Release 5

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Example Observation/f203 (JSON)

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

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

Real-world patient - CO2

{
  "resourceType" : "Observation",
  "id" : "f203",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</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 Observation &quot;f203&quot; </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id:\u00a01304-03720-Bicarbonate</p><p><b>status</b>: <span title=\"  Bicarbonate was measured on April fourth  \">final</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Bicarbonate [Moles/?volume] in Serum <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#1963-8; <a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#365722008 &quot;Bicarbonate level&quot;)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example-f201-roel.html\">Patient/f201: Roel</a> &quot;Roel&quot;</p><p><b>issued</b>: 5 Apr 2013, 12:34:00 am</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a href=\"practitioner-example-f202-lm.html\">Practitioner/f202: Luigi Maas</a> &quot;Luigi Maas&quot;</p><p><b>value</b>: 28 mmol/L<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: SNOMED CT code 258813002 = 'mM')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: Serum bicarbonate level normal <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#166698001; <a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html\">ObservationInterpretation</a>#N)</span></p><p><b>method</b>: <span title=\"  The observation is complete  &amp;#10;  No reliability concerns  \">enzymatic method <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></span></p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Low</b></td><td><b>High</b></td><td><b>Type</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><span title=\"  Healthy bicarbonate level ranges from 22mmol/L to 29mmol/L  \">22</span></td><td>29</td><td>Normal Range <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-referencerange-meaning.html\">Observation Reference Range Meaning Codes</a>#normal)</span></td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "https://intranet.aumc.nl/labvalues",
    "value" : "1304-03720-Bicarbonate"
  }],
  "status" : "final",
  "code" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://loinc.org",
      "code" : "1963-8",
      "display" : "Bicarbonate [Moles/?volume] in Serum"
    },
    {
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "365722008",
      "display" : "Bicarbonate level"
    }]
  },
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/f201",
    "display" : "Roel"
  },
  "issued" : "2013-04-04T14:34:00+01:00",
  "performer" : [{
    "reference" : "Practitioner/f202",
    "display" : "Luigi Maas"
  }],
  "valueQuantity" : {
    "value" : 28,
    "unit" : "mmol/L",
    "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
    "code" : "258813002"
  },
  "interpretation" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "166698001",
      "display" : "Serum bicarbonate level normal"
    },
    {
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation",
      "code" : "N"
    }]
  }],
  "method" : {
    "text" : "enzymatic method"
  },
  "referenceRange" : [{
    "low" : {
      "value" : 22
    },
    "high" : {
      "value" : 29
    },
    "type" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning",
        "code" : "normal",
        "display" : "Normal Range"
      }]
    }
  }]
}

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.