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Observation-example.ttl

Example Observation/example (Turtle)

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

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Simple Weight Example

@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .
@prefix loinc: <http://loinc.org/owl#> .

@prefix loinc: <https://loinc.org/rdf/> .

@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .

@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix sct: <http://snomed.info/id/> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

# - resource -------------------------------------------------------------------

<http://hl7.org/fhir/Observation/example> a fhir:Observation;
  fhir:nodeRole fhir:treeRoot;
  fhir:Resource.id [ fhir:value "example"];
  fhir:DomainResource.text [
     fhir:Narrative.status [ fhir:value "generated" ];
     fhir:Narrative.div "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: example</p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>category</b>: Vital Signs <span>(Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-category code 'vital-signs' = 'Vital Signs', given as 'Vital Signs'})</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Body Weight <span>(Details : {LOINC code '29463-7' = 'Body weight', given as 'Body Weight'}; {LOINC code '3141-9' = 'Body weight Measured', given as 'Body weight Measured'}; {SNOMED CT code '27113001' = 'Body weight', given as 'Body weight'}; {http://acme.org/devices/clinical-codes code 'body-weight' = 'body-weight', given as 'Body Weight'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/example</a></p><p><b>context</b>: <a>Encounter/example</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 28/03/2016</p><p><b>value</b>: 185 lbs<span> (Details: UCUM code [lb_av] = 'lb_av')</span></p></div>"
  ];
  fhir:Observation.status [ fhir:value "final"];
  fhir:Observation.category [
     fhir:index 0;
     fhir:CodeableConcept.coding [
       fhir:index 0;
       fhir:Coding.system [ fhir:value "http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-category" ];
       fhir:Coding.code [ fhir:value "vital-signs" ];
       fhir:Coding.display [ fhir:value "Vital Signs" ]
     ]
  ];
  fhir:Observation.code [
     fhir:CodeableConcept.coding [
       fhir:index 0;
       a loinc:29463-7;
       fhir:Coding.system [ fhir:value "http://loinc.org" ];
       fhir:Coding.code [ fhir:value "29463-7" ];
       fhir:Coding.display [ fhir:value "Body Weight" ]
     ], [
       fhir:index 1;
       a loinc:3141-9;
       fhir:Coding.system [ fhir:value "http://loinc.org" ];
       fhir:Coding.code [ fhir:value "3141-9" ];
       fhir:Coding.display [ fhir:value "Body weight Measured" ]
     ], [
       fhir:index 2;
       a sct:27113001;
       fhir:Coding.system [ fhir:value "http://snomed.info/sct" ];
       fhir:Coding.code [ fhir:value "27113001" ];
       fhir:Coding.display [ fhir:value "Body weight" ]
     ], [
       fhir:index 3;
       fhir:Coding.system [ fhir:value "http://acme.org/devices/clinical-codes" ];
       fhir:Coding.code [ fhir:value "body-weight" ];
       fhir:Coding.display [ fhir:value "Body Weight" ]

