Extension: A definition for this code

STU 3 Ballot

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Extension A definition for this code - Detailed Descriptions

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the extension.

Extension
Definition	A display name that describes the meaning of this code when used as part of this value set.
Control	0..1 This element is affected by the following invariants: ele-1
Comments	This is provided for when the source code system doesn't actually provide a definition (there are many such). Providing an definition for a code should not be done where the underlying code system provides a definition.
Invariants	Defined on this element ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath: @value\|f:\|h:div) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')]))
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.
Control	0..1
Type	string
Extension.extension(extension)
Definition	An Extension
Control	0..0
Type	Extension
Extension.url
Definition	Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.
Control	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/valueset-definition
Extension.valueString
Definition	Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).
Control	1..1
Type	string