Get an observation by ID
get
/Observation/{ID}
Retrieves an individual observation by the associated observation ID.
Note: Patient authorization read requests work similarly to patient authorization search requests.
Request
Path Parameters
-
ID(required): string
The logical resource ID.
Header Parameters
-
accept(required): string
The media type to be requested. Refer to what the resource's operation produces for what is supported.
Example:
application/fhir+json
Response
Supported Media Types
- application/fhir+json
Default Response
This operation supports the following authorization types:
Example Request:
GET https://fhir-open.cerner.com/r4/ec2458f2-1e24-41c8-b71b-0e701af7583d/Observation/VS-197292857{
"fullUrl": "https://fhir-open.cerner.com/r4/ec2458f2-1e24-41c8-b71b-0e701af7583d/Observation/VS-197292857",
"resource": {
"resourceType": "Observation",
"id": "VS-197292857",
"meta": {
"versionId": "1",
"lastUpdated": "2020-07-06T21:13:24.000Z"
},
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><b>Observation</b></p><p><b>Patient Id</b>: 12724066</p><p><b>Status</b>: Final</p><p><b>Categories</b>: Vital Signs</p><p><b>Code</b>: Temperature Axillary</p><p><b>Result</b>: 27 degC</p><p><b>Interpretation</b>: LOW</p><p><b>Effective Date</b>: Jul 6, 2020 9:11 P.M. UTC</p><p><b>Reference Range</b>: 35.2-36.7 degC</p></div>"
},
"identifier": [
{
"system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/ceuuid",
"value": "CE87caf4b7-9397-4667-9897-702218017c9e-197292857-2020070621132500"
}
],
"status": "final",
"category": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
"code": "vital-signs",
"display": "Vital Signs"
}
],
"text": "Vital Signs"
}
],
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/ec2458f2-1e24-41c8-b71b-0e701af7583d/codeSet/72",
"code": "703535",
"display": "Temperature Axillary",
"userSelected": true
},
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "8328-7",
"display": "Axillary temperature"
},
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "8310-5",
"display": "Body temperature"
}
],
"text": "Temperature Axillary"
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/12724066"
},
"encounter": {
"reference": "Encounter/97953477"
},
"effectiveDateTime": "2020-07-06T21:11:00.000Z",
"issued": "2020-07-06T21:13:23.000Z",
"performer": [
{
"extension": [
{
"valueCodeableConcept": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "https://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem-v2-0443.html",
"code": "OP",
"display": "ordering provider"
}
],
"text": "ordering provider"
},
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/event-performerFunction"
}
],
"reference": "Practitioner/1994008"
},
{
"extension": [
{
"valueCodeableConcept": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType",
"code": "LA",
"display": "legal authenticator"
}
],
"text": "legal authenticator"
},
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/event-performerFunction"
},
{
"valueCodeableConcept": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType",
"code": "PPRF",
"display": "primary performer"
}
],
"text": "primary performer"
},
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/event-performerFunction"
}
],
"reference": "Practitioner/1974008"
}
],
"valueQuantity": {
"value": 27,
"unit": "degC",
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "Cel"
},
"interpretation": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/ec2458f2-1e24-41c8-b71b-0e701af7583d/codeSet/52",
"code": "211",
"display": "LOW",
"userSelected": true
},
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation",
"code": "L",
"display": "Low"
}
],
"text": "LOW"
}
],
"referenceRange": [
{
"low": {
"value": 35.2,
"unit": "degC",
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "Cel"
},
"high": {
"value": 36.7,
"unit": "degC",
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "Cel"
},
"type": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning",
"code": "normal",
"display": "Normal Range"
}
],
"text": "Normal Range"
}
}
]
}
}Headers
-
X-Request-Id: string
Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact Oracle about a particular request, provide the
X-Request-Id, if present. -
opc-request-id: string
Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact Oracle about a particular request, provide the
opc-Request-Id, if present.
x-confidential-laboratory-response Response
Reading confidential laboratory observations.
