Release 5

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Example Encounter/f203 (JSON)

Patient Administration Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Real-world encounter example

{
  "resourceType" : "Encounter",
  "id" : "f203",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Encounter</b><a name=\"f203\"> </a></p><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\">Resource Encounter &quot;f203&quot; </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id:\u00a0Encounter_Roel_20130311\u00a0(use:\u00a0TEMP)</p><p><b>status</b>: completed</p><p><b>class</b>: <span title=\" Encounter has been completed \">inpatient encounter <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html\">ActCode</a>#IMP)</span></span></p><p><b>priority</b>: High priority <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#394849002)</span></p><p><b>type</b>: Inpatient stay for nine days <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#183807002)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example-f201-roel.html\">Patient/f201: Roel</a> &quot;Roel&quot;</p><p><b>episodeOfCare</b>: <a href=\"episodeofcare-example.html\">EpisodeOfCare/example</a></p><p><b>basedOn</b>: <a href=\"servicerequest-example-myringotomy.html\">ServiceRequest/myringotomy</a></p><p><b>partOf</b>: <a href=\"encounter-example-f203-20130311.html\">Encounter/f203</a></p><p><b>serviceProvider</b>: <a href=\"organization-example-insurer.html\">Organization/2</a> &quot;XYZ Insurance&quot;</p><h3>Participants</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Actor</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Participation <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html\">ParticipationType</a>#PART)</span></td><td><a href=\"practitioner-example-f201-ab.html\">Practitioner/f201</a> &quot;Dokter Bronsig&quot;</td></tr></table><p><b>appointment</b>: <a href=\"appointment-example.html\">Appointment/example</a></p><p><b>actualPeriod</b>: 2013-03-11 --&gt; 2013-03-20</p><blockquote><p><b>reason</b></p><h3>Values</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Concept</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>The patient seems to suffer from bilateral pneumonia and renal insufficiency, most likely due to chemotherapy. <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><h3>Conditions</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Reference</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a href=\"condition-example-stroke.html\">Condition/stroke</a></td></tr></table><p><b>use</b>: Admission diagnosis <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-diagnosis-role.html\">Diagnosis Role</a>#AD)</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><h3>Conditions</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Reference</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a href=\"condition-example-f201-fever.html\">Condition/f201</a></td></tr></table><p><b>use</b>: Discharge diagnosis <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-diagnosis-role.html\">Diagnosis Role</a>#DD)</span></p></blockquote><p><b>account</b>: <a href=\"account-example.html\">Account/example</a> &quot;HACC Funded Billing for Peter James Chalmers&quot;</p><p><b>dietPreference</b>: <span title=\" No indication, because no referral took place \">Fluid balance regulation <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#276026009)</span></span></p><p><b>specialArrangement</b>: Wheelchair <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-encounter-special-arrangements.html\">Special arrangements</a>#wheel)</span></p><p><b>specialCourtesy</b>: normal courtesy <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-EncounterSpecialCourtesy.html\">EncounterSpecialCourtesy</a>#NRM)</span></p><h3>Admissions</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Origin</b></td><td><b>AdmitSource</b></td><td><b>ReAdmission</b></td><td><b>Destination</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a href=\"location-example-room.html\">Location/2</a> &quot;South Wing Neuro OR 1&quot;</td><td>Clinical Oncology Department <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#309902002)</span></td><td>readmitted <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ([not stated])</span></td><td><span title=\" accomodation details are not available \"><a href=\"location-example-room.html\">Location/2</a> &quot;South Wing Neuro OR 1&quot;</span></td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "identifier" : [{
    "use" : "temp",
    "value" : "Encounter_Roel_20130311"
  }],
  "status" : "completed",
  "class" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
      "code" : "IMP",
      "display" : "inpatient encounter"
    }]
  }],
  "priority" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "394849002",
      "display" : "High priority"
    }]
  },
  "type" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "183807002",
      "display" : "Inpatient stay for nine days"
    }]
  }],
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/f201",
    "display" : "Roel"
  },
  "episodeOfCare" : [{
    "reference" : "EpisodeOfCare/example"
  }],
  "basedOn" : [{
    "reference" : "ServiceRequest/myringotomy"
  }],
  "partOf" : {
    "reference" : "Encounter/f203"
  },
  "serviceProvider" : {
    "reference" : "Organization/2"
  },
  "participant" : [{
    "type" : [{
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType",
        "code" : "PART"
      }]
    }],
    "actor" : {
      "reference" : "Practitioner/f201"
    }
  }],
  "appointment" : [{
    "reference" : "Appointment/example"
  }],
  "actualPeriod" : {
    "start" : "2013-03-11",
    "end" : "2013-03-20"
  },
  "reason" : [{
    "value" : [{
      "concept" : {
        "text" : "The patient seems to suffer from bilateral pneumonia and renal insufficiency, most likely due to chemotherapy."
      }
    }]
  }],
  "diagnosis" : [{
    "condition" : [{
      "reference" : {
        "reference" : "Condition/stroke"
      }
    }],
    "use" : [{
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role",
        "code" : "AD",
        "display" : "Admission diagnosis"
      }]
    }]
  },
  {
    "condition" : [{
      "reference" : {
        "reference" : "Condition/f201"
      }
    }],
    "use" : [{
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role",
        "code" : "DD",
        "display" : "Discharge diagnosis"
      }]
    }]
  }],
  "account" : [{
    "reference" : "Account/example"
  }],
  "dietPreference" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "276026009",
      "display" : "Fluid balance regulation"
    }]
  }],
  "specialArrangement" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/encounter-special-arrangements",
      "code" : "wheel",
      "display" : "Wheelchair"
    }]
  }],
  "specialCourtesy" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EncounterSpecialCourtesy",
      "code" : "NRM",
      "display" : "normal courtesy"
    }]
  }],
  "admission" : {
    "origin" : {
      "reference" : "Location/2"
    },
    "admitSource" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "309902002",
        "display" : "Clinical Oncology Department"
      }]
    },
    "reAdmission" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "display" : "readmitted"
      }]
    },
    "destination" : {
      "reference" : "Location/2"
    }
  }
}

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.