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4.15.8 4.20.8 Resource Resource Observation - Mappings - Mappings

Mappings for the observation resource.

4.15.8.1 4.20.8.1 Mappings for RIM (http://hl7.org/v3)

Observation	Observation[classCode=OBS, moodCode=EVN]
name     identifier	code id
value[x]     status	value status Amended & Final are differentiated by whether it is the subject of a ControlAct event with a type of "revise"
interpretation     category	.outboundRelationship[typeCode="COMP].target[classCode="LIST", moodCode="EVN"].code
interpretationCode     code	code
comments     subject	subjectOf.observationEvent[code="annotation"].value participation[typeCode=SBJ]
applies[x]     encounter	inboundRelationship[typeCode=COMP].source[classCode=ENC, moodCode=EVN]
effective[x]	effectiveTime
issued     issued	participation[typeCode=AUT].time
status     performer	status Amended & Final are differentiated by whether it is the subject of a ControlAct event with a type of "revise" participation[typeCode=PRF]
reliability     value[x]	uncertaintyCode value
bodySite     dataAbsentReason	targetSiteCode value.nullFlavor
method     interpretation	methodCode interpretationCode
identifier     comments	id subjectOf.observationEvent[code="annotation"].value
subject     bodySite	participation[typeCode=SBJ] targetSiteCode
specimen     method	methodCode
specimen	participation[typeCode=SPC].specimen
performer     device	participation[typeCode=PRF] participation[typeCode=DEV]
referenceRange     referenceRange	outboundRelationship[typeCode=REFV]/target[classCode=OBS, moodCode=EVN]
low         low	value:IVL_PQ.low
high         high	value:IVL_PQ.high
meaning         meaning	interpretationCode
age         age	outboundRelationship[typeCode=PRCN].targetObservationCriterion[code="age"].value
related         text	value:ST
related	outBoundRelationship
type         type	.typeCode
target         target	.targetObservation
component	outBoundRelationship[typeCode=COMP]
code	code
value[x]	value
dataAbsentReason	value.nullFlavor
referenceRange	outboundRelationship[typeCode=REFV]/target[classCode=OBS, moodCode=EVN]

4.15.8.2 4.20.8.2 Mappings for HL7 v2 (http://hl7.org/v2)

Observation	OBX
name     identifier	OBX-3-observation identifier OBX.21
value[x]     status	OBX.2, OBX.5, OBX.6 OBX-11
interpretation     category
code	OBX-8-interpretation codes OBX-3
comments     subject	NTE.3 (partner NTE to OBX, or sometimes another (child?) OBX) PID-3
applies[x]     encounter	OBX-14-date/time of the observation, PV1
effective[x]	OBX-14, and/or OBX-19 after v2.4 (depends on who observation made)
issued     issued	OBR.22 (or MSH.7), or perhaps OBX-19 (depends on who observation made)
status     performer	OBX-11-observation result status OBX.15 / (Practitioner) OBX-16, PRT-5:PRT-4='RO' / (Device) OBX-18 , PRT-10:PRT-4='EQUIP' / (Organization) OBX-23, PRT-8:PRT-4='PO'
reliability     value[x]	Maybe OBX.8/OBX.9 OBX.2, OBX.5, OBX.6
bodySite     dataAbsentReason	OBX-20-observation site N/A
method     interpretation	OBX-17-observation method OBX-8
identifier     comments	OBX.21 NTE.3 (partner NTE to OBX, or sometimes another (child?) OBX)
subject     bodySite	PID-3-patient ID list OBX-20
specimen     method	OBX-17
performer     specimen	OBX.15 / (Practitioner) OBX-16-responsible observer, PRT-5-participation person:PRT-4-participation='RO' / (Device) OBX-18-equipment instance identifier , PRT-10-participation device:PRT-4-participation='EQUIP' SPM segment
device	OBX-17 / (Organization) OBX-23-performing organization name, PRT-8-participation organization:PRT-4-participation='PO' PRT -10
referenceRange     referenceRange	OBX.7
low         low	OBX-7-references range OBX-7
high         high	OBX-7-references range OBX-7
meaning         meaning	OBX-10-nature of abnormal test? OBX-10?
age         age
related         text	OBX-7
related	Relationships established by OBX-4 usage
type         type	N/A
target         target
component	containment by OBX-4?
code	OBX-3
value[x]	OBX.2, OBX.5, OBX.6
dataAbsentReason	N/A
referenceRange	OBX.7