# Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide

26.0.0 - Trial

Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide, published by Australian Digital Health Agency. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 26.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/AuDigitalHealth/HCPD/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## Extension: Practitioner Role Communication

Official URL: http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/practitioner-role-communication | Version: 26.0.0
Active as of 2026-06-17 | Computable Name: PractitionerRole_Communication
Usage:Jurisdiction: Australia
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Practitioner Role Communication. This extension captures communication preferences and capabilities for a practitioner in a given role.

Context of Use

This extension may be used on the following element(s)

- Element ID: `PractitionerRole`

Usage info

Usages:

- Use this Extension: HCPD PractitionerRole
- Examples for this Extension: PractitionerRole/example-healthconnect-practitionerrole-1

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.

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This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension(4.0.1) | Practitioner role communication preferences
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/practitioner-role-communication"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Common Languages in Australia (required)
Documentation for this format

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension(4.0.1) | Practitioner role communication preferences Constraints: ext-1
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url Constraints: ext-1
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/practitioner-role-communication"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Common Languages in Australia (required)
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: Practitioner Role Communication. This extension captures communication preferences and capabilities for a practitioner in a given role.

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension(4.0.1) | Practitioner role communication preferences
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/practitioner-role-communication"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Common Languages in Australia (required)
Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension(4.0.1) | Practitioner role communication preferences Constraints: ext-1
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url Constraints: ext-1
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/practitioner-role-communication"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Common Languages in Australia (required)
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: Practitioner Role Communication. This extension captures communication preferences and capabilities for a practitioner in a given role.

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

#### Terminology Bindings

Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source
Extension.value[x] | Base | required | Common Languages in Australia | ⏿2.2.1 | tx.hl7.org.au

#### Constraints

Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression
ele-1 | error | Extension, Extension.value[x] | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children | `hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`
ext-1 | error | Extension | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both | `extension.exists() != value.exists()`