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Observables entities may be used to :

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code headers on a template, elements on a checklist, or to assign values to elements.

For example, c

• • • Color of nail is an observable entity. Gray nails is a finding.

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Code headers on a template

For example, the observable entity, gender, may be used to code a section of a template titled gender. The user would choose masculine, feminine, transgender, etc. which would then constitute a finding such as

Types of Observable Entities

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As for the progression of the completion of an assessment, that is related to the state diagram (i.e., status) of the progression of a procedure and should not be precoordinated, but handled by the information system in which orders are processed (it is dynamic, not static). The information system should be able to capture the status of a procedure (e.g., ordered, in process, completed). We would not expect the terminology to pre-coordinate this.

As an For example, LOINC recognizes that there are three different aspects to an observable:

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