FHIR CI-Build

This is the Continuous Integration Build of FHIR (will be incorrect/inconsistent at times).
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Example Encounter/f002 (XML)

Patient Administration Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

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

Real-world encounter example (id = "f002")

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

<Encounter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="f002"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <use value="official"/> 
    <system value="http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/encounters"/> 
    <value value="v3251"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <status value="completed"/> 
  <class> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode"/> 
      <code value="AMB"/> 
      <!--   outpatient   -->
      <display value="ambulatory"/> 
    </coding> 
  </class> 
  <priority> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
      <code value="103391001"/> 
      <display value="Urgent"/> 
    </coding> 
  </priority> 
  <type> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
      <code value="270427003"/> 
      <display value="Patient-initiated encounter"/> 
    </coding> 
  </type> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/f001"/> 
    <display value="P. van de Heuvel"/> 
  </subject> 
  <serviceProvider> 
    <reference value="Organization/f001"/> 
    <display value="BMC"/> 
  </serviceProvider> 
  <participant> 
    <actor> 
      <reference value="Practitioner/f003"/> 
      <display value="M.I.M Versteegh"/> 
    </actor> 
  </participant> 
  <length> 
    <value value="140"/> 
    <unit value="min"/> 
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
    <code value="min"/> 
  </length> 
  <reason> 
    <value> 
      <concept> 
        <coding> 
          <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
          <code value="359615001"/> 
          <display value="Partial lobectomy of lung"/> 
        </coding> 
      </concept> 
    </value> 
  </reason> 
  <admission> 
    <preAdmissionIdentifier> 
      <use value="official"/> 
      <system value="http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/pre-admissions"/> 
      <value value="98682"/> 
    </preAdmissionIdentifier> 
    <!--      <preAdmissionTest>
            <coding>
                <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
                <code value="399208008"/>
                <display value="Chest X-ray"/>
            </coding>
            <coding>
                <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
                <code value="396550006"/>
                <display value="Blood test"/>
            </coding>
        </preAdmissionTest>   -->
    <admitSource> 
      <coding> 
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
        <code value="305997006"/> 
        <display value="Referral by radiologist"/> 
      </coding> 
    </admitSource> 
    <dischargeDisposition> 
      <coding> 
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> 
        <code value="306689006"/> 
        <display value="Discharge to home"/> 
      </coding> 
    </dischargeDisposition> 
  </admission> 
</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.