# HCPD Alternate Postal Address - 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)
* **HCPD Alternate Postal Address**

## Extension: HCPD Alternate Postal Address 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/hcpd/StructureDefinition/hcpd-alternate-postal-address | *Version*:26.0.0 |
| Active as of 2026-07-03 | *Computable Name*:HCPD_Alternate_Postal_Address |
| **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/) | |

Alternate postal/mailing address for correspondence (PO Box or mailing address) that is distinct from the registered physical address.

**Context of Use**

**Usage info**

**Usages:**

* Use this Extension: [HCPD Location](StructureDefinition-hcpd-location.md)
* Examples for this Extension: [Sydney Central Medical Centre](Location-example-healthconnect-medical-centre-location-1.md) and [Mobile Healthcare Unit - Sydney CBD](Location-example-healthconnect-mobile-healthcare-unit-1.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-hcpd-alternate-postal-address.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-hcpd-alternate-postal-address.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-hcpd-alternate-postal-address.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-hcpd-alternate-postal-address.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" : "hcpd-alternate-postal-address",
  "url" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/hcpd/StructureDefinition/hcpd-alternate-postal-address",
  "version" : "26.0.0",
  "name" : "HCPD_Alternate_Postal_Address",
  "title" : "HCPD Alternate Postal Address",
  "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" : "Alternate postal/mailing address for correspondence (PO Box or mailing address) that is distinct from the registered physical address.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "AU",
      "display" : "Australia"
    }]
  }],
  "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" : "Location"
  }],
  "type" : "Extension",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension|4.0.1",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Extension",
      "path" : "Extension",
      "short" : "HCPD Alternate Postal Address",
      "definition" : "Carries an alternate postal/mailing address for correspondence (PO Box or mailing address) that is distinct from the registered physical address. This extension is used in the context of HCPD-Location profile. Allows organisations to nominate a secure mailing address for official correspondence."
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension",
      "path" : "Extension.extension",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.url",
      "path" : "Extension.url",
      "fixedUri" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/hcpd/StructureDefinition/hcpd-alternate-postal-address"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "short" : "Alternate postal/mailing address",
      "definition" : "A chosen or alternate postal or mailing address, used for correspondence and separate from the registered physical address.",
      "min" : 1,
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Address"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x].type",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x].type",
      "fixedCode" : "postal"
    }]
  }
}

```
