# Point of Contact - PACIO Transitions of Care Implementation Guide v1.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**FHIR Artifacts**](artifacts.md)
* **Point of Contact**

## Extension: Point of Contact 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.org/fhir/us/pacio-toc/StructureDefinition/point-of-contact-extension | *Version*:1.0.0 | |
| * Standards status: *[Trial-use](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 2 | *Computable Name*:PointOfContactExtension |

The Point of Contact Extension represents the individual or organization that can be contacted for information about the patient or their care.

**Context of Use**

**Usage info**

**Usages:**

* Use this Extension: [Transition of Care Document Reference](StructureDefinition-TOC-DocumentReference.md)
* Examples for this Extension: [DocumentReference/Example-Smith-Johnson-DocRef-Bundle](DocumentReference-Example-Smith-Johnson-DocRef-Bundle.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/hl7.fhir.us.pacio-toc|current/StructureDefinition/point-of-contact-extension)

### Formal Views of Extension Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-point-of-contact-extension.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-point-of-contact-extension.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-point-of-contact-extension.sch) 

#### Constraints



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "point-of-contact-extension",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "pc"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 2,
    "_valueInteger" : {
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
        "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/pacio-toc/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.pacio-toc"
      }]
    }
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use",
    "_valueCode" : {
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
        "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/pacio-toc/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.pacio-toc"
      }]
    }
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/pacio-toc/StructureDefinition/point-of-contact-extension",
  "version" : "1.0.0",
  "name" : "PointOfContactExtension",
  "title" : "Point of Contact",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-05-13T05:33:53+10:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International / Patient Care",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 International / Patient Care",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/patientcare"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "patientcare@lists.HL7.org"
    }]
  },
  {
    "name" : "PACIO project",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/patientcare"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "info@pacioproject.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "The Point of Contact Extension represents the individual or organization that can be contacted for information about the patient or their care.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "US",
      "display" : "United States of America"
    }]
  }],
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "context" : [{
    "type" : "element",
    "expression" : "Composition"
  },
  {
    "type" : "element",
    "expression" : "CarePlan"
  },
  {
    "type" : "element",
    "expression" : "DocumentReference"
  }],
  "type" : "Extension",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Extension",
      "path" : "Extension",
      "short" : "Point of Contact",
      "definition" : "The Point of Contact Extension represents the individual or organization that can be contacted for information about the patient or their care."
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension",
      "path" : "Extension.extension",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.url",
      "path" : "Extension.url",
      "fixedUri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/pacio-toc/StructureDefinition/point-of-contact-extension"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "type",
          "path" : "$this"
        }],
        "ordered" : false,
        "rules" : "open"
      },
      "min" : 1
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x]:valueReference",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "sliceName" : "valueReference",
      "min" : 1,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-relatedperson|8.0.1",
        "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-practitioner|8.0.1",
        "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-practitionerrole|8.0.1"]
      }],
      "mustSupport" : true
    }]
  }
}

```
