---
type: "example"
title: "DeviceAssociation Example: deviceassociation-example"
resource: "DeviceAssociation"
example: "deviceassociation-example"
---
# DeviceAssociation Example: deviceassociation-example

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<DeviceAssociation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir ../../schema/[name].xsd">
  <id value="example"/>
  <device>
    <reference value="Device/prod1"/>
  </device>
  <status value="active"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="http://acme.com/deviceassociations/id"/>
    <value value="DA12345"/>
  </identifier>
  <relationship>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/deviceassociation-relationship"/>
      <code value="patient"/>
      <display value="Patient"/>
    </coding>
  </relationship>
  <operation>
  <status>
      <coding>
        <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/deviceassociation-operation-status"/>
        <code value="standby"/>
        <display value="Stand By"/>
      </coding>
    </status>
    <operator>
      <reference value="Practitioner/prac1"/>
      <display value="Dr. John Smith"/>
    </operator>
  </operation>
  <period>
    <start value="2023-01-01T08:00:00Z"/>
    <end value="2023-12-31T17:00:00Z"/> 
  </period>
  <!-- Association/operational state moved here -->
  <associationStatus>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/deviceassociation-association-status"/>
      <code value="implanted"/>
      <display value="Implanted"/>
    </coding>
  </associationStatus>

  <subject>
    <reference value="Patient/pat1"/>
    <display value="Donald Duck"/>
  </subject>

  <!-- insert contents here -->

</DeviceAssociation>
```