Release 5 Draft Ballot

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Observation-example-map-sitting.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)

An example to demonstrate using the bodyPosition and delta extensions

{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "map-sitting",
  "text": {
    "status": "extensions",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>bodyPosition</b>: <span>Sitting position (finding)</span></p><p><b>delta</b>: <span>Decreased (qualifier value)</span></p><p/><p><b>category</b>: <span>Laboratory</span></p><p><b>code</b>: <span>Mean blood pressure</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>: 2 Apr. 2018, 7:30:10 pm --&gt; 5 Apr. 2018, 7:30:10 pm</p><p><b>issued</b>: 4 Apr. 2018, 12:30:10 am</p><p><b>value</b>: 60 mm Hg</p><p><b>interpretation</b>: <span>Below low normal</span></p></div>"
  },
  "extension": [
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-bodyPosition",
      "valueCodeableConcept": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code": "33586001",
            "display": "Sitting position (finding)"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/observation-delta",
      "valueCodeableConcept": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code": "1250004",
            "display": "Decreased (qualifier value)"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "status": "final",
  "category": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
          "code": "laboratory",
          "display": "Laboratory"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://loinc.org",
        "code": "8478-0",
        "display": "Mean blood pressure"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/example"
  },
  "encounter": {
    "reference": "Encounter/example"
  },
  "effectivePeriod": {
    "start": "2018-04-02T10:30:10+01:00",
    "end": "2018-04-05T10:30:10+01:00"
  },
  "issued": "2018-04-03T15:30:10+01:00",
  "valueQuantity": {
    "value": 60,
    "unit": "mm Hg",
    "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code": "mm[Hg]"
  },
  "interpretation": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0078",
          "code": "L",
          "display": "Low"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Below low normal"
    }
  ]
}

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.