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An exam finding using pattern 3 described in the "Using Codes in Observation" Section
{
"resourceType" : "Observation",
"id" : "abdo-tender",
"text" : {
"status" : "generated",
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</b><a name=\"abdo-tender\"> </a></p><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Resource Observation "abdo-tender" </p></div><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>category</b>: Exam <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.4.0/CodeSystem-observation-category.html\">Observation Category Codes</a>#exam)</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Abdominal tenderness <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#43478001 "Abdominal tenderness (finding)")</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example.html\">Patient/example</a> "Peter CHALMERS"</p><p><b>encounter</b>: <a href=\"encounter-example.html\">Encounter/example</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 2018-04-02T10:30:10+01:00 --> (ongoing)</p><p><b>issued</b>: 4 Apr 2018, 12:30:10 am</p><p><b>value</b>: true</p><p><b>interpretation</b>: Abnormal <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.4.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html\">ObservationInterpretation</a>#A)</span></p></div>"
},
"status" : "final",
"category" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
"code" : "exam",
"display" : "Exam"
}]
}],
"code" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "43478001",
"display" : "Abdominal tenderness (finding)"
}],
"text" : "Abdominal tenderness"
},
"subject" : {
"reference" : "Patient/example"
},
"encounter" : {
"reference" : "Encounter/example"
},
"effectivePeriod" : {
"start" : "2018-04-02T10:30:10+01:00"
},
"issued" : "2018-04-03T15:30:10+01:00",
"valueBoolean" : true,
"interpretation" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation",
"code" : "A",
"display" : "Abnormal"
}],
"text" : "Abnormal"
}]
}
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.