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| Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)
Real-world encounter example (with primaryDiagnosis extension added)
{
"resourceType": "Encounter",
"id": "f202",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: f202</p><p><b>identifier</b>: Encounter_Roel_20130128 (TEMP)</p><p><b>status</b>: finished</p><p><b>class</b>: ambulatory (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode code AMB = 'ambulatory', stated as 'ambulatory')</p><p><b>type</b>: Chemotherapy <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '367336001' = 'Chemotherapy', given as 'Chemotherapy'})</span></p><p><b>priority</b>: Urgent <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '103391001' = 'Urgency', given as 'Urgent'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Roel</a></p><h3>Participants</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Individual</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>Practitioner/f201</a></td></tr></table><p><b>length</b>: 56 minutes<span> (Details: UCUM code min = 'min')</span></p><p><b>reasonCode</b>: The patient is treated for a tumor. <span>(Details )</span></p><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><p><b>condition</b>: Complications from Roel's TPF chemotherapy on January 28th, 2013</p><p><b>use</b>: Admission diagnosis <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role code 'AD' = 'Admission diagnosis', given as 'Admission diagnosis'})</span></p><p><b>rank</b>: 2</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>diagnosis</b></p><p><b>condition</b>: The patient is treated for a tumor</p><p><b>use</b>: Chief complaint <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role code 'CC' = 'Chief complaint', given as 'Chief complaint'})</span></p><p><b>rank</b>: 1</p></blockquote><p><b>serviceProvider</b>: <a>Organization/f201</a></p></div>"
},
"identifier": [
{
"use": "temp",
"value": "Encounter_Roel_20130128"
}
],
"status": "finished",
"class": {
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
"code": "AMB",
"display": "ambulatory"
},
"type": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "367336001",
"display": "Chemotherapy"
}
]
}
],
"priority": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "103391001",
"display": "Urgent"
}
]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/f201",
"display": "Roel"
},
"participant": [
{
"individual": {
"reference": "Practitioner/f201"
}
}
],
"length": {
"value": 56,
"unit": "minutes",
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "min"
},
"reasonCode": [
{
"text": "The patient is treated for a tumor."
}
],
"diagnosis": [
{
"condition": {
"display": "Complications from Roel's TPF chemotherapy on January 28th, 2013"
},
"use": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role",
"code": "AD",
"display": "Admission diagnosis"
}
]
},
"rank": 2
},
{
"condition": {
"display": "The patient is treated for a tumor"
},
"use": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/diagnosis-role",
"code": "CC",
"display": "Chief complaint"
}
]
},
"rank": 1
}
],
"serviceProvider": {
"reference": "Organization/f201"
}
}
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.