# IAR Levels of Care - Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide v26.0.0

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# Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide

26.0.0 - Snapshot HL7 AU Connectathon Aug 25 & 26, 2026 !-- End ADHA override -->
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* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**FHIR Artefacts**](artifacts.md)
* **IAR Levels of Care**

## Extension: IAR Levels of Care 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/iar-levels-of-care | *Version*:26.0.0 |
| Active as of 2026-08-14 | *Computable Name*:IAR_Levels_Of_Care |
| **Copyright/Legal**: This content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) | |

Indicates the IAR (Initial Assessment and Referral) Levels of Care for a healthcare service.

This extension addresses the business requirement to classify mental healthcare services according to the National Initial Assessment and Referral (IAR) framework levels of care, enabling appropriate service matching and referral processes.

**Context of Use**

**Usage info**

**Usages:**

* Use this Extension: [HCPD HealthcareService](StructureDefinition-hcpd-healthcareservice.md)
* Examples for this Extension: [Healthcare service with Residential Aged Care service type](HealthcareService-example-healthconnect-healthcareservice-1.md) and Northside Community Health Centre – General Practice & Aged Care/a>

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/resource/au.gov.digitalhealth.fhir.hcpd|current/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition-iar-levels-of-care.json)

### Formal Views of Extension Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-iar-levels-of-care.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-iar-levels-of-care.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-iar-levels-of-care.sch) 

#### Terminology Bindings

#### Constraints

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IG © 2026+ [Australian Digital Health Agency](https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/). Package au.gov.digitalhealth.fhir.hcpd#26.0.0 based on [FHIR 4.0.1](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/). Generated 2026-08-14

Links: [Table of Contents](toc.md) | [QA Report](qa.md) | [Version History](https://fhir.digitalhealth.gov.au/dh/history.html) | [Report an issue or propose a change](mailto:help@digitalhealth.gov.au) 

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## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "iar-levels-of-care",
  "url" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/iar-levels-of-care",
  "version" : "26.0.0",
  "name" : "IAR_Levels_Of_Care",
  "title" : "IAR Levels of Care",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-08-14T02:36:58+00:00",
  "publisher" : "Australian Digital Health Agency",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "Australian Digital Health Agency",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "help@digitalhealth.gov.au"
    }]
  },
  {
    "name" : "Australian Digital Health Agency",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au",
      "use" : "work"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "mailto:help@digitalhealth.gov.au",
      "use" : "work"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Indicates the IAR (Initial Assessment and Referral) Levels of Care for a healthcare service.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "AU",
      "display" : "Australia"
    }]
  }],
  "purpose" : "This extension addresses the business requirement to classify mental healthcare services according to the National Initial Assessment and Referral (IAR) framework levels of care, enabling appropriate service matching and referral processes.",
  "copyright" : "This content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "context" : [{
    "type" : "element",
    "expression" : "HealthcareService"
  }],
  "type" : "Extension",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension|4.0.1",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Extension",
      "path" : "Extension",
      "short" : "IAR Levels of Care",
      "definition" : "Indicates the IAR (Initial Assessment and Referral) Levels of Care for a healthcare service."
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension",
      "path" : "Extension.extension",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.url",
      "path" : "Extension.url",
      "fixedUri" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/iar-levels-of-care"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "short" : "IAR Levels of Care for the healthcare service.",
      "definition" : "The Initial Assessment and Referral (IAR) Levels of Care for the healthcare service.",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "CodeableConcept"
      }],
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "required",
        "valueSet" : "https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/iar-levels-of-care-1"
      }
    }]
  }
}

```
