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Encounter-example-f003-abscess.json

Patient Administration Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Real-world encounter example

{
  "resourceType": "Encounter",
  "id": "f003",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></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 &quot;f003&quot; </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: v6751 (OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: finished</p><p><b>class</b>: ambulatory (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode code AMB = 'ambulatory', stated as 'ambulatory')</p><p><b>type</b>: Patient-initiated encounter <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#270427003)</span></p><p><b>priority</b>: Non-urgent ear, nose and throat admission <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#103391001)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-f001.html\">Patient/f001: P. van de Heuvel</a> &quot;Pieter VAN DE HEUVEL&quot;</p><h3>Participants</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Individual</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a href=\"practitioner-f001.html\">Practitioner/f001: E.M. van den Broek</a> &quot;Eric VAN DEN BROEK&quot;</td></tr></table><p><b>reasonCode</b>: Retropharyngeal abscess <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#18099001)</span></p><h3>Hospitalizations</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>PreAdmissionIdentifier</b></td><td><b>AdmitSource</b></td><td><b>DischargeDisposition</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>id: 93042 (OFFICIAL)</td><td>Referral by physician <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#305956004)</span></td><td>Discharge to home <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#306689006)</span></td></tr></table><p><b>serviceProvider</b>: <a href=\"organization-f001.html\">Organization/f001</a> &quot;Burgers University Medical Center&quot;</p></div>"
  },
  "identifier": [
    {
      "use": "official",
      "system": "http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/encounters",
      "value": "v6751"
    }
  ],
  "status": "finished",
  "class": {
    "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
    "code": "AMB",
    "display": "ambulatory"
  },
  "type": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "270427003",
          "display": "Patient-initiated encounter"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "priority": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code": "103391001",
        "display": "Non-urgent ear, nose and throat admission"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/f001",
    "display": "P. van de Heuvel"
  },
  "participant": [
    {
      "individual": {
        "reference": "Practitioner/f001",
        "display": "E.M. van den Broek"
      }
    }
  ],
  "length": {
    "value": 90,
    "unit": "min",
    "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code": "min"
  },
  "reasonCode": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "18099001",
          "display": "Retropharyngeal abscess"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hospitalization": {
    "preAdmissionIdentifier": {
      "use": "official",
      "system": "http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/pre-admissions",
      "value": "93042"
    },
    "admitSource": {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "305956004",
          "display": "Referral by physician"
        }
      ]
    },
    "dischargeDisposition": {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "306689006",
          "display": "Discharge to home"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "serviceProvider": {
    "reference": "Organization/f001"
  }
}

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.