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  "id": "questionnaire-answer-constraint",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2026-06-13T18:10:18.706+00:00"
  },
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    "status": "generated",
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  },
  "extension": [
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      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
      "valueCode": "fhir"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
      "valueCode": "normative"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
      "valueInteger": 5
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  ],
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/questionnaire-answer-constraint",
  "identifier": [
    {
      "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
      "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.2019"
    }
  ],
  "version": "6.0.0-ballot4",
  "name": "QuestionnaireAnswerConstraint",
  "title": "Questionnaire answer constraint codes",
  "status": "active",
  "experimental": false,
  "publisher": "HL7 International",
  "description": "Codes that describe the types of constraints possible on a question item that has a list of permitted answers",
  "jurisdiction": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
          "code": "001",
          "display": "World"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "content": "complete",
  "concept": [
    {
      "code": "optionsOnly",
      "display": "Options only",
      "definition": "Only values listed as answerOption or in the expansion of the answerValueSet are permitted"
    },
    {
      "code": "optionsOrType",
      "display": "Options or \u0027type\u0027",
      "definition": "In addition to the values listed as answerOption or in the expansion of the answerValueSet, any other values that correspond to the specified item.type are permitted"
    },
    {
      "code": "optionsOrString",
      "display": "Options or string",
      "definition": "In addition to the values listed as answerOption or in the expansion of the answerValueSet, free-text strings are permitted.  Answers will have a type of \u0027string\u0027."
    }
  ]
}