WARNING
This guidance is under active development by NHS England and content may be added or updated on a regular basis. The implementation guide is currently in draft and SHOULD NOT be used for development or implementation without consulting the NHS England Pathology Standards Implementation team.PATH-R4-25: Observation Example - Lymphocyte Count
An example of a quantitative test result combined with an interpretation:
- Lymphocyte count: 0.70 10*9/L LOW
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</interpretation>
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</referenceRange>
</Observation>
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| Observation.id[0] | Pathology-Observation-Lymphocyte-Example |
| Observation.meta[0].profile[0] | https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/UKCore-Observation-Lab |
| Observation.identifier[0].system[0] | https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122 |
| Observation.identifier[0].value[0] | 2af46949-4938-4c57-bad4-c4363e1965d5 |
| Observation.status[0] | final |
| Observation.category[0].coding[0].system[0] | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category |
| Observation.category[0].coding[0].code[0] | laboratory |
| Observation.category[0].coding[0].display[0] | Laboratory |
| Observation.code[0].coding[0].system[0] | http://snomed.info/sct |
| Observation.code[0].coding[0].code[0] | 1022581000000105 |
| Observation.code[0].coding[0].display[0] | Lymphocyte count |
| Observation.code[0].coding[1].system[0] | http://snomed.info/sct |
| Observation.code[0].coding[1].code[0] | 67541000237108 |
| Observation.code[0].coding[1].display[0] | Lymphocyte count in blood |
| Observation.subject[0].reference[0] | urn:uuid:ab87a3f8-1d37-44a9-804e-5e962598a6e4 |
| Observation.subject[0].display[0] | MOXEY, Judy |
| Observation.issued[0] | 2022-02-09T11:17:00+00:00 |
| Observation.performer[0].reference[0] | urn:uuid:8a6d85b8-9837-4fed-a257-4cf207988338 |
| Observation.performer[0].display[0] | TD008362 PATH LAB 001 |
| Observation.value[0].value[0] | 0.70 |
| Observation.value[0].unit[0] | 10*9/L |
| Observation.value[0].system[0] | http://unitsofmeasure.org |
| Observation.value[0].code[0] | 10^9/L |
| Observation.interpretation[0].coding[0].system[0] | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation |
| Observation.interpretation[0].coding[0].code[0] | L |
| Observation.interpretation[0].coding[0].display[0] | Low |
| Observation.specimen[0].reference[0] | urn:uuid:bab0eaec-1ec5-4598-b660-90bb38a1030d |
| Observation.referenceRange[0].low[0].value[0] | 1.00 |
| Observation.referenceRange[0].low[0].unit[0] | 10*9/L |
| Observation.referenceRange[0].low[0].system[0] | http://unitsofmeasure.org |
| Observation.referenceRange[0].low[0].code[0] | 10^9/L |
| Observation.referenceRange[0].high[0].value[0] | 3.00 |
| Observation.referenceRange[0].high[0].unit[0] | 10*9/L |
| Observation.referenceRange[0].high[0].system[0] | http://unitsofmeasure.org |
| Observation.referenceRange[0].high[0].code[0] | 10^9/L |