US Quality Core Implementation Guide
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This page is part of the US Quality Core Implementation Guide (v1.0.0-ballot: STU 1 Ballot 1) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. No current official version has been published yet. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Example Observation: Observation example

Page standards status: Informative

Observation Body Position: Sitting position (finding)

status: Final

category: Vital Signs

code: Hemoglobin [Mass/volume] in Venous blood

subject: Example Patient Male, DoB: 1974-12-25 ( Medical record number (use: usual, period: 2001-05-06 --> (ongoing)))

encounter: Encounter: identifier = http://hospital.example.org/encounter-ids#ENC-2026-987654 (use: official, ); status = finished; class = inpatient encounter (ActCode#IMP); type = Hospital admission; priority = urgent; period = 2026-08-01 10:30:00-0400 --> 2026-08-05 14:00:00-0400

effective: 2026-08-02 10:30:00-0400 --> 2026-08-02 10:45:00-0400

issued: 2026-08-02 11:00:00-0400

performer: Example Practitioner

value: 7.2 g/dl (Details: UCUM codeg/dL = 'g/dL')

interpretation: Below low normal

bodySite: Superficial forearm vein

method: Injection to forearm

derivedFrom: Observation Hemoglobin [Mass/volume] in Venous blood

component

code: Systolic blood pressure

value: 107 mmHg (Details: UCUM codemm[Hg] = 'mm[Hg]')

interpretation: Normal

component

code: Diastolic blood pressure

value: 60 mmHg (Details: UCUM codemm[Hg] = 'mm[Hg]')

interpretation: Below low normal