# Alcohol Use Status Example - US Core Implementation Guide v8.0.1

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* **Alcohol Use Status Example**

## Example Observation: Alcohol Use Status Example

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

Profile: [US Core Simple Observation Profile](StructureDefinition-us-core-simple-observation.md) version: 8.0.1

**status**: Final

**category**: Social History

**code**: Alcohol use status

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

**effective**: 2023-08-03

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

**value**: other choices - non-drinker, former drinker, current drinker



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "Observation",
  "id" : "alcohol-use-status",
  "meta" : {
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-simple-observation|8.0.1"]
  },
  "status" : "final",
  "category" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
      "code" : "social-history",
      "display" : "Social History"
    }],
    "text" : "Social History"
  }],
  "code" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://loinc.org",
      "code" : "11331-6",
      "display" : "History of Alcohol use"
    }],
    "text" : "Alcohol use status"
  },
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/example",
    "display" : "Amy Shaw"
  },
  "effectiveDateTime" : "2023-08-03",
  "performer" : [{
    "reference" : "Patient/example",
    "display" : "Amy Shaw"
  }],
  "valueCodeableConcept" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "228276006",
      "display" : "Occasional drinker"
    }],
    "text" : "other choices - non-drinker, former drinker, current drinker"
  }
}

```
