STU3 Candidate

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Extension The expansion is incomplete (because post-coordination) - Detailed Descriptions

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the extension.

Extension
Definition

Marks that the expansion is incomplete, and other values that those listed may be valid. This may be used because post-coordinated codes are allowed, and no finite expansion can be produced.

Control0..1 This element is affected by the following invariants: ele-1
Comments

This extension exists to allow for definition and use of unboundable value sets, and to allow additional learning in this space, and exploration of consequences and alternatives (it is not well understood).

InvariantsDefined 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.

Control0..1
Typestring
Extension.extension(extension)
Definition

An Extension

Control0..0
TypeExtension
Extension.url
Definition

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

Control1..1
Typeuri
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 Valuehttp://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-unclosed
Extension.valueBoolean
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).

Control1..1
Typeboolean