---
type: "example"
title: "Encounter Example: encounter-example-colonoscopy"
resource: "Encounter"
example: "encounter-example-colonoscopy"
---
# Encounter Example: encounter-example-colonoscopy

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-model href="../../publish/encounter.sch" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>
<Encounter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir ../../schema/encounter.xsd">
    <id value="colonoscopy"/>
    <status value="completed"/>
    <!--Encounter has been completed-->
    <class>
		<coding>
			<!--Inpatient encounter for colonoscopy -->
			<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode"/>
			<code value="IMP"/>
			<display value="inpatient encounter"/>
		</coding>
    </class>
    <type>
        <coding>
            <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
            <code value="73761001"/>
            <display value="Colonoscopy (procedure)"/>
        </coding>
        <text value="Colonoscopy"/>
    </type>
    <subject>
        <reference value="Patient/glossy"/>
        <display value="Henry Levin the 7th"/>
        <!-- 
            Note that this patient record is associated with Organization/2,
            however the service provider is Organization/1 who contracts 
            gastroenterology services (in this case performed by Dr Adam).
        -->
    </subject>
    <serviceProvider>
        <reference value="Organization/1"/>
        <display value="Gastroenterology @ Acme Hospital"/>
    </serviceProvider>
    <participant>
        <type>
            <coding>
                <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType"/>
                <code value="PART"/>
            </coding>
        </type>
        <actor>
            <reference value="Practitioner/example"/>
            <display value="Dr Adam Careful"/>
        </actor>
    </participant>
    <actualPeriod>
        <start value="2013-03-11"/>
        <end value="2013-03-20"/>
    </actualPeriod>
    <reason>
        <value>
            <concept>
                <text value="Routine investigation"/>
            </concept>
        </value>
    </reason>
</Encounter>
```