---
type: "example"
title: "BodyStructure Example: bodystructure-example-skin-patch"
resource: "BodyStructure"
example: "bodystructure-example-skin-patch"
---
# BodyStructure Example: bodystructure-example-skin-patch

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--This example demonstrates using the bodystructure resource to identify skin patches or other portions of a person or animal that are a focus of a clinical trial and that are subject to repeated observations and/or procedures over time. -->
<BodyStructure xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<id value="skin-patch"/>
	<identifier>
		<system value="http://goodhealth.org/bodystructure/identifiers"/>
		<value value="12345"/>
	</identifier>
	<!--	bodystructure marked as no longer active - entered in error
-->
	<active value="false"/>
		<morphology>
		<text value="Skin patch"/>
	</morphology>
	<includedStructure>
		<structure>
		  <coding>
			<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
			<code value="14975008"/>
			<display value="Forearm"/>
		  </coding>
		  <text value="Forearm"/>
		</structure>
		<laterality>
	      <coding>
			<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
			<code value="419161000"/>
			<display value="Unilateral left"/>
		  </coding>
		  <text value="Left"/>
		</laterality>
		<bodyLandmarkOrientation>
		      <landmarkDescription>
			       <text value="heart tattoo" />
			  </landmarkDescription>
			  <distanceFromLandmark>
			  	<value>
				   <value value="2.0"/> 
                   <unit value="cm"/> 
                   <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
                   <code value="cm"/>
				</value>
			  </distanceFromLandmark>
			  <surfaceOrientation>
			     <coding>
				   <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
			       <code value="46053002"/>
			       <display value="distal"/>
				 </coding>
			  </surfaceOrientation>
		</bodyLandmarkOrientation>
		<qualifier>
		  <coding>
			<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
			<code value="263929005"/>
			<display value="Volar"/>
		  </coding>
		  <text value="Volar"/>
		</qualifier>
	</includedStructure>
	<description value="inner surface (volar) of the left forearm"/>
	<patient>
		<reference value="Patient/example"/>
	</patient>
</BodyStructure>
```