2nd DSTU Draft For Comment

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Observation-example-f203-bicarbonate.xml

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Real-world patient - CO2 (id = "f203")

Raw XML

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="f203"/>
 <code><!--  Kind of observation = Bicarbonate  -->
    <coding>
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
        <code value="365722008"/>
        <display value="Bicarbonate level"/>
     </coding>
 </code>
 <valueQuantity><!--  Bicarbonate=28mmol/L  -->
    <value value="28"/>
    <units value="mmol/L"/>
    <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
    <code value="258813002"/>
 </valueQuantity>
 <interpretation>
    <coding>
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
        <code value="166698001"/>
        <display value="Serum bicarbonate level normal"/>
    </coding>
     <coding>
         <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0078"/>
         <code value="N"/>
     </coding>
 </interpretation>
 <issued value="2013-04-04T14:34:00+01:00"/><!--  Bicarbonate was measured on April fourth  -->
 <status value="final"/><!--  The observation is complete  -->
 <reliability value="ok"/><!--  No reliability concerns  -->
 <method><!--  Method was serum measurement  -->
    <coding>
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
        <code value="271239003"/>
        <display value="Serum bicarbonate measurement"/>
    </coding>
 </method>
 <identifier>
    <label value="Bicarbonaat value of Roel on April 2013 - 03720"/>
    <system value="https://intranet.aumc.nl/labvalues"/><!--  Does not exist  -->
    <value value="1304-03720-Bicarbonate"/>
 </identifier>
 <subject><!--  It entails Roel's Bicarbonate level  -->
     <reference value="Patient/f201"/>
     <display value="Roel"/>
 </subject>
 <performer><!--  The bicarbonate level was measured by Luigi Maas  -->
     <reference value="Practitioner/f202"/>
     <display value="Luigi Maas"/>
 </performer>
 <referenceRange><!--  Healthy bicarbonate level ranges from 22mmol/L to 29mmol/L  -->
    <low>
        <value value="22"/>
    </low>
    <high>
        <value value="29"/>
    </high>
    <meaning>
        <coding>
            <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/referencerange-meaning"/>
            <code value="normal"/>
            <display value="Normal Range"/>
        </coding>
    </meaning>
 </referenceRange>
</Observation>

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.