HL7 Europe Base and Core FHIR IG
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## : Observation Example - JSON Representation

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    {
      "resourceType" : "Observation",
      "id" : "763f7902-8103-4d10-8bd1-546a726d43ee",
      "meta" : {
        "profile" : [
          🔗 "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/medicalTestResult-eu-core"
        ]
      },
      "text" : {
        "status" : "generated",
        "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: Observation 763f7902-8103-4d10-8bd1-546a726d43ee</b></p><a name=\"763f7902-8103-4d10-8bd1-546a726d43ee\"> </a><a name=\"hc763f7902-8103-4d10-8bd1-546a726d43ee\"> </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-medicalTestResult-eu-core.html\">Observation: Medical Test Result (EU core)</a></p></div><p><b>status</b>: Final</p><p><b>category</b>: <span title=\"Codes:{http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category laboratory}\">Laboratory</span></p><p><b>code</b>: <span title=\"Codes:{http://loinc.org 22700-9}\">Urea (U) [Moles/Vol]</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"Patient-patient-eu-core-example.html\">John Doe  Male, DoB: 1980-01-01</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 2023-03-27 11:24:26+0100</p><p><b>performer</b>: Jan Laborant</p><p><b>value</b>: 310 mmol/L<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM  codemmol/L = 'mmol/L')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: <span title=\"Codes:{http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation LU}\">Significantly low</span></p><p><b>method</b>: <span title=\"Codes:{http://snomed.info/sct 70621000052105}\">Spectrophotometric technique</span></p><p><b>specimen</b>: Urine specimen</p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td style=\"display: none\">-</td><td><b>Low</b></td><td><b>High</b></td><td><b>Type</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"display: none\">*</td><td>67 mmol/L</td><td>580 mmol/L</td><td><span title=\"Codes:{http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning normal}\">Normal Range</span></td></tr></table></div>"
      },
      "status" : "final",
      "category" : [
        {
          "coding" : [
            {
              "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
              "code" : "laboratory"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "code" : {
        "coding" : [
          {
            "system" : "http://loinc.org",
            "code" : "22700-9",
            "display" : "Urea [Moles/volume] in Urine"
          }
        ],
        "text" : "Urea (U) [Moles/Vol]"
      },
      "subject" : {
        🔗 "reference" : "Patient/patient-eu-core-example"
      },
      "effectiveDateTime" : "2023-03-27T11:24:26+01:00",
      "performer" : [
        {
          "display" : "Jan Laborant"
        }
      ],
      "valueQuantity" : {
        "value" : 310,
        "unit" : "mmol/L",
        "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
        "code" : "mmol/L"
      },
      "interpretation" : [
        {
          "coding" : [
            {
              "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation",
              "code" : "LU",
              "display" : "Significantly low"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "method" : {
        "coding" : [
          {
            "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code" : "70621000052105",
            "display" : "Spectrophotometric technique"
          }
        ]
      },
      "specimen" : {
        "display" : "Urine specimen"
      },
      "referenceRange" : [
        {
          "low" : {
            "value" : 67,
            "unit" : "mmol/L"
          },
          "high" : {
            "value" : 580,
            "unit" : "mmol/L"
          },
          "type" : {
            "coding" : [
              {
                "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning",
                "code" : "normal",
                "display" : "Normal Range"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }