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Encounter-example-f003-abscess.json

Example Encounter/f003 (JSON)

Patient Administration Work Group Maturity Level : N/A Standards Status : Informative Compartments : Encounter , Patient , Practitioner , RelatedPerson

Raw JSON ( canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification )

Real-world encounter example

{
  "resourceType": "Encounter",
  "id": "f003",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Resource &quot;f003&quot; </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: v6751 (OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: finished</p><p><b>class</b>: ambulatory (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode code AMB = 'ambulatory', stated as 'ambulatory')</p><p><b>type</b>: Patient-initiated encounter <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#270427003)</span></p><p><b>priority</b>: Non-urgent ear, nose and throat admission <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#103391001)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-f001.html\">Patient/f001: P. van de Heuvel</a> &quot;Pieter VAN DE HEUVEL&quot;</p><h3>Participants</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Individual</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a href=\"practitioner-f001.html\">Practitioner/f001: E.M. van den Broek</a> &quot;Eric VAN DEN BROEK&quot;</td></tr></table><p><b>reasonCode</b>: Retropharyngeal abscess <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#18099001)</span></p><h3>Hospitalizations</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>PreAdmissionIdentifier</b></td><td><b>AdmitSource</b></td><td><b>DischargeDisposition</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>id: 93042 (OFFICIAL)</td><td>Referral by physician <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#305956004)</span></td><td>Discharge to home <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#306689006)</span></td></tr></table><p><b>serviceProvider</b>: <a href=\"organization-f001.html\">Organization/f001</a> &quot;Burgers University Medical Center&quot;</p></div>"

  "resourceType" : "Encounter",
  "id" : "f003",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Encounter</b><a name=\"f003\"> </a></p><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Resource Encounter &quot;f003&quot; </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: v6751 (use: OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: completed</p><p><b>class</b>: ambulatory <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/4.0.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActCode.html\">ActCode</a>#AMB)</span></p><p><b>priority</b>: Non-urgent ear, nose and throat admission <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#103391001)</span></p><p><b>type</b>: Patient-initiated encounter <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#270427003)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example-f001-pieter.html\">Patient/f001: P. van de Heuvel</a> &quot;Pieter VAN DE HEUVEL&quot;</p><p><b>serviceProvider</b>: <a href=\"organization-example-f001-burgers.html\">Organization/f001</a> &quot;Burgers University Medical Center&quot;</p><h3>Participants</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Actor</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a href=\"practitioner-example-f001-evdb.html\">Practitioner/f001: E.M. van den Broek</a> &quot;Eric VAN DEN BROEK&quot;</td></tr></table><h3>Lengths</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Value</b></td><td><b>Unit</b></td><td><b>System</b></td><td><b>Code</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>90</td><td>min</td><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/4.0.0/CodeSystem-v3-ucum.html\">Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM)</a></td><td>min</td></tr></table><blockquote><p><b>reason</b></p><h3>Values</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Concept</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Retropharyngeal abscess <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#18099001)</span></td></tr></table></blockquote><h3>Admissions</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>PreAdmissionIdentifier</b></td><td><b>AdmitSource</b></td><td><b>DischargeDisposition</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>id: 93042 (use: OFFICIAL)</td><td><span title=\"      &lt;preAdmissionTest&gt;\n            &lt;coding&gt;\n                &lt;system value=&quot;http://snomed.info/sct&quot;/&gt;\n                &lt;code value=&quot;168719007&quot;/&gt;\n                &lt;display value=&quot;Neck soft tissue X-ray&quot;/&gt;\n            &lt;/coding&gt;\n            &lt;coding&gt;\n                &lt;system value=&quot;http://snomed.info/sct&quot;/&gt;\n                &lt;code value=&quot;396550006&quot;/&gt;\n                &lt;display value=&quot;Blood test&quot;/&gt;\n            &lt;/coding&gt;\n        &lt;/preAdmissionTest&gt;  \">Referral by physician <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#305956004)</span></span></td><td>Discharge to home <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#306689006)</span></td></tr></table></div>"

  },
  "identifier": [
    {
      "use": "official",
      "system": "http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/encounters",
      "value": "v6751"
    }
  ],
  "status": "finished",
  "class": {
    "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
    "code": "AMB",
    "display": "ambulatory"

  "identifier" : [{
    "use" : "official",
    "system" : "http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/encounters",
    "value" : "v6751"
  }],
  "status" : "completed",
  "class" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
      "code" : "AMB",
      "display" : "ambulatory"
    }]
  }],
  "priority" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "103391001",
      "display" : "Non-urgent ear, nose and throat admission"
    }]

  },
  "type": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "270427003",
          "display": "Patient-initiated encounter"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "priority": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code": "103391001",
        "display": "Non-urgent ear, nose and throat admission"
      }
    ]

  "type" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "270427003",
      "display" : "Patient-initiated encounter"
    }]
  }],
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/f001",
    "display" : "P. van de Heuvel"

  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/f001",
    "display": "P. van de Heuvel"

  "serviceProvider" : {
    "reference" : "Organization/f001"

  },
  "participant": [
    {
      "individual": {
        "reference": "Practitioner/f001",
        "display": "E.M. van den Broek"
      }

  "participant" : [{
    "actor" : {
      "reference" : "Practitioner/f001",
      "display" : "E.M. van den Broek"

    }
  ],
  "length": {
    "value": 90,
    "unit": "min",
    "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code": "min"

  }],
  "length" : {
    "value" : 90,
    "unit" : "min",
    "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code" : "min"

  },
  "reasonCode": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "18099001",
          "display": "Retropharyngeal abscess"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hospitalization": {
    "preAdmissionIdentifier": {
      "use": "official",
      "system": "http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/pre-admissions",
      "value": "93042"

  "reason" : [{
    "value" : [{
      "concept" : {
        "coding" : [{
          "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code" : "18099001",
          "display" : "Retropharyngeal abscess"
        }]
      }
    }]
  }],
  "admission" : {
    "preAdmissionIdentifier" : {
      "use" : "official",
      "system" : "http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/pre-admissions",
      "value" : "93042"

    },
    "admitSource": {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "305956004",
          "display": "Referral by physician"
        }
      ]

    "admitSource" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "305956004",
        "display" : "Referral by physician"
      }]

    },
    "dischargeDisposition": {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "306689006",
          "display": "Discharge to home"
        }
      ]

    "dischargeDisposition" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "306689006",
        "display" : "Discharge to home"
      }]

    }
  },
  "serviceProvider": {
    "reference": "Organization/f001"

  }
}

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.