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| Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level : N/A | Standards Status : Informative | Compartments : Not linked to any defined compartments |
Raw JSON ( canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification )
Example of observationdefinition
{
"resourceType": "ObservationDefinition",
"id": "example",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"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>code</b>: Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood <span>(Details : {LOINC code '15074-8' = 'Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood', given as 'Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood'})</span></p></div>"
"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>: active</p><p><b>category</b>: Laboratory <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category code 'laboratory' = 'Laboratory)</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis <span>(Details : {LOINC code '13980-8' = 'Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis', given as 'Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis'})</span></p><p><b>permittedDataType</b>: Quantity</p><p><b>multipleResultsAllowed</b>: false</p><p><b>method</b>: Total measurement <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '115341008' = 'Total measurement', given as 'Total measurement'})</span></p><p><b>preferredReportName</b>: Serum albumin/Protein total</p><h3>QuantitativeDetails</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Unit</b></td><td><b>DecimalPrecision</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>% <span>(Details : {UCUM code '%' = '%', given as '%'})</span></td><td>0</td></tr></table><blockquote><p><b>qualifiedInterval</b></p><p><b>category</b>: reference</p><p><b>range</b>: 50-?</p><p><b>context</b>: Normal Range <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning code 'normal' = 'Normal Range', given as 'Normal Range'})</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>qualifiedInterval</b></p><p><b>category</b>: critical</p><p><b>range</b>: ?-40</p><p><b>context</b>: Normal Range <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning code 'normal' = 'Normal Range', given as 'Normal Range'})</span></p></blockquote></div>"
},
"status": "active",
"category": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
"code": "laboratory"
}
]
}
],
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "15074-8",
"display": "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood"
"code": "13980-8",
"display": "Albumin/Protein.total in Serum or Plasma by Electrophoresis"
}
]
}
},
"permittedDataType": [
"Quantity"
],
"multipleResultsAllowed": false,
"method": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "115341008",
"display": "Total measurement"
}
]
},
"preferredReportName": "Serum albumin/Protein total",
"quantitativeDetails": {
"unit": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "%",
"display": "%"
}
]
},
"decimalPrecision": 0
},
"qualifiedInterval": [
{
"category": "reference",
"range": {
"low": {
"value": 50
}
},
"context": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning",
"code": "normal",
"display": "Normal Range"
}
]
}
},
{
"category": "critical",
"range": {
"high": {
"value": 40
}
},
"context": {
"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.