US Core Implementation Guide
6.0.0-ballot - STU6 Ballot US

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Example Observation: Serum Potassium Example

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Generated Narrative: Observation

Resource Observation "serum-potassium"

status: final

category: Laboratory (Observation Category Codes#laboratory)

code: Potassium SerPl-sCnc (LOINC#2823-3)

subject: Patient/example: Amy Shaw " SHAW"

effective: 2005-07-05

value: 5.4 mmol/L

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

ReferenceRanges

-LowHighType
*3.5 mmol/L (Details: UCUM code mmol/L = 'mmol/L')5.5 mmol/L (Details: UCUM code mmol/L = 'mmol/L')Normal Range (Observation Reference Range Meaning Codes#normal)