FHIR Extensions Pack
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This page is part of the FHIR Core Extensions Registry (v5.3.0-ballot: Release 5.3) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) v5.0.0. This version is a pre-release. The current official version is 5.2.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Extension: Patient Contact Priority

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-contactPriority Version: 5.3.0-ballot
Standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 1 Responsible: HL7 International / Patient Administration Computable Name: PatContactPriority
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.5.1720

The order in which contacts for a patient should be used. For example, if a patient has multiple people listed as an emergency contact, which of those should be called first in an emergency.

Context of Use

This extension may be used on the following element(s)

Usage info

Usages:

  • This Extension is not used by any profiles in this Implementation Guide

You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics

Changes since version 5.2.0:

  • The resource metadata has changed (status)

    • Formal Views of Extension Content

    Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

    This structure is derived from Extension

    Summary

    Simple Extension with the type positiveInt: The order in which contacts for a patient should be used. For example, if a patient has multiple people listed as an emergency contact, which of those should be called first in an emergency.

    Maturity: 1

    This structure is derived from Extension

    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
    .. Extension 0..1 Extension Order in which contacts should be used
    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-contactPriority"
    ... value[x] 1..1 positiveInt Value of extension

    doco Documentation for this format
    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
    .. Extension 0..1 Extension Order in which contacts should be used
    ... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ... extension 0..* Extension Additional content defined by implementations
    Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-contactPriority"

    doco Documentation for this format

    This structure is derived from Extension

    Summary

    Simple Extension with the type positiveInt: The order in which contacts for a patient should be used. For example, if a patient has multiple people listed as an emergency contact, which of those should be called first in an emergency.

    Maturity: 1

    Differential View

    This structure is derived from Extension

    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
    .. Extension 0..1 Extension Order in which contacts should be used
    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-contactPriority"
    ... value[x] 1..1 positiveInt Value of extension

    doco Documentation for this format

    Snapshot View

    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
    .. Extension 0..1 Extension Order in which contacts should be used
    ... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ... extension 0..* Extension Additional content defined by implementations
    Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-contactPriority"

    doco Documentation for this format

     

    Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

    Constraints

    IdGradePath(s)DetailsRequirements
    ele-1error**ALL** elementsAll FHIR elements must have a @value or children
    : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
    ext-1error**ALL** extensionsMust have either extensions or value[x], not both
    : extension.exists() != value.exists()

    R4B

    The extension is unchanged in R4B

    R4

    The extension is unchanged in R4

    R3

    The extension is unchanged in R3

    Search Parameters for this Extension

    (none found)