# Blood Pressure Example - US Core Implementation Guide v9.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Blood Pressure Example**

## Example Observation: Blood Pressure Example

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| *Page standards status:*[Informative](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) |

Profile: [US Core Blood Pressure Profile](StructureDefinition-us-core-blood-pressure.md) version: 9.0.0

**status**: Final

**category**: Vital Signs

**code**: Blood pressure systolic and diastolic

**subject**: [Amy Shaw](Patient-example.md)

**encounter**: GP Visit

**effective**: 1999-07-02

**performer**: [Dr Ronald Bone](Practitioner-practitioner-1.md)

> **component****code**: Systolic blood pressure**value**: 109 mmHg (Details: UCUM codemm[Hg] = 'mm[Hg]')

> **component****code**: Diastolic blood pressure**value**: 44 mmHg (Details: UCUM codemm[Hg] = 'mm[Hg]')



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "Observation",
  "id" : "blood-pressure",
  "meta" : {
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-blood-pressure|9.0.0"]
  },
  "status" : "final",
  "category" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
      "code" : "vital-signs",
      "display" : "Vital Signs"
    }],
    "text" : "Vital Signs"
  }],
  "code" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://loinc.org",
      "code" : "85354-9",
      "display" : "Blood pressure panel with all children optional"
    }],
    "text" : "Blood pressure systolic and diastolic"
  },
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/example",
    "display" : "Amy Shaw"
  },
  "encounter" : {
    "display" : "GP Visit"
  },
  "effectiveDateTime" : "1999-07-02",
  "performer" : [{
    "reference" : "Practitioner/practitioner-1",
    "display" : "Dr Ronald Bone"
  }],
  "component" : [{
    "code" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://loinc.org",
        "code" : "8480-6",
        "display" : "Systolic blood pressure"
      }],
      "text" : "Systolic blood pressure"
    },
    "valueQuantity" : {
      "value" : 109,
      "unit" : "mmHg",
      "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
      "code" : "mm[Hg]"
    }
  },
  {
    "code" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://loinc.org",
        "code" : "8462-4",
        "display" : "Diastolic blood pressure"
      }],
      "text" : "Diastolic blood pressure"
    },
    "valueQuantity" : {
      "value" : 44,
      "unit" : "mmHg",
      "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
      "code" : "mm[Hg]"
    }
  }]
}

```
