Financial instrument which may be used to reimburse or pay for health care products and services.

The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes.

The only time that a resource does not have an id is when it is being submitted to the server using a create operation.

The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content may not always be associated with version changes to the resource.

A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content.

Asserting this rule set restricts the content to be only understood by a limited set of trading partners. This inherently limits the usefulness of the data in the long term. However, the existing health eco-system is highly fractured, and not yet ready to define, collect, and exchange data in a generally computable sense. Wherever possible, implementers and/or specification writers should avoid using this element.

This element is labelled as a modifier because the implicit rules may provide additional knowledge about the resource that modifies it's meaning or interpretation.

The base language in which the resource is written.

Language is provided to support indexing and accessibility (typically, services such as text to speech use the language tag). The html language tag in the narrative applies to the narrative. The language tag on the resource may be used to specify the language of other presentations generated from the data in the resource Not all the content has to be in the base language. The Resource.language should not be assumed to apply to the narrative automatically. If a language is specified, it should it also be specified on the div element in the html (see rules in HTML5 for information about the relationship between xml:lang and the html lang attribute).

A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource, and may be used to represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode all the structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it "clinically safe" for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions may define what content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical safety.

Contained resources do not have narrative. Resources that are not contained SHOULD have a narrative. In some cases, a resource may only have text with little or no additional discrete data (as long as all minOccurs=1 elements are satisfied). This may be necessary for data from legacy systems where information is captured as a "text blob" or where text is additionally entered raw or narrated and encoded in formation is added later.

These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them - they cannot be identified independently, and nor can they have their own independent transaction scope.

This should never be done when the content can be identified properly, as once identification is lost, it is extremely difficult (and context dependent) to restore it again.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource, and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

The main (and possibly only) identifier for the coverage - often referred to as a Member Id, Certificate number, Personal Health Number or Case ID. May be constructed as the concatination of the Coverage.SubscriberID and the Coverage.dependant.

This value may uniquely identify the coverage or it may be used in conjunction with the additional identifiers below.

The status of the resource instance.

This element is labeled as a modifier because the status contains the code entered-in-error that marks the coverage as not currently valid.

The type of coverage: social program, medical plan, accident coverage (workers compensation, auto), group health or payment by an individual or organization.

The order of application of coverages is dependent on the types of coverage.

The party who 'owns' the insurance policy, may be an individual, corporation or the subscriber's employer.

The party who has signed-up for or 'owns' the contractual relationship to the policy or to whom the benefit of the policy for services rendered to them or their family is due.

The insurer assigned ID for the Subscriber.

The party who benefits from the insurance coverage., the patient when services are provided.

The relationship of beneficiary (patient) to the subscriber.

To determine relationship between the patient and the subscriber.

Time period during which the coverage is in force. A missing start date indicates the start date isn't known, a missing end date means the coverage is continuing to be in force.

The program or plan underwriter or payor including both insurance and non-insurance agreements, such as patient-pay agreements. May provide multiple identifiers such as insurance company identifier or business identifier (BIN number).

Need to identify the issuer to target for processing and for coordination of benefit processing.

A suite of underwrite specific classifiers, for example may be used to identify a class of coverage or employer group, Policy, Plan.

unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element, and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.

There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.

Identifies a style or collective of coverage issued by the underwriter, for example may be used to identify an employer group. May also be referred to as a Policy or Group ID.

A short description for the group.

Identifies a style or collective of coverage issued by the underwriter, for example may be used to identify a subset of an employer group.

A short description for the subgroup.

Identifies a style or collective of coverage issued by the underwriter, for example may be used to identify a collection of benefits provided to employees. May be referred to as a Section or Division ID.

A short description for the plan.

Identifies a sub-style or sub-collective of coverage issued by the underwriter, for example may be used to identify a subset of a collection of benefits provided to employees.

A short description for the subplan.

Identifies a style or collective of coverage issues by the underwriter, for example may be used to identify a class of coverage such as a level of deductables or co-payment.

A short description for the class.

Identifies a sub-style or sub-collective of coverage issues by the underwriter, for example may be used to identify a subclass of coverage such as a sub-level of deductables or co-payment.

A short description for the subclass.

A unique identifier for a dependent under the coverage.

For some coverage a single identifier is issued to the Subscriber and a dependent number issued to each beneficiary.

An optional counter for a particular instance of the identified coverage which increments upon each renewal.

Some coverage, for example social plans, may be offered in short time increments, for example for a week or a month at a time, so while the rest of the plan details and identifiers may remain constant over time, the instance is incremented with each renewal and provided to the covered party on their 'card'.

The order of applicability of this coverage relative to other coverages which are currently inforce. Note, there may be gaps in the numbering and this does not imply primary, secondard etc. as the specific positioning of coverages depends upon the episode of care.

The insurer-specific identifier for the insurer-defined network of providers to which the beneficiary may seek treatment which will be covered at the 'in-network' rate, otherwise 'out of network' terms and conditions apply.

The policy(s) which constitute this insurance coverage.