2026 US Quality Core Implementation Guide
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This page is part of the US Quality Core (v0.5.0: Release) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Example Observation: Frailty observation example

status: Final

category: exam

code: Mobility device or aid is regularly used

subject: Sarah Hugankiss (official) Female, DoB: 1946-09-25 ( Social Security number (use: usual, period: 1995-05-06 --> (ongoing)))

encounter: Encounter: identifier = http://example.org/encounters#ENC-20130404-appendicitis; status = finished; class = inpatient encounter (v3 Code System ActCode#IMP); type = Initial hospital inpatient or observation care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a patient, which requires a medically appropriate history and/or examination and high level of medical decision making. When using total time on the date of the encounter for code selection, 75 minutes must be met or exceeded.; period = 2013-04-04 18:00:00-0400 --> 2013-04-06 11:00:00-0400

effective: 2013-04-02 10:30:10+0100 --> 2013-04-05 10:30:10+0100

issued: 2013-04-03 15:30:10+0100

performer: Practitioner

value: Dependence on wheelchair (finding)