#   
# This is an example of a simple weight measurement.
#  

<http://hl7.org/fhir/Observation/example> a fhir:Observation ;
  fhir:nodeRole fhir:treeRoot ;
  fhir:id [ fhir:v "example"] ; # 
  fhir:status [ fhir:v "final"] ; #    the mandatory quality flags:   
  fhir:category ( [
     fhir:coding ( [
       fhir:system [
         fhir:v "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"^^xsd:anyURI ;
         fhir:l <http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category>
       ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "vital-signs" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Vital Signs" ]
     ] )
  ] [
     fhir:coding ( [
       a loinc:29463-7 ;
       fhir:system [
         fhir:v "http://loinc.org"^^xsd:anyURI ;
         fhir:l <http://loinc.org>
       ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "29463-7" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Body Weight" ] #   methodless LOINC \"interoperability category\" code  
     ] )
  ] ) ; #   category code is A code that classifies the general type of observation being made. This is used for searching, sorting and display purposes. 
  fhir:code [
     fhir:coding ( [
       a loinc:29463-7 ;
       fhir:system [
         fhir:v "http://loinc.org"^^xsd:anyURI ;
         fhir:l <http://loinc.org>
       ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "29463-7" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Body weight" ]
     ] [
       a sct:27113001 ;
       fhir:system [
         fhir:v "http://snomed.info/sct"^^xsd:anyURI ;
         fhir:l <http://snomed.info/sct>
       ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "27113001" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Body weight" ]
     ] [
       fhir:system [
         fhir:v "http://acme.org/devices/clinical-codes"^^xsd:anyURI ;
         fhir:l <http://acme.org/devices/clinical-codes>
       ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "body-weight" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Body Weight" ]
     ] ) #    LOINC - always recommended to have a LOINC code   
  ] ; #   
#    Observations are often coded in multiple code systems.
#      - LOINC provides codes of varying granularity (though not usefully more specific in this particular case) and more generic LOINCs  can be mapped to more specific codes as shown here
#      - snomed provides a clinically relevant code that is usually less granular than LOINC
#      - the source system provides its own code, which may be less or more granular than LOINC
#    
  fhir:subject [
     fhir:l <http://hl7.org/fhir/Patient/example> ;
     fhir:reference [ fhir:v "Patient/example" ]
  ] ; # 
  fhir:encounter [
     fhir:l <http://hl7.org/fhir/Encounter/example> ;
     fhir:reference [ fhir:v "Encounter/example" ]
  ] ; # 
  fhir:effective [
     a fhir:DateTime ;
     fhir:v "2016-03-28"^^xsd:date
  ] ; # 
  fhir:value [
     a fhir:Quantity ;
     fhir:value [ fhir:v "185"^^xsd:decimal ] ;
     fhir:unit [ fhir:v "lbs" ] ;
     fhir:system [
       fhir:v "http://unitsofmeasure.org"^^xsd:anyURI ;
       fhir:l <http://unitsofmeasure.org>
     ] ;
     fhir:code [ fhir:v "[lb_av]" ]
  ] ; #    In FHIR, units may be represented twice. Once in the
#    agreed human representation, and once in a coded form.
#    Both is best, since it's not always possible to infer
#    one from the other in code.
#
#    When a computable unit is provided, UCUM (http://unitsofmeasure.org)
#    is always preferred, but it doesn't provide notional units (such as
#    "tablet"), etc. For these, something else is required (e.g. SNOMED CT)
#     
  fhir:component ( [
     fhir:code [
       fhir:coding ( [
         a loinc:8361-8 ;
         fhir:system [
           fhir:v "http://loinc.org"^^xsd:anyURI ;
           fhir:l <http://loinc.org>
         ] ;
         fhir:code [ fhir:v "8361-8" ] ;
         fhir:display [ fhir:v "Body position with respect to gravity" ]
       ] )
     ] ;
     fhir:value [
       a fhir:CodeableConcept ;
       fhir:coding ( [
         a sct:10904000 ;
         fhir:system [
           fhir:v "http://snomed.info/sct"^^xsd:anyURI ;
           fhir:l <http://snomed.info/sct>
         ] ;
         fhir:code [ fhir:v "10904000" ] ;
         fhir:display [ fhir:v "Standing position" ]
       ] )

     ]
  ];
  fhir:Observation.subject [
     fhir:link <http://hl7.org/fhir/Patient/example>;
     fhir:Reference.reference [ fhir:value "Patient/example" ]
  ];
  fhir:Observation.context [
     fhir:link <http://hl7.org/fhir/Encounter/example>;
     fhir:Reference.reference [ fhir:value "Encounter/example" ]
  ];
  fhir:Observation.effectiveDateTime [ fhir:value "2016-03-28"^^xsd:date];
  fhir:Observation.valueQuantity [
     fhir:Quantity.value [ fhir:value "185"^^xsd:decimal ];
     fhir:Quantity.unit [ fhir:value "lbs" ];
     fhir:Quantity.system [ fhir:value "http://unitsofmeasure.org" ];
     fhir:Quantity.code [ fhir:value "[lb_av]" ]
  ] .

  ] ) . # 


<http://hl7.org/fhir/Patient/example> a fhir:Patient .

<http://hl7.org/fhir/Encounter/example> a fhir:Encounter .

# - ontology header ------------------------------------------------------------

<http://hl7.org/fhir/Observation/example.ttl> a owl:Ontology;
  owl:imports fhir:fhir.ttl;
  owl:versionIRI <http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/Observation/example.ttl> .


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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.