation with individual answers/values as components

{
  "resourceType" : "Observation",
  "id" : "alcohol-type",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</b><a name=\"alcohol-type\"> </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 Observation &quot;alcohol-type&quot; </p></div><p><b>status</b>: <span title=\"   the mandatory quality flags:   \">final</span></p><p><b>category</b>: <span title=\"  \n    Observations are often coded in multiple code systems.\n      - LOINC\n\t\t- or SNOMED\n      -and/or the source system may provides its own &quot;local&quot; code, which may be less or more granular than LOINC.\n\tIn this example there is only local codes\n    \">Social History <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>#social-history)</span></span></p><p><b>code</b>: Type of alcohol consumed <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (acme-rehab.org#alcohol-type)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example.html\">Patient/example: Peter James Chalmers</a> &quot;Peter CHALMERS&quot;</p><p><b>effective</b>: 2014-12-11T04:44:16Z</p><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span title=\"  component.code is same as code  \">alcohol-type <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (acme-rehab.org#alcohol-type)</span></span></p><p><b>value</b>: <span title=\"  coded value using SNONED-CT, could also use a local code here or only text  \">Wine <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#35748005 &quot;Wine (substance)&quot;)</span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span title=\"  component.code is same as code  \">alcohol-type <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (acme-rehab.org#alcohol-type)</span></span></p><p><b>value</b>: <span title=\"  coded value using SNONED-CT, could also use a local code here or only text  \">Beer <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#53410008 &quot;Beer (substance)&quot;)</span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span title=\"  component.code is same as code  \">alcohol-type <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (acme-rehab.org#alcohol-type)</span></span></p><p><b>value</b>: <span title=\"  coded value using SNONED-CT, could also use a local code here or only text  \">Liquor <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#6524003 &quot;Distilled spirits (substance)&quot;)</span></span></p></blockquote></div>"
  },
  "status" : "final",
  "category" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
      "code" : "social-history",
      "display" : "Social History"
    }],
    "text" : "Social History"
  }],
  "code" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://acme-rehab.org",
      "code" : "alcohol-type",
      "display" : "Type of alcohol consumed"
    }],
    "text" : "Type of alcohol consumed"
  },
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/example",
    "display" : "Peter James Chalmers"
  },
  "effectiveDateTime" : "2014-12-11T04:44:16Z",
  "component" : [{
    "code" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://acme-rehab.org",
        "code" : "alcohol-type"
      }]
    },
    "valueCodeableConcept" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "35748005",
        "display" : "Wine (substance)"
      }],
      "text" : "Wine"
    }
  },
  {
    "code" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://acme-rehab.org",
        "code" : "alcohol-type"
      }]
    },
    "valueCodeableConcept" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "53410008",
        "display" : "Beer (substance)"
      }],
      "text" : "Beer"
    }
  },
  {
    "code" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://acme-rehab.org",
        "code" : "alcohol-type"
      }]
    },
    "valueCodeableConcept" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "6524003",
        "display" : "Distilled spirits (substance)"
      }],
      "text" : "Liquor"
    }
  }]
}

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.