---
type: "example"
title: "Specimen Example: specimen-example-liver-biopsy"
resource: "Specimen"
example: "specimen-example-liver-biopsy"
---
# Specimen Example: specimen-example-liver-biopsy

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Specimen xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
    <id value="liver-biopsy"/>
    <identifier>
        <system value="http://lab.acme.org/specimens/2024"/>
        <value value="LB-2024-001"/>
    </identifier>
    <identifier>
        <type>
            <coding>
                <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203"/>
                <code value="ACSN"/>
                <display value="Accession ID"/>
            </coding>
        </type>
        <system value="http://pathology.acme.org/accession"/>
        <value value="PB24-00789"/>
    </identifier>
    <status value="available"/>
    <type>
        <coding>
            <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
            <code value="119376003"/>
            <display value="Tissue specimen"/>
        </coding>
    </type>
    <subject>
        <reference value="Patient/example"/>
        <display value="Peter Patient"/>
    </subject>
    <receivedTime value="2024-03-15T10:30:00Z"/>
    <request>
        <reference value="ServiceRequest/liver-biopsy-request"/>
    </request>
    <collection>
        <collector>
            <reference value="Practitioner/gastroenterologist"/>
        </collector>
        <collectedDateTime value="2024-03-15T09:45:00Z"/>
        <quantity>
            <value value="1.5"/>
            <unit value="cm"/>
            <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
            <code value="cm"/>
        </quantity>
        <method>
            <coding>
                <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
                <code value="129314006"/>
                <display value="Biopsy - action"/>
            </coding>
        </method>
        <bodySite>
            <concept>
                <coding>
                    <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
                    <code value="10200004"/>
                    <display value="Liver structure"/>
                </coding>
            </concept>
        </bodySite>
        <procedure>
            <coding>
                <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
                <code value="62438007"/>
                <display value="Percutaneous needle biopsy of liver"/>
            </coding>
        </procedure>
    </collection>
    <processing>
        <description value="Fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin"/>
        <additive>
            <concept>
                <coding>
                    <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0371"/>
                    <code value="F10"/>
                    <display value="10% Formalin"/>
                </coding>
            </concept>
        </additive>
        <timeDateTime value="2024-03-15T10:45:00Z"/>
    </processing>
    <container>
        <deviceCanonical value="http://hl7.org/fhir/Device/specimen-container-formalin"/>
        <specimenQuantity>
            <value value="1"/>
            <unit value="specimen"/>
        </specimenQuantity>
    </container>
    <condition>
        <coding>
            <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
            <code value="48883003"/>
        </coding>
    </condition>
    <note>
        <text value="Core biopsy specimen obtained for evaluation of hepatic steatosis and fibrosis. Adequate tissue for histopathological assessment."/>
    </note>
</Specimen>
```