Extension: EN-use - FHIR v4.0.1

Release 4

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Extension EN-use - Detailed Descriptions

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group Maturity Level: 1 Informative Use Context: Any

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the extension.

Extension

Element Id Extension

Definition

A set of codes advising a system or user which name in a set of names to select for a given purpose.

Cardinality 0..1 This element is affected by the following invariants: ele-1

Comments

A name without specific use code might be a default name useful for any purpose, but a name with a specific use code would be preferred for that respective purpose.

Invariants

Inherited by this element

ele-1 Rule All FHIR elements must have a @value or children hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

ext-1 Rule Must have either extensions or value[x], not both extension.exists() != value.exists()

Extension.id

Element Id Extension.id

Definition

Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.

Cardinality 0..1

Type string

Extension.extension

Element Id Extension.extension

Definition

An Extension

Cardinality 0..0

Type Extension

Invariants

Inherited by this element

ele-1 Rule All FHIR elements must have a @value or children hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())

ext-1 Rule Must have either extensions or value[x], not both extension.exists() != value.exists()

Slicing This element introduces a set of slices. The slicing rules are:

unordered
Open
discriminators: value:url

Extension.url

Element Id Extension.url

Definition

Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.

Cardinality 1..1

Type uri

Comments

The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.

Fixed Value http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/iso21090-EN-use

Extension.value[x]

Element Id Extension.value[x]

Definition

Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility for a list).

Cardinality 1..1

Terminology Binding A set of codes advising a system or user which name in a set of names to select for a given purpose.
The codes SHALL be taken from http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-EntityNameUseR2|4.0.1

Type code

[x] Note See Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x]

Invariants

Inherited by this element

ele-1 Rule All FHIR elements must have a @value or children hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())