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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
Simple Body Length Example (id = "body-length")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="body-length"/> <meta> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"/> </meta> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative with Details</b> </p> <p> <b> id</b> : body-length</p> <p> <b> meta</b> : </p> <p> <b> status</b> : final</p> <p> <b> category</b> : Vital Signs <span> (Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category code 'vital-signs' = 'Vital Signs', given as 'Vital Signs'})</span> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : Body Length <span> (Details : {LOINC code '8302-2' = 'Body height', given as 'Body height'}; {LOINC code '8306-3' = 'Body height --lying', given as 'Body height --lying'})</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a> Patient/example</a> </p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 02/07/1999</p> <p> <b> value</b> : 25 cm<span> (Details: UCUM code cm = 'cm')</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> <!-- This example demonstrates the use of a code translation to allow the observation to be interpreted as Body Length ( typically used for infants) --> <code> <coding> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <code value="8302-2"/> <display value="Body height"/> </coding> <coding> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <code value="8306-3"/> <display value="Body height --lying"/> <userSelected value="true"/> </coding> <text value="Body Length"/> </code> <subject> <reference value="Patient/example"/> </subject> <effectiveDateTime value="1999-07-02"/> <valueQuantity> <value value="25"/> <unit value="cm"/> <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> <code value="cm"/> </valueQuantity> </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.