---
type: "example"
title: "Goal Example: goal-example"
resource: "Goal"
example: "goal-example"
---
# Goal Example: goal-example

## Narrative

A simple care goal for a patient to lose weight due to obesity.

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Goal xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir ../../schema/goal.xsd">
	<id value="example"/>
	<text>
		<status value="additional"></status>
		<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
			<p> A simple care goal for a patient to lose weight due to obesity.</p>
		</div>
	</text>
	<identifier>
		<value value="123"/>
	</identifier>
	<lifecycleStatus value="on-hold" />
	<category>
		<coding>
			<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/goal-category"/>
			<code value="dietary"/>
		</coding>
	</category>
	<continuous value="true"/>
	<priority>
		<coding>
			<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/goal-priority" />
			<code value="high-priority" />
			<display value="High Priority" />
		</coding>
		<text value="high" />
	</priority>
	<description>
    		<text value="Target weight is 160 to 180 lbs."/>
	</description>
	<subject>
		<reference value="Patient/example"/>
		<display value="Peter James Chalmers"/>
	</subject>
	<startDate value="2015-04-05" />
	<target>
		<measure>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://loinc.org"/>
				<code value="3141-9"/>
				<display value="Weight Measured"/>
			</coding>
		</measure>
		<detailRange>
			<low>
				<value value="160"/>
				<unit value="lbs"/>
				<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
				<code value="[lb_av]"/>
			</low>
			<high>
				<value value="180"/>
				<unit value="lbs"/>
				<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
				<code value="[lb_av]"/>
			</high>
		</detailRange>
		<dueDate value="2016-04-05" />
	</target>
	<statusDate value="2016-02-14" />
	<statusReason>
		<text value="Patient wants to defer weight loss until after honeymoon."/>
	</statusReason> 
	<source>
		<reference value="Patient/example"/>
		<display value="Peter James Chalmers"/>
	</source>
	<addresses>
		<display value="obesity condition"/>
	</addresses>
	<outcome>
    <reference>
	  	<reference value="Observation/example"/>
  		<display value="Body Weight Measured"/>
    </reference>
	</outcome>
</Goal>
```