US Core Implementation Guide (Release 1.0.1)

This page is part of the US Core (v1.0.1: STU1) based on FHIR R3. The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.1. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Observation length

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Raw xml


<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="length"/>
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: length</p><p><b>meta</b>: </p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>category</b>: Vital Signs <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow">(Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-category code 'vital-signs' = 'Vital Signs', given as 'Vital Signs'})</span></p><p><b>code</b>: length <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow">(Details : {LOINC code '8306-3' = 'Body height --lying', given as 'Body height --lying'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href="Patient-example.html">Amy Shaw. Generated Summary: id: example; Medical Record Number = 1032702 (USUAL); active; Amy V. Shaw ; ph: 555-555-5555(HOME), amy.shaw@example.com; gender: female; birthDate: 20/02/2007</a></p><p><b>context</b>: GP Visit</p><p><b>effective</b>: 02/07/1999</p><p><b>value</b>: 25 cm<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code cm = 'cm')</span></p></div>
  </text>
  <status value="final"/>
  <category>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-category"/>
      <code value="vital-signs"/>
      <display value="Vital Signs"/>
    </coding>
    <text value="Vital Signs"/>
  </category>
  <code>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
      <code value="8306-3"/>
      <display value="Body height --lying"/>
    </coding>
    <text value="length"/>
  </code>
  <subject>
    <reference value="Patient/example"/>
    <display value="Amy Shaw"/>
  </subject>
  <context>
    <display value="GP Visit"/>
  </context>
  <effectiveDateTime value="1999-07-02"/>
  <valueQuantity>
    <value value="25"/>
    <unit value="cm"/>
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
    <code value="cm"/>
  </valueQuantity>
</Observation>