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Example Specimen/liver-biopsy (JSON)

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

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

Liver biopsy specimen

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

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.