Release 4

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Extension: preferenceType

Patient Administration Work Group

Maturity Level: 1

Informative

Use Context: Any

URL for this extension:

http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferenceType

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: HL7

Indicates what mode of communication the patient prefers to use for the indicated language.

Context of Use: Use on Element ID Patient.communication.preferred

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
preferenceType		0..*	Coding	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferenceType preferenceType: Indicates what mode of communication the patient prefers to use for the indicated language. Binding: Language preference type (extensible) Use on Element ID Patient.communication.preferred
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..*	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferenceType preferenceType: Indicates what mode of communication the patient prefers to use for the indicated language. Use on Element ID Patient.communication.preferred
extension	I	0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferenceType"
value[x]	I	1..1	Coding	Value of extension Binding: Language preference type (extensible)
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- preferenceType -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferenceType" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCoding><!--  1..1 Coding Value of extension --></valueCoding>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // preferenceType
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferenceType", // R! 
    "valueCoding" : { Coding } // C? R! Value of extension
  }

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
preferenceType		0..*	Coding	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferenceType preferenceType: Indicates what mode of communication the patient prefers to use for the indicated language. Binding: Language preference type (extensible) Use on Element ID Patient.communication.preferred
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..*	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferenceType preferenceType: Indicates what mode of communication the patient prefers to use for the indicated language. Use on Element ID Patient.communication.preferred
extension	I	0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferenceType"
value[x]	I	1..1	Coding	Value of extension Binding: Language preference type (extensible)
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- preferenceType -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferenceType" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCoding><!--  1..1 Coding Value of extension --></valueCoding>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // preferenceType
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferenceType", // R! 
    "valueCoding" : { Coding } // C? R! Value of extension
  }

Constraints

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')]))
ele-1: On Extension.extension: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.extension: @value|f:*|h:div)
ext-1: On Extension.extension: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath on Extension.extension: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), "value")]))
ele-1: On Extension.value[x]: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.value[x]: @value|f:*|h:div)