CDA Examples
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CDA Examples, published by Health Level Seven. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/CDA-Examples/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

General Examples

General Examples from C-CDA

Name Description Approval
External Document Reference

This demonstrates how an individual entry may refer to an external document where information was originally provided (e.g. a problem in this example). In addition, how to also link back to the original observation using externalObservation is also shown. While these elements are optional, they help create a chain of data provenance.

 2017-10-05
Narrative Reference - Act

This example demonstrates how to link the section narrative (section.text) to the coded information (entry) below. The example includes several comments and does not conform to any specific C-CDA/CDA template. The principles agreed to in this sample should be present in all other examples.

 2017-07-06
Narrative Reference - Encounter

This example demonstrates how to link the section narrative (section.text) to the coded information (entry) below. The example includes several comments and does not conform to any specific C-CDA/CDA template. The principles agreed to in this sample should be present in all other examples.

 2017-07-06
Narrative Reference - Observation

This example demonstrates how to link the section narrative (section.text) to the coded information (entry) below. The example includes several comments and does not conform to any specific C-CDA/CDA template. The principles agreed to in this sample should be present in all other examples.

 2017-07-06
Narrative Reference - Organizer

This example demonstrates how to link the section narrative (section.text) to the coded information (entry) below. The example includes several comments and does not conform to any specific C-CDA/CDA template. The principles agreed to in this sample should be present in all other examples.

 2017-07-06
Narrative Reference - Procedure

This example demonstrates how to link the section narrative (section.text) to the coded information (entry) below. The example includes several comments and does not conform to any specific C-CDA/CDA template. The principles agreed to in this sample should be present in all other examples.

 2017-07-06
Narrative Reference - SubstanceAdministration

This example demonstrates how to link the section narrative (section.text) to the coded information (entry) below. The example includes several comments and does not conform to any specific C-CDA/CDA template. The principles agreed to in this sample should be present in all other examples.

 2017-07-06
Narrative Reference - Supply

This example demonstrates how to link the section narrative (section.text) to the coded information (entry) below. The example includes several comments and does not conform to any specific C-CDA/CDA template. The principles agreed to in this sample should be present in all other examples.

 2017-07-06
No Section Information Problems

This is an example of no information available for problems.

 2014-02-06, 2016-12-01
Parent Document Replace Relationship

This is an example of how a continuity of care document (or other document) may reference parent documents. This one replaces a previous document.

 2017-05-18
Share With Patient or Proxy

This is an example of how to mark information in an entry as shareable or not shareable with a patient and/or their proxies. This example uses a Note Activity, but the information below could go inside any entry.

 2023-03-09