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: Breast Specimen Example - XML Representation

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<Specimen xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="specimen-breast"/>
  <meta>
    <profile
             value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/cancer-reporting/StructureDefinition/us-pathology-specimen"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: Specimen specimen-breast</b></p><a name="specimen-breast"> </a><a name="hcspecimen-breast"> </a><a name="specimen-breast-en-US"> </a><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"/><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Profile: <a href="StructureDefinition-us-pathology-specimen.html">US Pathology Specimen</a></p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: <code>http://some-lis.org/fhir/specimen-identifier-provisioner</code>/987654321</p><p><b>accessionIdentifier</b>: <code>http://some-lis.org/fhir/specimen-identifier-provisioner</code>/987654321X</p><p><b>type</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://snomed.info/sct 119297000}">Blood specimen</span></p><p><b>request</b>: <a href="ServiceRequest-servicerequest-cancer-path.html">ServiceRequest Surgical pathology specimen, clerical procedure including coding of diagnoses</a></p><h3>Collections</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td style="display: none">-</td><td><b>Collected[x]</b></td><td><b>Method</b></td></tr><tr><td style="display: none">*</td><td>2025-03-18 14:52:02+0000</td><td><span title="Codes:{http://snomed.info/sct 65801008}">Excision (procedure)</span></td></tr></table><h3>Containers</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td style="display: none">-</td><td><b>Identifier</b></td><td><b>Type</b></td></tr><tr><td style="display: none">*</td><td><code>http://some-lis.org/fhir/specimen-containerID-provisioner</code>/123456789</td><td><span title="Codes:{http://snomed.info/sct 434711009}">Specimen container (physical object)</span></td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
  <identifier>
    <system value="http://some-lis.org/fhir/specimen-identifier-provisioner"/>
    <value value="987654321"/>
  </identifier>
  <accessionIdentifier>
    <system value="http://some-lis.org/fhir/specimen-identifier-provisioner"/>
    <value value="987654321X"/>
  </accessionIdentifier>
  <type>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
      <code value="119297000"/>
      <display value="Blood specimen"/>
    </coding>
  </type>
  <request>🔗 
    <reference value="ServiceRequest/servicerequest-cancer-path"/>
  </request>
  <collection>
    <collectedDateTime value="2025-03-18T14:52:02+00:00"/>
    <method>
      <coding>
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
        <code value="65801008"/>
        <display value="Excision (procedure)"/>
      </coding>
    </method>
  </collection>
  <container>
    <identifier>
      <system
              value="http://some-lis.org/fhir/specimen-containerID-provisioner"/>
      <value value="123456789"/>
    </identifier>
    <type>
      <coding>
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
        <code value="434711009"/>
        <display value="Specimen container (physical object)"/>
      </coding>
    </type>
  </container>
</Specimen>