US Core Implementation Guide
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This page is part of the US Core (v7.0.0: STU7) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions. Page versions: STU6.1 STU6 STU5 STU4 STU2 STU1

Example Observation: Head Circumference Example

Page standards status: Informative

Generated Narrative: Observation

Resource Observation "head-circumference"

Profile: US Core Head Circumference Profile (version 7.0.0)

status: final

category: Vital Signs (Observation Category Codes#vital-signs)

code: Head Circumference (LOINC#9843-4 "Head Occipital-frontal circumference")

subject: Patient/infant-example " EXAMPLE"

effective: 2020-11-18 16:19:31-0800

value: 51.2 cm (Details: UCUM code cm = 'cm')