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Extension: proficiency

URL for this extension:

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

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: HL7

Proficiency level of the communication.

Context of Use: Use on Element ID Patient.communication

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Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
proficiency		0..*	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency proficiency: Proficiency level of the communication. Use on Element ID Patient.communication
level		0..1	Coding	How well the patient can communicate this communication (good, poor, etc.).
type		0..*	Coding	What type of communication for the proficiency (spoken, written, etc.).
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..*	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency proficiency: Proficiency level of the communication. Use on Element ID Patient.communication
extension	I	0..*	Extension	Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
extension:level	I	0..1	Extension	The proficiency level of the communication
extension	I	0..0
url		1..1	uri	"level"
value[x]	I	1..1	Coding	Value of extension Binding: LanguageAbilityProficiency (preferred)
extension:type	I	0..*	Extension	The proficiency type of the communication
extension	I	0..0
url		1..1	uri	"type"
value[x]	I	1..1	Coding	Value of extension Binding: LanguageAbilityMode (preferred)
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency"
value[x]	I	0..0
valueBase64Binary			base64Binary
valueBoolean			boolean
valueCanonical			canonical()
valueCode			code
valueDate			date
valueDateTime			dateTime
valueDecimal			decimal
valueId			id
valueInstant			instant
valueInteger			integer
valueMarkdown			markdown
valueOid			oid
valuePositiveInt			positiveInt
valueString			string
valueTime			time
valueUnsignedInt			unsignedInt
valueUri			uri
valueUrl			url
valueUuid			uuid
valueAddress			Address
valueAge			Age
valueAnnotation			Annotation
valueAttachment			Attachment
valueCodeableConcept			CodeableConcept
valueCoding			Coding
valueContactPoint			ContactPoint
valueCount			Count
valueDistance			Distance
valueDuration			Duration
valueHumanName			HumanName
valueIdentifier			Identifier
valueMoney			Money
valuePeriod			Period
valueQuantity			Quantity
valueRange			Range
valueRatio			Ratio
valueReference			Reference()
valueSampledData			SampledData
valueSignature			Signature
valueTiming			Timing
valueContactDetail			ContactDetail
valueContributor			Contributor
valueDataRequirement			DataRequirement
valueExpression			Expression
valueParameterDefinition			ParameterDefinition
valueRelatedArtifact			RelatedArtifact
valueTriggerDefinition			TriggerDefinition
valueUsageContext			UsageContext
valueDosage			Dosage
valueMeta			Meta
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- proficiency -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency" >
 <-- extension sliced by value:url  in the specified orderOpen-->
 <extension url="level">  0..1 Extension  <!--  0..1 The proficiency level of the communication -->
  <valueCoding><!--  1..1 Coding Value of extension --></valueCoding>
 </extension>
 <extension url="type">  0..* Extension  <!--  0..* The proficiency type of the communication -->
  <valueCoding><!--  1..1 Coding Value of extension --></valueCoding>
 </extension>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // proficiency
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open 
      { // The proficiency level of the communication // C?
        // from Element: extension
        "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
        "url" : "level", // R! 
        "valueCoding" : { Coding } // C? R! Value of extension
      },
      { // The proficiency type of the communication // C?
        // from Element: extension
        "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
        "url" : "type", // R! 
        "valueCoding" : { Coding } // C? R! Value of extension
      }
    ],
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency", // R! 
// value[x]: Value of extension. One of these 50:
  }

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
proficiency		0..*	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency proficiency: Proficiency level of the communication. Use on Element ID Patient.communication
level		0..1	Coding	How well the patient can communicate this communication (good, poor, etc.).
type		0..*	Coding	What type of communication for the proficiency (spoken, written, etc.).
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..*	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency proficiency: Proficiency level of the communication. Use on Element ID Patient.communication
extension	I	0..*	Extension	Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
extension:level	I	0..1	Extension	The proficiency level of the communication
extension	I	0..0
url		1..1	uri	"level"
value[x]	I	1..1	Coding	Value of extension Binding: LanguageAbilityProficiency (preferred)
extension:type	I	0..*	Extension	The proficiency type of the communication
extension	I	0..0
url		1..1	uri	"type"
value[x]	I	1..1	Coding	Value of extension Binding: LanguageAbilityMode (preferred)
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency"
value[x]	I	0..0
valueBase64Binary			base64Binary
valueBoolean			boolean
valueCanonical			canonical()
valueCode			code
valueDate			date
valueDateTime			dateTime
valueDecimal			decimal
valueId			id
valueInstant			instant
valueInteger			integer
valueMarkdown			markdown
valueOid			oid
valuePositiveInt			positiveInt
valueString			string
valueTime			time
valueUnsignedInt			unsignedInt
valueUri			uri
valueUrl			url
valueUuid			uuid
valueAddress			Address
valueAge			Age
valueAnnotation			Annotation
valueAttachment			Attachment
valueCodeableConcept			CodeableConcept
valueCoding			Coding
valueContactPoint			ContactPoint
valueCount			Count
valueDistance			Distance
valueDuration			Duration
valueHumanName			HumanName
valueIdentifier			Identifier
valueMoney			Money
valuePeriod			Period
valueQuantity			Quantity
valueRange			Range
valueRatio			Ratio
valueReference			Reference()
valueSampledData			SampledData
valueSignature			Signature
valueTiming			Timing
valueContactDetail			ContactDetail
valueContributor			Contributor
valueDataRequirement			DataRequirement
valueExpression			Expression
valueParameterDefinition			ParameterDefinition
valueRelatedArtifact			RelatedArtifact
valueTriggerDefinition			TriggerDefinition
valueUsageContext			UsageContext
valueDosage			Dosage
valueMeta			Meta
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- proficiency -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency" >
 <-- extension sliced by value:url  in the specified orderOpen-->
 <extension url="level">  0..1 Extension  <!--  0..1 The proficiency level of the communication -->
  <valueCoding><!--  1..1 Coding Value of extension --></valueCoding>
 </extension>
 <extension url="type">  0..* Extension  <!--  0..* The proficiency type of the communication -->
  <valueCoding><!--  1..1 Coding Value of extension --></valueCoding>
 </extension>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // proficiency
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open 
      { // The proficiency level of the communication // C?
        // from Element: extension
        "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
        "url" : "level", // R! 
        "valueCoding" : { Coding } // C? R! Value of extension
      },
      { // The proficiency type of the communication // C?
        // from Element: extension
        "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
        "url" : "type", // R! 
        "valueCoding" : { Coding } // C? R! Value of extension
      }
    ],
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-proficiency", // R! 
// value[x]: Value of extension. One of these 50:
  }

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