US Core Implementation Guide
8.0.1 - STU 8

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## : Average Blood Pressure Example - XML Representation

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    <Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="average-blood-pressure"/>
      <meta>
        <profile
                 value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-average-blood-pressure|8.0.1"/>
      </meta>
      <text>
        <status value="generated"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: Observation average-blood-pressure</b></p><a name="average-blood-pressure"> </a><a name="hcaverage-blood-pressure"> </a><div style="display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%"><p style="margin-bottom: 0px"/><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Profile: <a href="StructureDefinition-us-core-average-blood-pressure.html">US Core Average Blood Pressure Profileversion: null8.0.1)</a></p></div><p><b>status</b>: Final</p><p><b>category</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category vital-signs}">Vital Signs</span></p><p><b>code</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://loinc.org 96607-7}">Avg Blood pressure systolic and diastolic</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href="Patient-example.html">Amy Shaw</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 2023-08-03 01:06:52+0000 --&gt; 2023-08-06 13:07:01+0000</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a href="Patient-example.html">Amy Shaw</a></p><p><b>note</b>: </p><blockquote><div><p>Average blood pressure is calculated from 12 measurements taken by the patient over 3 days.</p>
    </div></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://loinc.org 96608-5}">Average systolic blood pressure</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 109 mm[Hg]<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM  codemm[Hg] = 'mm[Hg]')</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://loinc.org 96609-3}">Average diastolic blood pressure</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 72 mm[Hg]<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM  codemm[Hg] = 'mm[Hg]')</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://snomed.info/sct 246432004}">Number of measurements</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 3 #</p></blockquote></div>
      </text>
      <status value="final"/>
      <category>
        <coding>
          <system
                  value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"/>
          <code value="vital-signs"/>
          <display value="Vital Signs"/>
        </coding>
        <text value="Vital Signs"/>
      </category>
      <code>
        <coding>
          <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
          <code value="96607-7"/>
          <display value="Blood pressure panel mean systolic and mean diastolic"/>
        </coding>
        <text value="Avg Blood pressure systolic and diastolic"/>
      </code>
      <subject>🔗
        <reference value="Patient/example"/>
        <display value="Amy Shaw"/>
      </subject>
      <effectivePeriod>
        <start value="2023-08-03T01:06:52.480Z"/>
        <end value="2023-08-06T13:07:01.166Z"/>
      </effectivePeriod>
      <performer>🔗
        <reference value="Patient/example"/>
        <display value="Amy Shaw"/>
      </performer>
      <note>
        <text
              value="Average blood pressure is calculated from 12 measurements taken by the patient over 3 days."/>
      </note>
      <component>
        <code>
          <coding>
            <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
            <code value="96608-5"/>
            <display value="Systolic blood pressure mean"/>
          </coding>
          <text value="Average systolic blood pressure"/>
        </code>
        <valueQuantity>
          <value value="109"/>
          <unit value="mm[Hg]"/>
          <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
          <code value="mm[Hg]"/>
        </valueQuantity>
      </component>
      <component>
        <code>
          <coding>
            <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
            <code value="96609-3"/>
            <display value="Diastolic blood pressure mean"/>
          </coding>
          <text value="Average diastolic blood pressure"/>
        </code>
        <valueQuantity>
          <value value="72"/>
          <unit value="mm[Hg]"/>
          <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
          <code value="mm[Hg]"/>
        </valueQuantity>
      </component>
      <component>
        <code>
          <coding>
            <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
            <code value="246432004"/>
            <display value="Number of occurrences (qualifier value)"/>
          </coding>
          <text value="Number of measurements"/>
        </code>
        <valueQuantity>
          <value value="3"/>
          <unit value="#"/>
        </valueQuantity>
      </component>
    </Observation>