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Example Observation/f202 (JSON)

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

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

Real-world patient - temperature

{
  "resourceType" : "Observation",
  "id" : "f202",
  "status" : "entered-in-error",
  "category" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
      "code" : "vital-signs",
      "display" : "Vital Signs"
    }]
  },
  {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://loinc.org",
      "code" : "8310-5",
      "display" : "Body temperature"
    }]
  }],
  "code" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://acme.lab",
      "code" : "BT",
      "display" : "Body temperature"
    },
    {
      "system" : "http://loinc.org",
      "code" : "8331-1",
      "display" : "Oral temperature"
    },
    {
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "56342008",
      "display" : "Temperature taking"
    }],
    "text" : "Temperature"
  },
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/f201",
    "display" : "Roel"
  },
  "issued" : "2013-04-04T13:27:00+01:00",
  "performer" : [{
    "reference" : "Practitioner/f201"
  }],
  "valueQuantity" : {
    "value" : 39,
    "unit" : "degrees C",
    "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code" : "Cel"
  },
  "interpretation" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation",
      "code" : "H"
    }]
  }],
  "bodySite" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "74262004",
      "display" : "Oral cavity"
    }]
  },
  "method" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "89003005",
      "display" : "Oral temperature taking"
    }]
  },
  "referenceRange" : [{
    "high" : {
      "value" : 38.2,
      "unit" : "degrees C"
    }
  }]
}

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.