# Observation: Pregnancy - Expected Delivery Date (EPS) - HL7 Europe Patient Summary v1.0.0-ballot

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Observation: Pregnancy - Expected Delivery Date (EPS)**

## Resource Profile: Observation: Pregnancy - Expected Delivery Date (EPS) 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.eu/fhir/eps/StructureDefinition/observation-pregnancy-edd-eu-eps | *Version*:1.0.0-ballot | |
| * Standards status: *[Draft](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 1 | *Computable Name*:ObservationPregnancyEddEuEps |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0). | | |

 
This profile constrains the Observation resource to represent the pregnancy expected delivery date (EDD). 

**Usages:**

* Use this Profile: [Bundle (EPS)](StructureDefinition-bundle-eu-eps.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [Observation/EPSExampleObservationPregnancyEdd](Observation-EPSExampleObservationPregnancyEdd.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/resource/hl7.fhir.eu.eps|current/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition-observation-pregnancy-edd-eu-eps.json)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-observation-pregnancy-edd-eu-eps.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-observation-pregnancy-edd-eu-eps.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-observation-pregnancy-edd-eu-eps.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
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  "id" : "observation-pregnancy-edd-eu-eps",
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    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 1
  },
  {
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    "valueCode" : "draft"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-imposeProfile",
    "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/StructureDefinition/Observation-pregnancy-edd-uv-ips"
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/eps/StructureDefinition/observation-pregnancy-edd-eu-eps",
  "version" : "1.0.0-ballot",
  "name" : "ObservationPregnancyEddEuEps",
  "title" : "Observation: Pregnancy - Expected Delivery Date (EPS)",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2026-06-06T08:56:20+02:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Europe",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This profile constrains the Observation resource to represent the pregnancy expected delivery date (EDD).",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "150",
      "display" : "Europe"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0).",
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}

```
