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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
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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]" } }
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