Release 5

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Example Observation/f202 (JSON)

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Real-world patient - temperature

{
  "resourceType" : "Observation",
  "id" : "f202",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</b><a name=\"f202\"> </a></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 Observation &quot;f202&quot; </p></div><p><b>status</b>: <span title=\"  Oral temperature was measured on April fourth  \">entered-in-error</span></p><p><b>category</b>: <span title=\"  category code is A code that classifies the general type of observation being made. This is used for searching, sorting and display purposes. \">Vital Signs <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-observation-category.html\">Observation Category Codes</a>#vital-signs)</span></span></p><p><b>code</b>: Temperature <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (acme.lab#BT &quot;Body temperature&quot;; <a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#8310-5 &quot;Body temperature&quot;; <a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#8331-1 &quot;Oral temperature&quot;; <a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#56342008 &quot;Temperature taking&quot;)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <span title=\"  No identifier could be provided to this observation  \"><a href=\"patient-example-f201-roel.html\">Patient/f201: Roel</a> &quot;Roel&quot;</span></p><p><b>issued</b>: 4 Apr 2013, 11:27:00 pm</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a href=\"practitioner-example-f201-ab.html\">Practitioner/f201</a> &quot;Dokter Bronsig&quot;</p><p><b>value</b>: 39 degrees C<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code Cel = 'Cel')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: High <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html\">ObservationInterpretation</a>#H)</span></p><p><b>bodySite</b>: <span title=\"  In the meantime a new oral temperature is measured  &amp;#10;  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3418963/  \">Oral cavity <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#74262004)</span></span></p><p><b>method</b>: Oral temperature taking <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#89003005)</span></p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>High</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><span title=\"   0..* Provides guide for interpretation   \">38.2 degrees C</span></td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "status" : "entered-in-error",
  "category" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
      "code" : "vital-signs",
      "display" : "Vital Signs"
    }]
  }],
  "code" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://acme.lab",
      "code" : "BT",
      "display" : "Body temperature"
    },
    {
      "system" : "http://loinc.org",
      "code" : "8310-5",
      "display" : "Body temperature"
    },
    {
      "system" : "http://loinc.org",
      "code" : "8331-1",
      "display" : "Oral temperature"
    },
    {
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "56342008",
      "display" : "Temperature taking"
    }],
    "text" : "Temperature"
  },
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/f201",
    "display" : "Roel"
  },
  "issued" : "2013-04-04T13:27:00+01:00",
  "performer" : [{
    "reference" : "Practitioner/f201"
  }],
  "valueQuantity" : {
    "value" : 39,
    "unit" : "degrees C",
    "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code" : "Cel"
  },
  "interpretation" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation",
      "code" : "H"
    }]
  }],
  "bodySite" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "74262004",
      "display" : "Oral cavity"
    }]
  },
  "method" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "89003005",
      "display" : "Oral temperature taking"
    }]
  },
  "referenceRange" : [{
    "high" : {
      "value" : 38.2,
      "unit" : "degrees C"
    }
  }]
}

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.