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Observation-example-mbp.xml

Orders and Observations Work Group Maturity Level : N/A Ballot Standards Status : Informative Compartments : Device , Encounter , Patient , Practitioner , RelatedPerson

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Simple Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Example (id = "mbp") 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>


<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="mbp"/> 
  (Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-category code 'vital-signs' = 'Vital Signs',
           given as 'Vital Signs'})

  <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative with Details</b> </p> <p> <b> id</b> : mbp</p> <p> <b> status</b> : final</p> <p> <b> category</b> : Vital Signs <span> (Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category code 'vital-signs'
           = 'Vital Signs', given as 'Vital Signs'})</span> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : Mean blood pressure <span> (Details : {LOINC code '8478-0' = 'Mean blood pressure', given as 'Mean blood pressure'})</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a> Patient/example</a> </p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 02/07/1999</p> <p> <b> value</b> : 80 mm[Hg]<span>  (Details: UCUM code mm[Hg] = 'mmHg')</span> </p> </div> </text> <status value="final"/> 

  <category> 
    <coding> 
      

      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"/> 
      <code value="vital-signs"/> 
      <display value="Vital Signs"/> 
    </coding> 
    <text value="Vital Signs"/> 
  </category> 
  <code> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
      <code value="8478-0"/> 
      <display value="Mean blood pressure"/> 
    </coding> 
    <text value="Mean blood pressure"/> 
  </code> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/example"/> 
  </subject> 
  <effectiveDateTime value="1999-07-02"/> 
  <valueQuantity> 
    <value value="80"/> 
    <unit value="mm[Hg]"/> 
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
    <code value="mm[Hg]"/> 
  </valueQuantity> 


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Observation

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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.