Release 4B Ballot #1

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Observation-decimal.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)

Explores the edge cases of the decimal data type

{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "decimal",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p/><p><b>code</b>: <span>Decimal Testing Observation</span></p><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span>Component</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1.0 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span>Component</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1.00 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span>Component</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1.0 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span>Component</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1E-22 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span>Component</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1000000000000000000 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span>Component</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 1.000000000000000000E-245 g</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span>Component</span></p><p><b>value</b>: -1.000000000000000000E+245 g</p></blockquote></div>"
  },
  "status": "final",
  "code": {
    "text": "Decimal Testing Observation"
  },
  "component": [
    {
      "code": {
        "text": "Component"
      },
      "valueQuantity": {
        "value": 1.0,
        "unit": "g"
      }
    },
    {
      "code": {
        "text": "Component"
      },
      "valueQuantity": {
        "value": 1.00,
        "unit": "g"
      }
    },
    {
      "code": {
        "text": "Component"
      },
      "valueQuantity": {
        "value": 1.0,
        "unit": "g"
      }
    },
    {
      "code": {
        "text": "Component"
      },
      "valueQuantity": {
        "value": 1E-22,
        "unit": "g"
      }
    },
    {
      "code": {
        "text": "Component"
      },
      "valueQuantity": {
        "value": 1000000000000000000,
        "unit": "g"
      }
    },
    {
      "code": {
        "text": "Component"
      },
      "valueQuantity": {
        "value": 1.000000000000000000E-245,
        "unit": "g"
      }
    },
    {
      "code": {
        "text": "Component"
      },
      "valueQuantity": {
        "value": -1.000000000000000000E+245,
        "unit": "g"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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.