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Observation-example-f203-bicarbonate.json

Example Observation/f203 (JSON)

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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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{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "f203",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: f203</p><p><b>identifier</b>: 1304-03720-Bicarbonate</p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: Bicarbonate [Moles/?volume] in Serum <span>(Details : {LOINC code '1963-8' = 'Bicarbonate [Moles/volume] in Serum', given as 'Bicarbonate [Moles/?volume] in Serum'}; {SNOMED CT code '365722008' = 'Bicarbonate level - finding', given as 'Bicarbonate level'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Roel</a></p><p><b>issued</b>: 04/04/2013 2:34:00 PM</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a>Luigi Maas</a></p><p><b>value</b>: 28 mmol/L<span> (Details: SNOMED CT code 258813002 = 'mM')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: Serum bicarbonate level normal <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '166698001' = 'Serum bicarbonate level normal', given as 'Serum bicarbonate level normal'}; {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation code 'N' = 'Normal)</span></p><p><b>method</b>: enzymatic method <span>(Details )</span></p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Low</b></td><td><b>High</b></td><td><b>Type</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>22</td><td>29</td><td>Normal Range <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning code 'normal' = 'Normal Range', given as 'Normal Range'})</span></td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "identifier": [

  "resourceType" : "Observation",
  "id" : "f203",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "https://intranet.aumc.nl/labvalues",
    "value" : "1304-03720-Bicarbonate"
  }],
  "status" : "final",
  "code" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://loinc.org",
      "code" : "1963-8",
      "display" : "Bicarbonate [Moles/volume] in Serum or Plasma"
    },

    {
      "system": "https://intranet.aumc.nl/labvalues",
      "value": "1304-03720-Bicarbonate"
    }
  ],
  "status": "final",
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://loinc.org",
        "code": "1963-8",
        "display": "Bicarbonate [Moles/?volume] in Serum"
      },
      {
        "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code": "365722008",
        "display": "Bicarbonate level"
      }
    ]

      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "365722008",
      "display" : "Bicarbonate level"
    }]

  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/f201",
    "display": "Roel"

  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/f201",
    "display" : "Roel"

  },
  "issued": "2013-04-04T14:34:00+01:00",
  "performer": [
    {
      "reference": "Practitioner/f202",
      "display": "Luigi Maas"
    }
  ],
  "valueQuantity": {
    "value": 28,
    "unit": "mmol/L",
    "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
    "code": "258813002"

  "issued" : "2013-04-04T14:34:00+01:00",
  "performer" : [{
    "reference" : "Practitioner/f202",
    "display" : "Luigi Maas"
  }],
  "valueQuantity" : {
    "value" : 28,
    "unit" : "mmol/L",
    "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
    "code" : "258813002"

  },
  "interpretation": [

  "interpretation" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "166698001",
      "display" : "Serum bicarbonate level normal"
    },

    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "166698001",
          "display": "Serum bicarbonate level normal"
        },
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation",
          "code": "N"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "method": {
    "text": "enzymatic method"

      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation",
      "code" : "N"
    }]
  }],
  "method" : {
    "text" : "enzymatic method"

  },
  "referenceRange": [
    {
      "low": {
        "value": 22
      },
      "high": {
        "value": 29
      },
      "type": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning",
            "code": "normal",
            "display": "Normal Range"
          }
        ]
      }

  "referenceRange" : [{
    "low" : {
      "value" : 22
    },
    "high" : {
      "value" : 29
    },
    "type" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning",
        "code" : "normal",
        "display" : "Normal Range"
      }]

    }
  ]

  }]

}

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.