HL7 FHIR Implementation Guide: Military Service History and Status Release 1 - US Realm | STU1
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This page is part of the HL7 FHIR Implementation Guide for Military Service History and Status (v1.0.0: STU1) based on FHIR R4. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Veteran

The US Veteran profile specifies an additional extension to the set already supported by the FHIR US Core profile it extends. This extension is a boolean flag used to specify/store the confirmation/verification status. true: the Patient record describes a Veteran or false: the Patient is either not a verified yet or under review if the flag is absent, then the veteran status is undetermined.

Profile

USVeteran

Extension

USVeteranStatus

Verification

Using patient match patientmatch verify existence of extension USVeteranStatus to evaluate veteran status. A return missing extension completely is a result of undetermined.