# 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: HI Service Organisation Classification

Official URL: http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/hcpd/StructureDefinition/hi-org-classification | Version: 26.0.0
Active as of 2026-06-17 | Computable Name: HI_Service_Organisation_Classification
Usage:Jurisdiction: Australia
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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

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

- Element ID: `Organization.identifier`

Usage info

Usages:

- Use this Extension: HCPD Healthcare Provider Identifier - Organisation (HCPD HPI-O) and HCPD Healthcare Support Service Provider - Organisation (HCPD HSP-O)
- Examples for this Extension: Example Aged Care Facility and Caring Hands Home Support

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.

- Differential Table
- Snapshot Table
- Statistics/References
- All

This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension(4.0.1) | Indicates whether an organisation is a seed or network
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/hcpd/StructureDefinition/hi-org-classification"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Indicates whether an organisation is a seed or network Binding: HI_Org_Classification_VS (26.0.0) (required)
Documentation for this format

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension(4.0.1) | Indicates whether an organisation is a seed or network 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/hcpd/StructureDefinition/hi-org-classification"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Indicates whether an organisation is a seed or network Binding: HI_Org_Classification_VS (26.0.0) (required)
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

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

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension(4.0.1) | Indicates whether an organisation is a seed or network
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/hcpd/StructureDefinition/hi-org-classification"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Indicates whether an organisation is a seed or network Binding: HI_Org_Classification_VS (26.0.0) (required)
Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension(4.0.1) | Indicates whether an organisation is a seed or network 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/hcpd/StructureDefinition/hi-org-classification"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Indicates whether an organisation is a seed or network Binding: HI_Org_Classification_VS (26.0.0) (required)
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

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

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

#### Terminology Bindings

Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source
Extension.value[x] | Base | required | HI Service Organization Classification ValueSet | 📍26.0.0 | This IG

#### 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()`