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: BMI Example - XML Representation

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<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="bmi"/>
  <meta>
    <profile
             value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-bmi|8.0.0-ballot"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: Observation bmi</b></p><a name="bmi"> </a><a name="hcbmi"> </a><a name="bmi-en-US"> </a><p><b>status</b>: Final</p><p><b>category</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category vital-signs}">Vital Signs</span></p><p><b>code</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://loinc.org 39156-5}">BMI</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href="Patient-example.html">Amy Shaw</a></p><p><b>encounter</b>: GP Visit</p><p><b>effective</b>: 1999-07-02</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a href="Practitioner-practitioner-1.html">Dr Ronald Bone</a></p><p><b>value</b>: 16.2 kg/m2<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM  codekg/m2 = 'kg/m2')</span></p></div>
  </text>
  <status value="final"/>
  <category>
    <coding>
      <system
              value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"/>
      <code value="vital-signs"/>
      <display value="Vital Signs"/>
    </coding>
    <text value="Vital Signs"/>
  </category>
  <code>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
      <code value="39156-5"/>
      <display value="Body mass index (BMI) [Ratio]"/>
    </coding>
    <text value="BMI"/>
  </code>
  <subject>🔗 
    <reference value="Patient/example"/>
    <display value="Amy Shaw"/>
  </subject>
  <encounter>
    <display value="GP Visit"/>
  </encounter>
  <effectiveDateTime value="1999-07-02"/>
  <performer>🔗 
    <reference value="Practitioner/practitioner-1"/>
    <display value="Dr Ronald Bone"/>
  </performer>
  <valueQuantity>
    <value value="16.2"/>
    <unit value="kg/m2"/>
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
    <code value="kg/m2"/>
  </valueQuantity>
</Observation>