HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide
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HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide, published by HL7 New Zealand. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 3.2.0-ci-build built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7NZ/nzbase/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Extension: AliasType

Official URL: http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/alias-type Version: 1.0.0
Active as of 2026-08-04 Computable Name: AliasType

Used to indicate what sort of alias is being used in a Location or Organization - eg that it is a legal name.

Context of Use

Example of extension


  <alias value="Best health">
    <extension url="http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/alias-type">
      <valueCodeableConcept>
        <coding>
          <system value="https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/alias-type-code"/>
          <code value="short"/>
          <display value="Local name"/>
        </coding>
      </valueCodeableConcept>
    </extension>
  </alias>

Example instances

Location with alias type

Usage info

Usages:

You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics

Formal Views of Extension Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

This structure is derived from Extension

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Extension
... extension 0..0 Extension
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/alias-type"
... value[x] 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
Binding: Alias types (preferred)

doco Documentation for this format
NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Extension
... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..0 Extension
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/alias-type"

doco Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: Used to indicate what sort of alias is being used in a Location or Organization - eg that it is a legal name.

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Extension
... extension 0..0 Extension
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/alias-type"
... value[x] 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
Binding: Alias types (preferred)

doco Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Extension
... id 0..1 string Unique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..0 Extension
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/alias-type"

doco Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: Used to indicate what sort of alias is being used in a Location or Organization - eg that it is a legal name.

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

Terminology Bindings

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
Extension.value[x] Base preferred Alias types 📦1.0.0 This IG

Constraints

Id Grade Path(s) Description Expression