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Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
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Real-world encounter example (id = "f203")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Encounter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="f203"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <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 "f203" </p> </div> <p> <b> identifier</b> : id: Encounter_Roel_20130311 (TEMP)</p> <p> <b> status</b> : finished</p> <h3> StatusHistories</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Status</b> </td> <td> <b> Period</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> arrived</td> <td> 2013-03-08 --> (ongoing)</td> </tr> </table> <p> <b> class</b> : inpatient encounter (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode code IMP = 'inpatient encounter', stated as 'inpatient encounter')</p> <p> <b> type</b> : Inpatient stay for nine days <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #183807002)</span> </p> <p> <b> priority</b> : High priority <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #394849002)</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-f201.html">Patient/f201: Roel</a> "Roel"</p> <p> <b> episodeOfCare</b> : <a href="episodeofcare-example.html">EpisodeOfCare/example</a> </p> <p> <b> basedOn</b> : <a href="servicerequest-myringotomy.html">ServiceRequest/myringotomy</a> </p> <h3> Participants</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Type</b> </td> <td> <b> Individual</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> Participation <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html">ParticipationType</a> #PART)</span> </td> <td> <a href="practitioner-f201.html">Practitioner/f201</a> "Dokter Bronsig"</td> </tr> </table> <p> <b> appointment</b> : <a href="appointment-example.html">Appointment/example</a> </p> <p> <b> period</b> : 2013-03-11 --> 2013-03-20</p> <p> <b> reasonCode</b> : The patient seems to suffer from bilateral pneumonia and renal insufficiency, most likely due to chemotherapy. <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> ()</span> </p> <blockquote> <p> <b> diagnosis</b> </p> <p> <b> condition</b> : <a href="condition-stroke.html">Condition/stroke</a> </p> <p> <b> use</b> : Admission diagnosis <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="codesystem-diagnosis-role.html">DiagnosisRole</a> #AD)</span> </p> <p> <b> rank</b> : 1</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> diagnosis</b> </p> <p> <b> condition</b> : <a href="condition-f201.html">Condition/f201</a> </p> <p> <b> use</b> : Discharge diagnosis <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="codesystem-diagnosis-role.html">DiagnosisRole</a> #DD)</span> </p> </blockquote> <p> <b> account</b> : <a href="account-example.html">Account/example</a> "HACC Funded Billing for Peter James Chalmers"</p> <h3> Hospitalizations</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Origin</b> </td> <td> <b> AdmitSource</b> </td> <td> <b> ReAdmission</b> </td> <td> <b> DietPreference</b> </td> <td> <b> SpecialCourtesy</b> </td> <td> <b> SpecialArrangement</b> </td> <td> <b> Destination</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> <a href="location-2.html">Location/2</a> "South Wing Neuro OR 1"</td> <td> Clinical Oncology Department <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #309902002)</span> </td> <td> readmitted <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> ([not stated])</span> </td> <td> Fluid balance regulation <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #276026009)</span> </td> <td> normal courtesy <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-EncounterSpecialCourtesy.html">EncounterSpecialCourtesy</a> #NRM)</span> </td> <td> Wheelchair <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="codesystem-encounter-special-arrangements.html">SpecialArrangements</a> #wheel)</span> </td> <td> <a href="location-2.html">Location/2</a> "South Wing Neuro OR 1"</td> </tr> </table> <p> <b> serviceProvider</b> : <a href="organization-2.html">Organization/2</a> "XYZ Insurance"</p> <p> <b> partOf</b> : <a href="encounter-f203.html">Encounter/f203</a> </p> </div> </text> <identifier> <use value="temp"/> <value value="Encounter_Roel_20130311"/> </identifier> <status value="finished"/> <statusHistory> <status value="arrived"/> <period> <start value="2013-03-08"/> </period> </statusHistory> <!-- Encounter has finished --> <class> <!-- Inpatient encounter for straphylococcus infection --> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode"/> <code value="IMP"/> <display value="inpatient encounter"/> </class> <type> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="183807002"/> <display value="Inpatient stay for nine days"/> </coding> </type> <priority> <!-- High priority --> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="394849002"/> <display value="High priority"/> </coding> </priority> <subject> <reference value="Patient/f201"/> <display value="Roel"/> </subject> <episodeOfCare> <reference value="EpisodeOfCare/example"/> </episodeOfCare> <basedOn> <reference value="ServiceRequest/myringotomy"/> </basedOn> <participant> <type> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType"/> <code value="PART"/> </coding> </type> <individual> <reference value="Practitioner/f201"/> </individual> </participant> <appointment> <reference value="Appointment/example"/> </appointment> <period> <start value="2013-03-11"/> <end value="2013-03-20"/> </period> <reasonCode> <text value="The patient seems to suffer from bilateral pneumonia and renal insufficiency, most likely due to chemotherapy."/> </reasonCode> <diagnosis> <condition> <reference value="Condition/stroke"/> </condition> <use> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role"/> <code value="AD"/> <display value="Admission diagnosis"/> </coding> </use> <rank value="1"/> </diagnosis> <diagnosis> <condition> <reference value="Condition/f201"/> </condition> <use> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role"/> <code value="DD"/> <display value="Discharge diagnosis"/> </coding> </use> </diagnosis> <account> <reference value="Account/example"/> </account> <!-- No indication, because no referral took place --> <hospitalization> <origin> <reference value="Location/2"/> </origin> <admitSource> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="309902002"/> <display value="Clinical Oncology Department"/> </coding> </admitSource> <reAdmission> <coding> <display value="readmitted"/> </coding> </reAdmission> <!-- accomodation details are not available --> <dietPreference> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="276026009"/> <display value="Fluid balance regulation"/> </coding> </dietPreference> <specialCourtesy> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EncounterSpecialCourtesy"/> <code value="NRM"/> <display value="normal courtesy"/> </coding> </specialCourtesy> <specialArrangement> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/encounter-special-arrangements"/> <code value="wheel"/> <display value="Wheelchair"/> </coding> </specialArrangement> <destination> <!-- Fictive --> <reference value="Location/2"/> </destination> </hospitalization> <serviceProvider> <reference value="Organization/2"/> </serviceProvider> <partOf> <reference value="Encounter/f203"/> </partOf> </Encounter>
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.