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Observation-example-body-length.xml

Example Observation/body-length (XML)

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

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Simple Body Length Example (id = "body-length")

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>


  
  
    
  
  (Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category code 'vital-signs'
           = 'Vital Signs', given as 'Vital Signs'})(Details : {LOINC code '8302-2' = 'Body height', given as 'Body height'}; {LOINC code
           '8306-3' = 'Body height --lying', given as 'Body height --lying'})
  
    
      
      
      
    
    
  
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   be interpreted as Body Length  ( typically used for infants)     -->
  
    
      
      
      
    
    
      
      
      
      
    
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
    
    
    
    
  

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="body-length"/> 
  <meta> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"/> 
  </meta> 
  <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 a measurement code for "Body Length" ( typically used
   for infants) which is more specific than the "interoperability category" code for
   "Body height".   -->
  <code>     <coding>       <system value="http://loinc.org"/>       <code value="8306-3"/>       <display value="Body height --lying"/>       <userSelected value="true"/>     </coding>     <coding>       <!--   for the vital signs profile   -->      <system value="http://loinc.org"/>       <code value="8302-2"/>       <display value="Body height"/>     </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> 


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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.