# DXA Femur-L Z-score BMD Example - US Core Implementation Guide v9.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **DXA Femur-L Z-score BMD Example**

## Example Observation: DXA Femur-L Z-score BMD Example

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

Profile: [US Core Observation Clinical Result Profile](StructureDefinition-us-core-observation-clinical-result.md) version: 9.0.0

**status**: Final

**category**: Imaging

**code**: DXA Femur-L Z-score BMD

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

**encounter**: Bone Scan

**effective**: 2021-11-10 19:14:41-0800

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

**value**: 0.05 Z-Score (Details: UCUM code1 = '1')



## Resource Content

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  },
  "status" : "final",
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    "coding" : [{
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      "code" : "imaging",
      "display" : "Imaging"
    }],
    "text" : "Imaging"
  }],
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      "code" : "80940-0",
      "display" : "DXA Femur-L Z-score BMD"
    }],
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  },
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    "display" : "Amy Shaw"
  },
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    "display" : "Bone Scan"
  },
  "effectiveDateTime" : "2021-11-10T19:14:41.088720-08:00",
  "performer" : [{
    "reference" : "Practitioner/practitioner-1",
    "display" : "Dr Ronald Bone"
  }],
  "valueQuantity" : {
    "value" : 0.05,
    "unit" : "Z-Score",
    "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code" : "1"
  }
}

```
