A pregnancy observation is a Simple Observation that uses a specific vocabulary to
record observations about a patient's pregnancy history.
The parent of this template is Simple Observation. This template is compatible with the ASTM/HL7 Continuity of Care Document template:
2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.1.33
Context
Parent nodes of template element with id 1.3.6.1.4.1.19376.1.5.3.1.4.13.5
A pregnancy observation shall have a code describing what facet of patient's pregnancy
history is being recorded. These codes should come from the value set listed above,
namely epSOSPregnancyInformation, OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.12559.11.10.1.3.1.42.9.
Code
Description
Data Type
11778-8
Delivery date estimated (clinical)
TS
11779-6
Delivery date estimated from last menstrual period
The <effectiveTime> element shall be present in standalone observations (those observations
not appearing in an organizer that contains an effective time of its own), and shall
record the clinically effective time of the observation. This element should be precise
to the day. If the date and time is unknown, this element should record that using
the nullFlavor attribute. It shall be recorded using the appropriate data type, which
means that it may denote a single point in time or an interval containing a <low>
and <high> element
(Ent…ion)
hl7:repeatNumber
NP
The <repeatNumber> element should not be present in a pregnancy observation.
(Ent…ion)
hl7:value
TS
1 … 1
R
The value of the observation shall be recording using a data type appropriate to the
coded observation according to the table above.