Release 4B Ballot #1

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Observation-example.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)

Simple Weight Example

{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "example",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p/><p><b>category</b>: <span>Vital Signs</span></p><p><b>code</b>: <span>Body Weight</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Generated Summary: Medical record number: 12345 (USUAL); active; Peter James Chalmers (OFFICIAL), Jim , Peter James Windsor (MAIDEN); , Phone: (03) 5555 6473, Phone: (03) 3410 5613, Phone: (03) 5555 8834; gender: male; birthDate: 1974-12-25; </a></p><p><b>encounter</b>: <a>Generated Summary: status: in-progress; <span>inpatient encounter</span></a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 2016-03-28</p><p><b>value</b>: 185 lbs</p></div>"
  },
  "status": "final",
  "category": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
          "code": "vital-signs",
          "display": "Vital Signs"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://loinc.org",
        "code": "29463-7",
        "display": "Body Weight"
      },
      {
        "system": "http://loinc.org",
        "code": "3141-9",
        "display": "Body weight Measured"
      },
      {
        "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code": "27113001",
        "display": "Body weight"
      },
      {
        "system": "http://acme.org/devices/clinical-codes",
        "code": "body-weight",
        "display": "Body Weight"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/example"
  },
  "encounter": {
    "reference": "Encounter/example"
  },
  "effectiveDateTime": "2016-03-28",
  "valueQuantity": {
    "value": 185,
    "unit": "lbs",
    "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code": "[lb_av]"
  }
}

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.