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

## Narrative

Emergency visit that escalated into inpatient patient @example

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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="emerg"/>
	<text>
		<status value="generated" />
		<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Emergency visit that escalated into inpatient patient @example</div>
	</text>
	<status value="in-progress" />
	<businessStatus>
		<code>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/encounter-businessstatus-emergency"/>
				<code value="triaged"/>
				<display value="Triaged"/>
			</coding>
		</code>
		<type>
			<system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/encounter-businessstatus-type"/>
			<code value="emergency"/>
			<display value="Emergency"/>
		</type>
		<effectiveDate value="2017-02-01T08:00:00+10:00"/>
	</businessStatus>
	<businessStatus>
		<code>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/encounter-businessstatus-inpatient"/>
				<code value="admit"/>
				<display value="Admitted"/>
			</coding>
		</code>
		<type>
			<system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/encounter-businessstatus-type"/>
			<code value="inpatient"/>
			<display value="Inpatient"/>
		</type>
		<effectiveDate value="2017-02-01T09:27:00+10:00"/>
	</businessStatus>
	<class>
		<coding>
			<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode"/>
			<code value="IMP"/>
			<display value="inpatient encounter"/>
		</coding>
	</class>
	<subject>
		<reference value="Patient/example"/>
	</subject>
	<actualPeriod>
		<start value="2017-02-01T07:15:00+10:00"/>
	</actualPeriod>
	<admission>
		<admitSource>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source"/>
				<code value="emd" />
				<display value="From accident/emergency department" />
			</coding>
		</admitSource>
	</admission>
	<location>
		<location>
			<display value="Emergency Waiting Room"/>
		</location>
		<status value="active"/>
		<period>
			<start value="2017-02-01T07:15:00+10:00"/>
			<end value="2017-02-01T08:45:00+10:00"/>
		</period>
	</location>
	<location>
		<location>
			<display value="Emergency"/>
		</location>
		<status value="active"/>
		<period>
			<start value="2017-02-01T08:45:00+10:00"/>
			<end value="2017-02-01T09:27:00+10:00"/>
		</period>
	</location>
	<location>
		<location>
			<display value="Ward 1, Room 42, Bed 1"/>
		</location>
		<status value="active"/>
		<period>
			<start value="2017-02-01T09:27:00+10:00"/>
			<end value="2017-02-01T12:15:00+10:00"/>
		</period>
	</location>
	<location>
		<location>
			<display value="Ward 1, Room 42, Bed 1"/>
		</location>
		<status value="reserved"/>
		<period>
			<start value="2017-02-01T12:15:00+10:00"/>
			<end value="2017-02-01T12:45:00+10:00"/>
		</period>
	</location>
	<location>
		<location>
			<display value="Ward 1, Room 42, Bed 1"/>
		</location>
		<status value="active"/>
		<period>
			<start value="2017-02-01T12:45:00+10:00"/>
		</period>
	</location>
</Encounter>
```