HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) - US Realm
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Extension: US Public Health Address Extension

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ecr/StructureDefinition/us-ph-address-extension Version: 2.1.2
Active as of 2024-10-30 Computable Name: USPublicHealthAddressExtension
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.46.42.30

This Extension profile represents where the patient traveled to or visited as an address e.g.: country, state, city, street address (if applicable).

At the least, address must contain the country. State is required if the country is US. If country is something other than US, the state MAY be present but MAY be bound to different vocabularies.

Context of Use

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

  • Element ID Observation.component
  • Element ID Observation

Usage info

Usage:

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 of type Address: This Extension profile represents where the patient traveled to or visited as an address e.g.: country, state, city, street address (if applicable).

At the least, address must contain the country. State is required if the country is US. If country is something other than US, the state MAY be present but MAY be bound to different vocabularies.

This structure is derived from Extension

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..1 Extension US Public Health Address Extension
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ecr/StructureDefinition/us-ph-address-extension"
... value[x] S 0..1 Address Value of extension
.... use S 0..1 code home | work | temp | old | billing - purpose of this address
.... type S 0..1 code postal | physical | both
.... line S 0..* string Street name, number, direction & P.O. Box etc.
.... city S 0..1 string Name of city, town etc.
.... district S 0..1 string District name (aka county)
.... state S 0..1 string Sub-unit of country (abbreviations ok)
Binding: USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes (preferred): USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes

.... postalCode S 0..1 string Postal code for area
.... country S 1..1 string Country (e.g. can be ISO 3166 2 or 3 letter code)

doco Documentation for this format
NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..1 Extension US Public Health Address Extension
... id 0..1 string 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/us/ecr/StructureDefinition/us-ph-address-extension"
.... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
.... extension 0..* Extension Additional content defined by implementations
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
.... use ?!SΣ 0..1 code home | work | temp | old | billing - purpose of this address
Binding: AddressUse (required): The use of an address.


Example General: home
.... type SΣ 0..1 code postal | physical | both
Binding: AddressType (required): The type of an address (physical / postal).


Example General: both
.... text Σ 0..1 string Text representation of the address
Example General: 137 Nowhere Street, Erewhon 9132
.... line SΣ 0..* string Street name, number, direction & P.O. Box etc.
This repeating element order: The order in which lines should appear in an address label
Example General: 137 Nowhere Street
.... city SΣ 0..1 string Name of city, town etc.
Example General: Erewhon
.... district SΣ 0..1 string District name (aka county)
Example General: Madison
.... state SΣ 0..1 string Sub-unit of country (abbreviations ok)
Binding: USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes (preferred): USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes

.... postalCode SΣ 0..1 string Postal code for area
Example General: 9132
.... country SΣ 1..1 string Country (e.g. can be ISO 3166 2 or 3 letter code)
.... period Σ 0..1 Period Time period when address was/is in use
Example General: {"start":"2010-03-23","end":"2010-07-01"}

doco Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension of type Address: This Extension profile represents where the patient traveled to or visited as an address e.g.: country, state, city, street address (if applicable).

At the least, address must contain the country. State is required if the country is US. If country is something other than US, the state MAY be present but MAY be bound to different vocabularies.

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..1 Extension US Public Health Address Extension
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ecr/StructureDefinition/us-ph-address-extension"
... value[x] S 0..1 Address Value of extension
.... use S 0..1 code home | work | temp | old | billing - purpose of this address
.... type S 0..1 code postal | physical | both
.... line S 0..* string Street name, number, direction & P.O. Box etc.
.... city S 0..1 string Name of city, town etc.
.... district S 0..1 string District name (aka county)
.... state S 0..1 string Sub-unit of country (abbreviations ok)
Binding: USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes (preferred): USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes

.... postalCode S 0..1 string Postal code for area
.... country S 1..1 string Country (e.g. can be ISO 3166 2 or 3 letter code)

doco Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..1 Extension US Public Health Address Extension
... id 0..1 string 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/us/ecr/StructureDefinition/us-ph-address-extension"
.... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
.... extension 0..* Extension Additional content defined by implementations
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
.... use ?!SΣ 0..1 code home | work | temp | old | billing - purpose of this address
Binding: AddressUse (required): The use of an address.


Example General: home
.... type SΣ 0..1 code postal | physical | both
Binding: AddressType (required): The type of an address (physical / postal).


Example General: both
.... text Σ 0..1 string Text representation of the address
Example General: 137 Nowhere Street, Erewhon 9132
.... line SΣ 0..* string Street name, number, direction & P.O. Box etc.
This repeating element order: The order in which lines should appear in an address label
Example General: 137 Nowhere Street
.... city SΣ 0..1 string Name of city, town etc.
Example General: Erewhon
.... district SΣ 0..1 string District name (aka county)
Example General: Madison
.... state SΣ 0..1 string Sub-unit of country (abbreviations ok)
Binding: USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes (preferred): USPS Two Letter Alphabetic Codes

.... postalCode SΣ 0..1 string Postal code for area
Example General: 9132
.... country SΣ 1..1 string Country (e.g. can be ISO 3166 2 or 3 letter code)
.... period Σ 0..1 Period Time period when address was/is in use
Example General: {"start":"2010-03-23","end":"2010-07-01"}

doco Documentation for this format

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

Terminology Bindings

PathConformanceValueSetURI
Extension.value[x].userequiredAddressUse
http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/address-use|4.0.1
from the FHIR Standard
Extension.value[x].typerequiredAddressType
http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/address-type|4.0.1
from the FHIR Standard
Extension.value[x].statepreferredUspsTwoLetterAlphabeticCodes (a valid code from https://www.usps.com/)
http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/us-core-usps-state

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()