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Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the SupportingDocumentation resource.
| SupportingDocumentation | |
| Definition | This resource provides the supporting information for a process, for example clinical or financial information related to a claim or pre-authorization. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Alternate Names | Attachments Supporting Information |
| SupportingDocumentation.identifier | |
| Definition | The Response Business Identifier. |
| Control | 1..* |
| Type | Identifier |
| SupportingDocumentation.ruleset | |
| Definition | The version of the style of resource contents. This should be mapped to the allowable profiles for this and supporting resources. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Binding | Ruleset: Example: See http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/ruleset (The static and dynamic model to which contents conform, may be business version or standard and version.) |
| Type | Coding |
| SupportingDocumentation.originalRuleset | |
| Definition | The style (standard) and version of the original material which was converted into this resource. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Binding | Ruleset: Example: See http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/ruleset (The static and dynamic model to which contents conform, may be business version or standard and version.) |
| Type | Coding |
| Requirements | Knowledge of the original version can inform the processing of this instance so that information which is processable by the originating system may be generated. |
| SupportingDocumentation.created | |
| Definition | The date when this resource was created. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | dateTime |
| SupportingDocumentation.target | |
| Definition | The Insurer, organization or Provider who is target of the submission. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(Organization | Practitioner) |
| SupportingDocumentation.provider | |
| Definition | The practitioner who is responsible for the services rendered to the patient. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(Practitioner) |
| SupportingDocumentation.organization | |
| Definition | The organization which is responsible for the services rendered to the patient. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(Organization) |
| SupportingDocumentation.request | |
| Definition | Original request. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(Any) |
| Alternate Names | Transaction Reference Number |
| Comments | changed name from number to identifier. |
| SupportingDocumentation.response | |
| Definition | Original response. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(Any) |
| Alternate Names | Transaction Reference Number |
| Comments | changed name from number to identifier. |
| SupportingDocumentation.author | |
| Definition | Person who created the submission. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(Practitioner) |
| SupportingDocumentation.subject | |
| Definition | The patient who is directly or indirectly the subject of the supporting information. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(Patient) |
| SupportingDocumentation.detail | |
| Definition | Supporting Files. |
| Control | 0..* |
| SupportingDocumentation.detail.linkId | |
| Definition | A link Id for the response to reference. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | integer |
| SupportingDocumentation.detail.content[x] | |
| Definition | The attached content. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | Reference(Any)|Attachment |
| SupportingDocumentation.detail.dateTime | |
| Definition | The date and optionally time when the material was created. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | dateTime |