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Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the EligibilityRequest resource.
| EligibilityRequest | |
| Definition | This resource provides the insurance eligibility details from the insurer regarding a specified coverage and optionally some class of service. | 
| Control | 1..1 | 
| EligibilityRequest.identifier | |
| Definition | The Response Business Identifier. | 
| Note | This is a business identifer, not a resource identifier (see discussion) | 
| Control | 0..* | 
| Type | Identifier | 
| EligibilityRequest.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 | 
| EligibilityRequest.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. | 
| EligibilityRequest.created | |
| Definition | The date when this resource was created. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | dateTime | 
| EligibilityRequest.target | |
| Definition | The Insurer who is target of the request. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | Reference(Organization) | 
| EligibilityRequest.provider | |
| Definition | The practitioner who is responsible for the services rendered to the patient. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | Reference(Practitioner) | 
| EligibilityRequest.organization | |
| Definition | The organization which is responsible for the services rendered to the patient. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | Reference(Organization) |