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| Responsible Owner: Orders and Observations Work Group | Standards Status : Informative | Compartments : Device , Group , Patient , Practitioner |
Raw JSON ( canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification )
General Specimen Example
{
"resourceType": "Specimen",
"id": "101",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: 101</p><p><b>contained</b>: </p><p><b>identifier</b>: 23234352356</p><p><b>accessionIdentifier</b>: X352356</p><p><b>status</b>: available</p><p><b>type</b>: Venous blood specimen <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '122555007' = 'Venous blood specimen', given as 'Venous blood specimen'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Peter Patient</a></p><p><b>receivedTime</b>: 04/03/2011 7:03:00 AM</p><p><b>request</b>: <a>ServiceRequest/example</a></p><h3>Collections</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Collector</b></td><td><b>Collected[x]</b></td><td><b>Quantity</b></td><td><b>Method</b></td><td><b>BodySite</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>Practitioner/example</a></td><td>30/05/2011 6:15:00 AM</td><td>6 mL</td><td>Line, Venous <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0488 code 'LNV' = 'Line, Venous)</span></td><td>Right median cubital vein <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '49852007' = 'Median cubital vein', given as 'Structure of median cubital vein (body structure)'})</span></td></tr></table><h3>Containers</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Identifier</b></td><td><b>Description</b></td><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Capacity</b></td><td><b>SpecimenQuantity</b></td><td><b>Additive[x]</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>48736-15394-75465</td><td>Green Gel tube</td><td>Vacutainer <span>(Details )</span></td><td>10 mL</td><td>6 mL</td><td>id: hep; Lithium/Li Heparin <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EntityCode code 'HEPL' = 'Lithium/Li Heparin)</span></td></tr></table><p><b>note</b>: Specimen is grossly lipemic</p></div>"
},
"contained": [
{
"resourceType": "Substance",
"id": "hep",
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EntityCode",
"code": "HEPL"
}
]
}
}
],
"identifier": [
{
"system": "http://ehr.acme.org/identifiers/collections",
"value": "23234352356"
}
],
"accessionIdentifier": {
"system": "http://lab.acme.org/specimens/2011",
"value": "X352356"
"resourceType" : "Specimen",
"id" : "101",
"identifier" : [{
"system" : "http://ehr.acme.org/identifiers/collections",
"value" : "23234352356"
},
"status": "available",
"type": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "122555007",
"display": "Venous blood specimen"
}
]
{
"type" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203",
"code" : "ACSN",
"display" : "Accession ID"
}]
},
"system" : "http://lab.acme.org/specimens/2011",
"value" : "X352356"
}],
"status" : "available",
"type" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "122555007",
"display" : "Venous blood specimen"
}]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/example",
"display": "Peter Patient"
"subject" : {
"reference" : "Patient/example",
"display" : "Peter Patient"
},
"receivedTime": "2011-03-04T07:03:00Z",
"request": [
{
"reference": "ServiceRequest/example"
}
],
"collection": {
"collector": {
"reference": "Practitioner/example"
"receivedTime" : "2011-03-04T07:03:00Z",
"request" : [{
"reference" : "ServiceRequest/example"
}],
"collection" : {
"collector" : {
"reference" : "Practitioner/example"
},
"collectedDateTime": "2011-05-30T06:15:00Z",
"quantity": {
"value": 6,
"unit": "mL"
"collectedDateTime" : "2011-05-30T06:15:00Z",
"quantity" : {
"value" : 6,
"unit" : "mL"
},
"method": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0488",
"code": "LNV"
}
]
"method" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0488",
"code" : "LNV"
}]
},
"bodySite": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "49852007",
"display": "Structure of median cubital vein (body structure)"
}
],
"text": "Right median cubital vein"
}
},
"container": [
{
"identifier": [
{
"value": "48736-15394-75465"
}
],
"description": "Green Gel tube",
"type": {
"text": "Vacutainer"
},
"capacity": {
"value": 10,
"unit": "mL"
},
"specimenQuantity": {
"value": 6,
"unit": "mL"
},
"additiveReference": {
"reference": "#hep"
"bodySite" : {
"concept" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "49852007",
"display" : "Structure of median cubital vein (body structure)"
}]
}
}
],
"note": [
{
"text": "Specimen is grossly lipemic"
},
"container" : [{
"deviceCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/Device/device-example-specimen-container-green-gel-vacutainer",
"specimenQuantity" : {
"value" : 3,
"unit" : "mL"
}
]
}],
"note" : [{
"text" : "Specimen is grossly lipemic"
}]
}
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.
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