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Example Specimen/liver-biopsy (XML)

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Device, Group, Patient, Practitioner

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

Liver biopsy specimen (id = "liver-biopsy")

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

<Specimen xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="liver-biopsy"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="http://lab.acme.org/specimens/2024"/> 
    <value value="LB-2024-001"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <identifier> 
    <type> 
      <coding> 
        <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203"/> 
        <code value="ACSN"/> 
        <display value="Accession ID"/> 
      </coding> 
    </type> 
    <system value="http://pathology.acme.org/accession"/> 
    <value value="PB24-00789"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <accessionIdentifier> 
    <system value="http://pathology.acme.org/accession"/> 
    <value value="PB24-00789"/> 
  </accessionIdentifier> 
  <status value="available"/> 
  <type> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
      <code value="119376003"/> 
      <display value="Tissue specimen"/> 
    </coding> 
  </type> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/example"/> 
    <display value="Peter Patient"/> 
  </subject> 
  <receivedTime value="2024-03-15T10:30:00Z"/> 
  <request> 
    <reference value="ServiceRequest/liver-biopsy-request"/> 
  </request> 
  <collection> 
    <collector> 
      <reference value="Practitioner/gastroenterologist"/> 
    </collector> 
    <collectedDateTime value="2024-03-15T09:45:00Z"/> 
    <quantity> 
      <value value="1.5"/> 
      <unit value="cm"/> 
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
      <code value="cm"/> 
    </quantity> 
    <method> 
      <coding> 
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
        <code value="129314006"/> 
        <display value="Biopsy - action"/> 
      </coding> 
    </method> 
    <bodySite> 
      <concept> 
        <coding> 
          <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
          <code value="10200004"/> 
          <display value="Liver structure"/> 
        </coding> 
      </concept> 
    </bodySite> 
    <procedure/>  
  </collection> 
  <processing> 
    <description value="Fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin"/> 
    <additive/>  
    <timeDateTime value="2024-03-15T10:45:00Z"/> 
  </processing> 
  <container> 
    <device> 
      <reference/>  
    </device> 
    <specimenQuantity> 
      <value value="1"/> 
      <unit value="specimen"/> 
    </specimenQuantity> 
  </container> 
  <condition> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
      <code value="48883003"/> 
    </coding> 
  </condition> 
  <note> 
    <text value="Core biopsy specimen obtained for evaluation of hepatic steatosis and fibrosis.
     Adequate tissue for histopathological assessment."/> 
  </note> 
</Specimen> 

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.