US Core Implementation Guide
6.0.0-ballot - STU6 Ballot US

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Example Observation: Serum Calcium Example

This example may lack required data for laboratory results transmitted by a laboratory certified to perform testing on human specimens under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA). Specifics on the CLIA Regulation can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/clia

Generated Narrative: Observation

Resource Observation "serum-calcium"

status: final

category: Laboratory (Observation Category Codes#laboratory)

code: Calcium SerPl-mCnc (LOINC#17861-6)

subject: Patient/example: Amy Shaw " SHAW"

effective: 2005-07-05

value: 7.7 mg/dL

specimen: Specimen/specimen-example-serum: Serum specimen

ReferenceRanges

-LowHighType
*8.5 mg/dL (Details: UCUM code mg/dL = 'mg/dL')10.5 mg/dL (Details: UCUM code mg/dL = 'mg/dL')Normal Range (Observation Reference Range Meaning Codes#normal)