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Observation-example-bmd.json

Example Observation/bmd (JSON)

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Responsible Owner: Orders and Observations Work Group Standards Status : Informative Compartments : Device , Encounter , Group , Patient , Practitioner , RelatedPerson

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

Example of an encoded BMD measurements of left femur 

{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "bmd",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: bmd</p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: BMD - Left Femur <span>(Details : {LOINC code '24701-5' = 'Femur DXA Bone density', given as 'Femur DXA Bone density'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/pat2</a></p><p><b>performer</b>: <a>Acme Imaging Diagnostics</a></p><p><b>value</b>: 0.887 g/cm²<span> (Details: UCUM code g/cm-2 = 'g/cm-2')</span></p><p><b>bodySite</b>: Left Femur <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '71341001:272741003=7771000' = 'Femur where Laterality = Left)</span></p></div>"
  },
  "status": "final",
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://loinc.org",
        "code": "24701-5",
        "display": "Femur DXA Bone density"
      }
    ],
    "text": "BMD - Left Femur"

  "resourceType" : "Observation",
  "id" : "bmd",
  "status" : "final",
  "code" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://loinc.org",
      "code" : "24701-5",
      "display" : "DXA Femur [Mass/Area] Bone density"
    }],
    "text" : "BMD - Left Femur"

  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/pat2"

  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/pat2"

  },
  "performer": [
    {
      "reference": "Organization/1832473e-2fe0-452d-abe9-3cdb9879522f",
      "display": "Acme Imaging Diagnostics"
    }
  ],
  "valueQuantity": {
    "value": 0.887,
    "unit": "g/cm²",
    "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code": "g/cm-2"

  "performer" : [{
    "reference" : "Organization/1832473e-2fe0-452d-abe9-3cdb9879522f",
    "display" : "Acme Imaging Diagnostics"
  }],
  "valueQuantity" : {
    "value" : 0.887,
    "unit" : "g/cm²",
    "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code" : "g/cm-2"

  },
  "bodySite": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code": "71341001:272741003=7771000"
      }
    ],
    "text": "Left Femur"

  "bodySite" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "71341001:272741003=7771000"
    }],
    "text" : "Left Femur"

  }
}

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.