---
type: "example"
title: "BodyStructure Example: bodystructure-example-fetus"
resource: "BodyStructure"
example: "bodystructure-example-fetus"
---
# BodyStructure Example: bodystructure-example-fetus

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--This example demonstrates using the bodystructure resource to identify of fetus within systems that choose not to treat a fetus as a Patient-->
<BodyStructure xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<id value="fetus"/>
	<identifier>
		<system value="http://goodhealth.org/bodystructure/identifiers"/>
		<value value="12345"/>
	</identifier>
	<includedStructure>
		<structure>
		  <coding>
			<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
			<code value="83418008"/>
			<display value="Entire fetus (body structure)"/>
		  </coding>
		  <text value="Fetus"/>
		</structure>
	</includedStructure>
	<description value="EDD 1/1/2017 confirmation by LMP"/>
	<patient>
		<reference value="Patient/example"/>
	</patient>
</BodyStructure>
```