# HI Service Organisation Classification - 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 Sparked Testing 20260708
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* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**FHIR Artefacts**](artifacts.md)
* **HI Service Organisation Classification**

## Extension: HI Service Organisation Classification 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/hcpd/StructureDefinition/hi-org-classification | *Version*:26.0.0 |
| Active as of 2026-07-03 | *Computable Name*:HI_Service_Organisation_Classification |
| **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/) | |

Extension to record whether an organisation's HPIO is a 'seed' or 'network' type in the HI service.

This extension addresses the business need to classify organizations in the Health Connect Provider Directory as either seed or network entities, supporting proper organizational hierarchy representation and directory management workflows.

**Context of Use**

**Usage info**

**Usages:**

* Use this Extension: [HCPD Healthcare Provider Identifier - Organisation (HCPD HPI-O)](StructureDefinition-hcpd-hpio.md) and [HCPD Healthcare Support Service Provider - Organisation (HCPD HSP-O)](StructureDefinition-hcpd-hspo.md)
* Examples for this Extension: [Organization/example-healthconnect-organization-1](Organization-example-healthconnect-organization-1.md) and [Caring Hands Home Support](Organization-example-healthconnect-organization-2.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/resource/au.gov.digitalhealth.hcpd|current/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition-hi-org-classification.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-hi-org-classification.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-hi-org-classification.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-hi-org-classification.sch) 

#### Terminology Bindings

#### Constraints

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IG © 2026+ [Australian Digital Health Agency](https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/). Package au.gov.digitalhealth.hcpd#26.0.0 based on [FHIR 4.0.1](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/). Generated 2026-07-03

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" : "hi-org-classification",
  "url" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/hcpd/StructureDefinition/hi-org-classification",
  "version" : "26.0.0",
  "name" : "HI_Service_Organisation_Classification",
  "title" : "HI Service Organisation Classification",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-07-03T05:13:52+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" : "Extension to record whether an organisation's HPIO is a 'seed' or 'network' type in the HI service.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "AU",
      "display" : "Australia"
    }]
  }],
  "purpose" : "This extension addresses the business need to classify organizations in the Health Connect Provider Directory as either seed or network entities, supporting proper organizational hierarchy representation and directory management workflows.",
  "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" : "Organization.identifier"
  }],
  "type" : "Extension",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension|4.0.1",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Extension",
      "path" : "Extension",
      "short" : "Indicates whether an organisation is a seed or network",
      "definition" : "This extension applies to Organization, and indicates whether an organisation is a seed or network in the HI service."
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension",
      "path" : "Extension.extension",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.url",
      "path" : "Extension.url",
      "fixedUri" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/hcpd/StructureDefinition/hi-org-classification"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "short" : "Indicates whether an organisation is a seed or network",
      "definition" : "This extension applies to Organization, and indicates whether an organisation is a seed or network in the HI service.",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "CodeableConcept"
      }],
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "required",
        "valueSet" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/hcpd/ValueSet/hi-org-classification-vs|26.0.0"
      }
    }]
  }
}

```
