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Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
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Real-world encounter example
{ "resourceType": "Encounter", "id": "f001", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: f001</p><p><b>identifier</b>: v1451 (OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: finished</p><p><b>class</b>: ambulatory (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode code AMB = 'ambulatory', stated as 'ambulatory')</p><p><b>type</b>: Patient-initiated encounter <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '270427003' = 'Patient-initiated encounter', given as 'Patient-initiated encounter'})</span></p><p><b>priority</b>: Non-urgent cardiological admission <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '310361003' = 'Non-urgent cardiological admission', given as 'Non-urgent cardiological admission'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>P. van de Heuvel</a></p><h3>Participants</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Individual</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>P. Voigt</a></td></tr></table><p><b>length</b>: 140 min<span> (Details: UCUM code min = 'min')</span></p><p><b>reasonCode</b>: Heart valve replacement <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '34068001' = 'Heart valve replacement', given as 'Heart valve replacement'})</span></p><h3>Hospitalizations</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>PreAdmissionIdentifier</b></td><td><b>AdmitSource</b></td><td><b>DischargeDisposition</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>93042 (OFFICIAL)</td><td>Referral by physician <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '305956004' = 'Referral from physician', given as 'Referral by physician'})</span></td><td>Discharge to home <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '306689006' = 'Discharge to home', given as 'Discharge to home'})</span></td></tr></table><p><b>serviceProvider</b>: <a>Burgers University Medical Center</a></p></div>" }, "identifier": [ { "use": "official", "system": "http://www.amc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/visits", "value": "v1451" } ], "status": "finished", "class": { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode", "code": "AMB", "display": "ambulatory" }, "type": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "270427003", "display": "Patient-initiated encounter" } ] } ], "priority": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "310361003", "display": "Non-urgent cardiological admission" } ] }, "subject": { "reference": "Patient/f001", "display": "P. van de Heuvel" }, "participant": [ { "individual": { "reference": "Practitioner/f002", "display": "P. Voigt" } } ], "length": { "value": 140, "unit": "min", "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org", "code": "min" }, "reasonCode": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "34068001", "display": "Heart valve replacement" } ] } ], "hospitalization": { "preAdmissionIdentifier": { "use": "official", "system": "http://www.amc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/pre-admissions", "value": "93042" }, "admitSource": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "305956004", "display": "Referral by physician" } ] }, "dischargeDisposition": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "306689006", "display": "Discharge to home" } ] } }, "serviceProvider": { "reference": "Organization/f001", "display": "Burgers University Medical Center" } }
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.