---
type: "example"
title: "ServiceRequest Example: servicerequest-example-appendectomy"
resource: "ServiceRequest"
example: "servicerequest-example-appendectomy"
---
# ServiceRequest Example: servicerequest-example-appendectomy

## Narrative

Date: 2013-03-16

Patient:: Paula Patient

Ordered by: Angela Care, MD

Procedure: Routine Appendectomy

Surgeon: Dr Cecil Surgeon

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ServiceRequest xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir ../../schema/servicerequest.xsd">
	<id value="appendectomy-narrative"/>
	<!-- Example of an appendectomy procedure that is primarily narrative -->
	<text>
		<status value="additional"/>
		<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
			<p>Date: 2013-03-16</p>
			<p>Patient:: Paula Patient</p>
			<p>Ordered by: Angela Care, MD</p>
			<p>Procedure: Routine Appendectomy</p>
			<p>Surgeon: Dr Cecil Surgeon</p>
		</div>
	</text>
	<status value="completed"/>
	<intent value="order"/>
	<code>
	   <concept>
		<text value="Appendectomy"/>
	   </concept>
	</code>
	<subject>
		<display value="Paula Patient"/>
	</subject>
</ServiceRequest>
```