This page is part of the FHIR Specification v6.0.0-ballot1: Release 6 Ballot (1st Draft) (see Ballot Notes). The current version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions
Example of observationdefinition
{
"resourceType" : "ObservationDefinition",
"id" : "example",
"text" : {
"status" : "extensions",
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: ObservationDefinition</b><a name=\"example\"> </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 ObservationDefinition "example" </p></div><p><b>StructureDefinition Work Group</b>: oo</p><p><b>status</b>: active</p><p><b>publisher</b>: HL7 International / Orders and Observations</p><p><b>contact</b>: </p><p><b>category</b>: Laboratory <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>#laboratory)</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#13980-8)</span></p><p><b>permittedDataType</b>: Quantity</p><p><b>multipleResultsAllowed</b>: false</p><p><b>method</b>: Total measurement <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#115341008)</span></p><p><b>preferredReportName</b>: Serum albumin/Protein total</p><p><b>permittedUnit</b>: % (Details: UCUM code % = '%', stated as '%')</p><blockquote><p><b>qualifiedValue</b></p><p><b>context</b>: Normal Range <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.4.0/CodeSystem-referencerange-meaning.html\">Observation Reference Range Meaning Codes</a>#normal)</span></p><p><b>rangeCategory</b>: reference</p><p><b>range</b>: 50-?</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>qualifiedValue</b></p><p><b>context</b>: Normal Range <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.4.0/CodeSystem-referencerange-meaning.html\">Observation Reference Range Meaning Codes</a>#normal)</span></p><p><b>rangeCategory</b>: critical</p><p><b>range</b>: ?-40</p></blockquote></div>"
},
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "oo"
}],
"status" : "active",
"publisher" : "HL7 International / Orders and Observations",
"contact" : [{
"telecom" : [{
"system" : "url"
}]
}],
"category" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
"code" : "laboratory"
}]
}],
"code" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://loinc.org",
"code" : "13980-8",
"display" : "Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis"
}]
},
"permittedDataType" : ["Quantity"],
"multipleResultsAllowed" : false,
"method" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "115341008",
"display" : "Total measurement"
}]
},
"preferredReportName" : "Serum albumin/Protein total",
"permittedUnit" : [{
"system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code" : "%",
"display" : "%"
}],
"qualifiedValue" : [{
"context" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning",
"code" : "normal",
"display" : "Normal Range"
}]
},
"rangeCategory" : "reference",
"range" : {
"low" : {
"value" : 50
}
}
},
{
"context" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning",
"code" : "normal",
"display" : "Normal Range"
}]
},
"rangeCategory" : "critical",
"range" : {
"high" : {
"value" : 40
}
}
}]
}
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.