# Observation - Blood Pressure (systolic and diastolic) - AU Core Implementation Guide v3.0.0-ballot1

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**FHIR Artefacts**](fhirartefacts.md)
* [**Artefacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Observation - Blood Pressure (systolic and diastolic)**

## Example Observation: Observation - Blood Pressure (systolic and diastolic)

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| *Page standards status:*[Informative](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) |

Profile: [AU Core Blood Pressure](StructureDefinition-au-core-bloodpressure.md)

**status**: Final

**category**: Vital Signs

**code**: Blood pressure systolic and diastolic

**subject**: [Li Wang Male, DoB: 1975-05-03 ( Medical Record Number: 22421441)](Patient-wang-li.md)

**effective**: 2016-07-02

**performer**: [PractitionerRole General practitioner](PractitionerRole-bobrester-bob-gp.md)

> **component****code**: Systolic blood pressure**value**: 109 mmHg (Details: UCUM codemm[Hg] = 'mm[Hg]')

> **component****code**: Diastolic blood pressure**value**: 44 mmHg (Details: UCUM codemm[Hg] = 'mm[Hg]')



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "Observation",
  "id" : "bloodpressure-1",
  "meta" : {
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org.au/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/au-core-bloodpressure"]
  },
  "status" : "final",
  "category" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
      "code" : "vital-signs",
      "display" : "Vital Signs"
    }],
    "text" : "Vital Signs"
  }],
  "code" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://loinc.org",
      "code" : "85354-9",
      "display" : "Blood pressure panel with all children optional"
    },
    {
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "75367002"
    }],
    "text" : "Blood pressure systolic and diastolic"
  },
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/wang-li"
  },
  "effectiveDateTime" : "2016-07-02",
  "performer" : [{
    "reference" : "PractitionerRole/bobrester-bob-gp"
  }],
  "component" : [{
    "code" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://loinc.org",
        "code" : "8480-6",
        "display" : "Systolic blood pressure"
      },
      {
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "271649006"
      }],
      "text" : "Systolic blood pressure"
    },
    "valueQuantity" : {
      "value" : 109,
      "unit" : "mmHg",
      "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
      "code" : "mm[Hg]"
    }
  },
  {
    "code" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://loinc.org",
        "code" : "8462-4",
        "display" : "Diastolic blood pressure"
      },
      {
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "271650006"
      }],
      "text" : "Diastolic blood pressure"
    },
    "valueQuantity" : {
      "value" : 44,
      "unit" : "mmHg",
      "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
      "code" : "mm[Hg]"
    }
  }]
}

```
