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| Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)
Simple Head Circumference Example
{
"resourceType": "Observation",
"id": "head-circumference",
"meta": {
"profile": [
"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"
]
},
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: head-circumference</p><p><b>meta</b>: </p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>category</b>: Vital Signs <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category code 'vital-signs' = 'Vital Signs', given as 'Vital Signs'})</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Head Circumference <span>(Details : {LOINC code '9843-4' = 'Head Occipital-frontal circumference', given as 'Head Occipital-frontal circumference'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/example</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 1999-07-02</p><p><b>value</b>: 51.2 cm<span> (Details: UCUM code cm = 'cm')</span></p></div>"
},
"status": "final",
"category": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
"code": "vital-signs",
"display": "Vital Signs"
}
],
"text": "Vital Signs"
}
],
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "9843-4",
"display": "Head Occipital-frontal circumference"
}
],
"text": "Head Circumference"
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/example"
},
"effectiveDateTime": "1999-07-02",
"valueQuantity": {
"value": 51.2,
"unit": "cm",
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "cm"
}
}
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.