---
type: "example"
title: "DocumentReference Example: documentreference-example-composition"
resource: "DocumentReference"
example: "documentreference-example-composition"
---
# DocumentReference Example: documentreference-example-composition

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<DocumentReference xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="example-composition"/>
  <meta>
    <security>
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActReason"/>
      <code value="HTEST"/>
    </security>
  </meta>

  <identifier>
    <system value="http://healthintersections.com.au/test"/> 
    <value value="1"/> 
  </identifier>
  <status value="current"/>
  <type>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
      <code value="11488-4"/> 
      <display value="Consult note"/> 
    </coding>
  </type>
  <category>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
      <code value="LP183761-8"/> 
      <display value="Report"/> 
    </coding>
  </category>
  <subject>
    <reference value="Patient/xcda"/> 
    <display value="Henry Levin the 7th"/> 
  </subject>
  <context> 
    <reference value="Encounter/xcda"/> 
  </context> 
  <event> 
    <concept>
      <coding> 
        <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode"/> 
        <code value="HEALTHREC"/> 
        <display value="health record"/> 
      </coding> 
  </concept>
  </event>

  <event>
    <reference>
      <reference value="Observation/example"/> 
    </reference>
  </event> 
  <period> 
    <start value="2010-07-18"/> 
    <end value="2012-11-12"/> 
  </period> 
    <date value="2012-01-04T09:10:14Z"/> 
  <author> 
    <reference value="Practitioner/xcda-author"/> 
    <display value="Harold Hippocrates, MD"/> 
  </author> 
  <attester>
    <mode>
      <coding>
        <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/composition-attestation-mode"/>
        <code value="professional"/>
      </coding>
    </mode>
    <party>
      <reference value="Practitioner/xcda-author"/> 
      <display value="Harold Hippocrates, MD"/> 
    </party>
  </attester>
  <relatesTo>
    <code>
      <coding>
        <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/document-relationship-type"/>
        <code value="replaces"/>
      </coding>
    </code>

    <target>
      <reference value="DocumentReference/old-example"/>
    </target>
  </relatesTo>
  <description value="Example of a Comprehensive DocumentReference resource. This is fully filled for all mandatory elements and all optional elements."/>
  <content>
    <attachment>
      <url value="Composition/example"/>
    </attachment>
  </content>

</DocumentReference>
```