Example Request:GET https://fhir-open.cerner.com/r4/ec2458f2-1e24-41c8-b71b-0e701af7583d/Observation/L-208846149
{
"resourceType": "Observation",
"id": "L-208846149",
"meta":
{
"versionId": "1",
"lastUpdated": "2025-06-06T18:06:19.000Z",
"security":
[
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
"code": "PRS",
"display": "patient requested information sensitivity",
"userSelected": false
},
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
"code": "PHY",
"display": "physician requested information sensitivity",
"userSelected": false
}
]
},
"text":
{
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Observation</b></p><p><b>Meta Security</b>: patient requested information sensitivity, physician requested information sensitivity</p><p><b>Patient Id</b>: 12724066</p><p><b>Status</b>: Final</p><p><b>Categories</b>: Laboratory</p><p><b>Code</b>: Estimated Creatinine Clearance</p><p><b>Result</b>: 305.03 mL/min</p><p><b>Effective Date</b>: Jun 6, 2025 6:06 P.M. UTC</p></div>"
},
"identifier":
[
{
"system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/ceuuid",
"value": "CE87caf4b7-9397-4667-9897-702218017c9e-208846149-2025060618062000"
}
],
"status": "final",
"category":
[
{
"coding":
[
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
"code": "laboratory",
"display": "Laboratory",
"userSelected": false
}
],
"text": "Laboratory"
}
],
"code":
{
"coding":
[
{
"system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/ec2458f2-1e24-41c8-b71b-0e701af7583d/codeSet/72",
"code": "20004425",
"display": "Estimated Creatinine Clearance",
"userSelected": true
},
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "35592-5",
"display": "Creatinine renal clearance/1.73 sq M.predicted by Cockcroft-Gault formula, BSA formula",
"userSelected": false
}
],
"text": "Estimated Creatinine Clearance"
},
"subject":
{
"reference": "Patient/12724066"
},
"encounter":
{
"reference": "Encounter/97953477"
},
"effectiveDateTime": "2025-06-06T18:06:19.000Z",
"issued": "2025-06-06T18:06:19.000Z",
"performer":
[
{
"extension":
[
{
"valueCodeableConcept":
{
"coding":
[
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType",
"code": "LA",
"display": "legal authenticator"
}
],
"text": "legal authenticator"
},
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/event-performerFunction"
},
{
"valueCodeableConcept":
{
"coding":
[
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType",
"code": "PPRF",
"display": "primary performer"
}
],
"text": "primary performer"
},
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/event-performerFunction"
}
],
"reference": "Practitioner/1"
}
],
"valueQuantity":
{
"value": 305.03,
"unit": "mL/min",
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "mL/min"
}
}
Headers
-
X-Request-Id: string
Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact Oracle about a particular request, provide the
X-Request-Id, if present. -
opc-request-id: string
Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact Oracle about a particular request, provide the
opc-Request-Id, if present.
x-confidential-socialhistory-response Response
Reading confidential social history observations.
Example Request:GET https://fhir-open.cerner.com/r4/ec2458f2-1e24-41c8-b71b-0e701af7583d/Observation/SH-93-76551113
{
"resourceType": "Observation",
"id": "SH-93-76551113",
"meta":
{
"versionId": "76551113",
"lastUpdated": "2025-09-16T16:52:46Z",
"security":
[
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
"code": "PROCESSINLINELABEL",
"display": "process inline security label"
}
]
},
"text":
{
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Observation</b></p><p><b>Meta Security</b>: process inline security label</p><p><b>Patient Id</b>: 12724066</p><p><b>Status</b>: Final</p><p><b>Categories</b>: Social History</p><p><b>Code</b>: Tobacco</p><p><b>Issued Date</b>: Sep 16, 2025 4:52 P.M. UTC</p></div>"
},
"status": "final",
"category":
[
{
"coding":
[
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
"code": "social-history",
"display": "Social History"
}
],
"text": "Social History"
}
],
"code":
{
"coding":
[
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "88028-6",
"display": "Tobacco use panel"
}
],
"text": "Tobacco"
},
"subject":
{
"reference": "Patient/12724066"
},
"effectiveDateTime": "2025-09-16T16:52:46Z",
"issued": "2025-09-16T16:52:46Z",
"performer":
[
{
"reference": "Practitioner/1",
"display": "SYSTEM, SYSTEM Cerner"
}
],
"hasMember":
[
{
"extension":
[
{
"valueCoding":
{
"system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
"code": "PRS",
"display": "patient requested information sensitivity",
"userSelected": false
},
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/security-label-ds4p/StructureDefinition/extension-inline-sec-label"
}
],
"reference": "Observation/SH-76551113-q4625825"
}
]
}
Headers
-
X-Request-Id: string
Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact Oracle about a particular request, provide the
X-Request-Id, if present. -
opc-request-id: string
Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact Oracle about a particular request, provide the
opc-Request-Id, if present.