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Example - Buccal swab for HLA typing - XML Representation

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Raw xml


<Specimen xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="specimen-hla-r4"/>
  <meta>
    <profile
             value="http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/genomics-reporting/StructureDefinition/specimen"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
            <pre>buccal swab: 001-123456789 </pre>
        </div>
  </text>
  <identifier>
    <system value="http://specimensrus.com"/>
    <value value="001^123456789"/>
  </identifier>
  <type>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
      <code value="258564008"/>
      <display value="Buccal smear sample"/>
    </coding>
  </type>
<!--  the IG currently requires subject, but for this use case the sample is de-identified, so we stub in sample identifer as the subject  -->
  <subject>
    <display value="001^123456789"/>
  </subject>
  <receivedTime value="2018-05-01"/>
  <collection>
    <method>
      <coding>
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
        <code value="418622002"/>
        <display value="Taking oral swab (procedure)"/>
      </coding>
    </method>
    <bodySite>
      <coding>
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
        <code value="261063000"/>
        <display value="Buccal space"/>
      </coding>
    </bodySite>
  </collection>
</Specimen>