R6 Ballot (1st Draft)

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Example Observation/gcs-qa (XML)

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

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Clinical assessment tool example - GCS with individual scores as related QuestionnaireAnswer (id = "gcs-qa")

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="gcs-qa"/>     <!--     the mandatory quality flags:     --><text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="gcs-qa"> </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 &quot;gcs-qa&quot; </p> </div> <p> <b> status</b> : <span title="   the mandatory quality flags:   ">final</span> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : <span title="  
    Observations are often coded in multiple code systems.
      - LOINC
    - or SNOMED
      -and/or the source system may provides its own &quot;local&quot; code, which
         may be less or more granular than LOINC.
  In this example there is only LOINC
    ">Glasgow Coma Scale , (GCS) <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #9269-2 &quot;Glasgow coma score total&quot;)</span> </span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-example.html">Patient/example: Peter James Chalmers</a>  &quot;Peter CHALMERS&quot;</p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 2014-12-11T04:44:16Z</p> <p> <b> value</b> : <span title="   In FHIR, units may be represented twice. Once in the
    agreed human representation, and once in a coded form.
    In this example the UCUM unit is provided but no human representation since
         this is often not displayed
     ">13 {score}<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code {score} = '{score}')</span> </span> </p> <blockquote> <p> <b> referenceRange</b> </p> <p> <b> high</b> : 8 {score}<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code {score} = '{score}')</span> </p> <p> <b> type</b> : <span title="   meaning as text   ">Severe TBI <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> ()</span> </span> </p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> referenceRange</b> </p> <p> <b> low</b> : 9 {score}<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code {score} = '{score}')</span> </p> <p> <b> high</b> : 12 {score}<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code {score} = '{score}')</span> </p> <p> <b> type</b> : <span title="   meaning as text   ">Moderate TBI <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> ()</span> </span> </p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> referenceRange</b> </p> <p> <b> low</b> : 13 {score}<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code {score} = '{score}')</span> </p> <p> <b> type</b> : <span title="   meaning as text   ">Mild TBI <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> ()</span> </span> </p> </blockquote> <p> <b> derivedFrom</b> : <span title="   put the references to the QuestionnairAnswer example here using the derived-From
         type    "><a href="questionnaireresponse-example-gcs.html">QuestionnaireResponse/gcs: GCS form results</a> </span> </p> </div> </text> <status value="final"/>     <!--    
    Observations are often coded in multiple code systems.
      - LOINC
    - or SNOMED
      -and/or the source system may provides its own "local" code, which may be
   less or more granular than LOINC.
  In this example there is only LOINC
      --><code>     <!--     LOINC - always recommended to have a LOINC code     --><coding> 
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
      <code value="9269-2"/> 
      <display value="Glasgow coma score total"/> 
    </coding> 
    <text value="Glasgow Coma Scale , (GCS)"/> 
  </code> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/example"/> 
    <display value="Peter James Chalmers"/> 
  </subject> 
  <effectiveDateTime value="2014-12-11T04:44:16Z"/>     <!--     In FHIR, units may be represented twice. Once in the
    agreed human representation, and once in a coded form.
    In this example the UCUM unit is provided but no human representation since
   this is often not displayed
       --><valueQuantity> 
    <value value="13"/> 
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
    <code value="{score}"/> 
  </valueQuantity> 
  <referenceRange> 
    <high> 
      <value value="8"/> 
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
      <code value="{score}"/> 
    </high>     <!--     meaning as text     --><type> 
      <text value="Severe TBI"/> 
    </type> 
  </referenceRange> 
  <referenceRange> 
    <low> 
      <value value="9"/> 
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
      <code value="{score}"/> 
    </low> 
    <high> 
      <value value="12"/> 
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
      <code value="{score}"/> 
    </high>     <!--     meaning as text     --><type> 
      <text value="Moderate TBI"/> 
    </type> 
  </referenceRange> 
  <referenceRange> 
    <low> 
      <value value="13"/> 
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
      <code value="{score}"/> 
    </low>     <!--     meaning as text     --><type> 
      <text value="Mild TBI"/> 
    </type> 
  </referenceRange>     <!--     put the references to the QuestionnairAnswer example here using the derived-From
   type      --><derivedFrom> 
    <reference value="QuestionnaireResponse/gcs"/> 
    <display value="GCS form results"/> 
  </derivedFrom> 
</Observation> 

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.