Release 4

Specimen-example.json

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Device, Patient, Practitioner

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

General Specimen Example

{
  "resourceType": "Specimen",
  "id": "101",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: 101</p><p><b>contained</b>: </p><p><b>identifier</b>: 23234352356</p><p><b>accessionIdentifier</b>: X352356</p><p><b>status</b>: available</p><p><b>type</b>: Venous blood specimen <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '122555007' = 'Venous blood specimen', given as 'Venous blood specimen'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Peter Patient</a></p><p><b>receivedTime</b>: Mar 4, 2011 7:03:00 AM</p><p><b>request</b>: <a>ServiceRequest/example</a></p><h3>Collections</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Collector</b></td><td><b>Collected[x]</b></td><td><b>Quantity</b></td><td><b>Method</b></td><td><b>BodySite</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>Practitioner/example</a></td><td>May 30, 2011 6:15:00 AM</td><td>6 mL</td><td>Line, Venous <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0488 code 'LNV' = 'Line, Venous)</span></td><td>Right median cubital vein <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '49852007' = 'Median cubital vein', given as 'Structure of median cubital vein (body structure)'})</span></td></tr></table><h3>Containers</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Identifier</b></td><td><b>Description</b></td><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Capacity</b></td><td><b>SpecimenQuantity</b></td><td><b>Additive[x]</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>48736-15394-75465</td><td>Green Gel tube</td><td>Vacutainer <span>(Details )</span></td><td>10 mL</td><td>6 mL</td><td>id: hep; Lithium/Li Heparin <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EntityCode code 'HEPL' = 'Lithium/Li Heparin)</span></td></tr></table><p><b>note</b>: Specimen is grossly lipemic</p></div>"
  },
  "contained": [
    {
      "resourceType": "Substance",
      "id": "hep",
      "code": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EntityCode",
            "code": "HEPL"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "identifier": [
    {
      "system": "http://ehr.acme.org/identifiers/collections",
      "value": "23234352356"
    }
  ],
  "accessionIdentifier": {
    "system": "http://lab.acme.org/specimens/2011",
    "value": "X352356"
  },
  "status": "available",
  "type": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code": "122555007",
        "display": "Venous blood specimen"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/example",
    "display": "Peter Patient"
  },
  "receivedTime": "2011-03-04T07:03:00Z",
  "request": [
    {
      "reference": "ServiceRequest/example"
    }
  ],
  "collection": {
    "collector": {
      "reference": "Practitioner/example"
    },
    "collectedDateTime": "2011-05-30T06:15:00Z",
    "quantity": {
      "value": 6,
      "unit": "mL"
    },
    "method": {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0488",
          "code": "LNV"
        }
      ]
    },
    "bodySite": {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "49852007",
          "display": "Structure of median cubital vein (body structure)"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Right median cubital vein"
    }
  },
  "container": [
    {
      "identifier": [
        {
          "value": "48736-15394-75465"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Green Gel tube",
      "type": {
        "text": "Vacutainer"
      },
      "capacity": {
        "value": 10,
        "unit": "mL"
      },
      "specimenQuantity": {
        "value": 6,
        "unit": "mL"
      },
      "additiveReference": {
        "reference": "#hep"
      }
    }
  ],
  "note": [
    {
      "text": "Specimen is grossly lipemic"
    }
  ]
}

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.