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| Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level : N/A | Standards Status : Informative | Compartments : Encounter , Patient , Practitioner , RelatedPerson |
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Real-world encounter example (id = "f201")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Encounter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="f201"/>: ambulatory (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode code AMB = 'ambulatory', stated as 'ambulatory'): The patient had fever peaks over the last couple of days. He is worried about these peaks.<text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative</b> </p> <div> <p> Resource "f201" </p> </div> <p> <b> identifier</b> : id: Encounter_Roel_20130404 (TEMP)</p> <p> <b> status</b> : completed</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> : Consultation <span> (<a> SNOMED CT</a> #11429006)</span> </p> <p> <b> priority</b> : Normal <span> (<a> SNOMED CT</a> #17621005)</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a> Patient/f201: Roel</a> "Roel"</p> <h3> Participants</h3> <table> <tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Actor</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> <a> Practitioner/f201</a> "Dokter Bronsig"</td> </tr> </table> <p> <b> serviceProvider</b> : <a> Organization/f201</a> "Artis University Medical Center (AUMC)"</p> </div> </text> <identifier> <use value="temp"/> <!-- 0..1 The use of this identifier --> <value value="Encounter_Roel_20130404"/> </identifier><status value="completed"/> <!-- Encounter has finished --> <class> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode"/> <code value="AMB"/> <!-- outpatient --> <display value="ambulatory"/> </class> <type> <!-- TODO Why is this merely a CodeableConcept and not Resource (any)? --> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="11429006"/> <display value="Consultation"/> </coding> </type> <priority> <!-- Normal priority --> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="17621005"/> <display value="Normal"/> </coding> </priority> <subject><reference value="Patient/f201"/> <display value="Roel"/> </subject> <participant><actor> <reference value="Practitioner/f201"/> </actor> </participant><reason> <concept> <text value="The patient had fever peaks over the last couple of days. He is worried about these peaks."/> </concept> </reason> <!-- No indication, because no referral took place --> <!-- No hospitalization was deemed necessary --> <serviceProvider><reference value="Organization/f201"/> </serviceProvider> </ Encounter >
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.