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Example CodeSystem/patch-operation (XML)
Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
Definition for Code SystemPatchOperation
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="patch-operation"/>
<meta>
<lastUpdated value="2025-12-18T07:07:42.170+11:00"/>
</meta>
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p class="res-header-id">
<b> Generated Narrative: CodeSystem patch-operation</b>
</p>
<a name="patch-operation"> </a>
<a name="hcpatch-operation"> </a>
<p> This case-sensitive code system
<code> http://hl7.org/fhir/patch-operation</code> defines the following codes:
</p>
<table class="codes">
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">
<b> Code</b>
</td>
<td>
<b> Display</b>
</td>
<td>
<b> Definition</b>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">add
<a name="patch-operation-add"> </a>
</td>
<td> Add</td>
<td> Add content at the nominated location.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">insert
<a name="patch-operation-insert"> </a>
</td>
<td> Insert</td>
<td> Insert content at the nominated location.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">delete
<a name="patch-operation-delete"> </a>
</td>
<td> Delete</td>
<td> Delete content from the nominated location.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">replace
<a name="patch-operation-replace"> </a>
</td>
<td> Replace</td>
<td> Replace the content with the new content at the nominated location.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">move
<a name="patch-operation-move"> </a>
</td>
<td> Move</td>
<td> Move content from one location to another.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</text>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
<valueCode value="fhir"/>
</extension>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
<valueCode value="normative"/>
</extension>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
<valueInteger value="0"/>
</extension>
<url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/patch-operation"/>
<version value="6.0.0-ballot4"/>
<name value="PatchOperation"/>
<title value="Patch Operation"/>
<status value="active"/>
<experimental value="false"/>
<date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/>
<publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
<contact>
<telecom>
<system value="url"/>
<value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
</telecom>
<telecom>
<system value="email"/>
<value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
</telecom>
</contact>
<description value="Codes identifying the valid FHIRPath patch operations."/>
<jurisdiction>
<coding>
<system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
<code value="001"/>
<display value="World"/>
</coding>
</jurisdiction>
<caseSensitive value="true"/>
<valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/patch-operation"/>
<content value="complete"/>
<concept>
<code value="add"/>
<display value="Add"/>
<definition value="Add content at the nominated location."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="insert"/>
<display value="Insert"/>
<definition value="Insert content at the nominated location."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="delete"/>
<display value="Delete"/>
<definition value="Delete content from the nominated location."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="replace"/>
<display value="Replace"/>
<definition value="Replace the content with the new content at the nominated location."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="move"/>
<display value="Move"/>
<definition value="Move content from one location to another."/>
</concept>
</CodeSystem>
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the
examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part
of the specification.