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: Laboratory Observation Example - XML Representation

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<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="observation-lab-example"/>
  <meta>
    <profile
             value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-observation-lab|6.1.0"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: Observation observation-lab-example</b></p><a name="observation-lab-example"> </a><a name="hcobservation-lab-example"> </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="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/STU6.1/StructureDefinition-us-core-observation-lab.html">US Core Laboratory Result Observation Profileversion: null6.1.0)</a></p></div><p><b>status</b>: Final</p><p><b>category</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category laboratory}">Laboratory</span></p><p><b>code</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://loinc.org 26464-8}">Leukocytes [#/volume] in Blood</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href="Patient-patient-ledner.html">Dominique369 Ledner144  Female, DoB: 1965-06-22 ( MRN: Alaska Driver's License#abc123 (use: usual, ))</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 2025-01-02</p><p><b>issued</b>: 2025-01-02 10:30:00+0000</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a href="Practitioner-practitioner-1.html">Practitioner Joseph P Nichols (official)</a></p><p><b>value</b>: 6.8 10^3/uL<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM  code10^3/uL = '10^3/uL')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation N}">Normal</span></p></div>
  </text>
  <status value="final"/>
  <category>
    <coding>
      <system
              value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"/>
      <code value="laboratory"/>
      <display value="Laboratory"/>
    </coding>
  </category>
  <code>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
      <code value="26464-8"/>
      <display value="Leukocytes [#/volume] in Blood"/>
    </coding>
  </code>
  <subject>🔗 
    <reference value="Patient/patient-ledner"/>
  </subject>
  <effectiveDateTime value="2025-01-02"/>
  <issued value="2025-01-02T10:30:00Z"/>
  <performer>🔗 
    <reference value="Practitioner/practitioner-1"/>
  </performer>
  <valueQuantity>
    <value value="6.8"/>
    <unit value="10^3/uL"/>
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
    <code value="10^3/uL"/>
  </valueQuantity>
  <interpretation>
    <coding>
      <system
              value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation"/>
      <code value="N"/>
      <display value="Normal"/>
    </coding>
  </interpretation>
</Observation>