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## : Gestation age at birth observation example

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    <Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="example-gestation"/>
      <meta>
        <profile
                 value="http://fhir.org/guides/onc/us-quality-core/StructureDefinition/us-quality-core-simple-observation"/>
      </meta>
      <language value="en"/>
      <text>
        <status value="generated"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: Observation example-gestation</b></p><a name="example-gestation"> </a><a name="hcexample-gestation"> </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-us-quality-core-simple-observation.html">US Quality Core Simple Observation</a></p></div><p><b>status</b>: Final</p><p><b>category</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category exam}">exam</span></p><p><b>code</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://loinc.org 76516-4}">Gestational age--at birth</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href="Patient-example-2.html">Sarah Hugankiss (official) Female, DoB: 1946-09-25 ( Social Security number (use: usual, period: 1995-05-06 --&gt; (ongoing)))</a></p><p><b>encounter</b>: <a href="Encounter-example.html">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 --&gt; 2013-04-06 11:00:00-0400</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 2022-04-09</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a href="Organization-example1.html">Hendricks Country Hospital</a></p><p><b>value</b>: 37 week<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM  codewk = 'wk')</span></p></div>
      </text>
      <status value="final"/>
      <category>
        <coding>
          <system
                  value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"/>
          <code value="exam"/>
          <display value="exam"/>
        </coding>
      </category>
      <code>
        <coding>
          <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
          <code value="76516-4"/>
          <display value="Gestational age--at birth"/>
        </coding>
      </code>
      <subject>🔗
        <reference value="Patient/example-2"/>
      </subject>
      <encounter>🔗
        <reference value="Encounter/example"/>
      </encounter>
      <effectiveDateTime value="2022-04-09"/>
      <performer>🔗
        <reference value="Organization/example1"/>
        <display value="Hendricks Country Hospital"/>
      </performer>
      <valueQuantity>
        <value value="37"/>
        <unit value="week"/>
        <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
        <code value="wk"/>
      </valueQuantity>
    </Observation>