# Referral Information for Referrer - Common Components FHIR Implementation Guide v26.0.0

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# Common Components FHIR Implementation Guide

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* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**FHIR Artefacts**](artifacts.md)
* **Referral Information for Referrer**

## Extension: Referral Information for Referrer 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/referral-information-for-referrer | *Version*:26.0.0 |
| Active as of 2026-07-14 | *Computable Name*:Referral_Information_For_Referrer |
| **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/) | |

Referral instructions and information for healthcare service providers that may wish to refer patients / clients to the healthcare service.

Provides referrers with the instructions and information needed to refer patients to a healthcare service, supporting informed referral decisions and efficient care coordination.

**Context of Use**

**Usage info**

**Usages:**

* Examples for this Extension: [Paul Hogan Memorial Croc Cardiology Clinic](HealthcareService-referral-information-for-referrer-example.md)

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

#### Constraints

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IG © 2026+ [Australian Digital Health Agency](https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/). Package au.gov.digitalhealth.cc#26.0.0 based on [FHIR 4.0.1](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/). Generated 2026-07-14

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" : "referral-information-for-referrer",
  "url" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/referral-information-for-referrer",
  "version" : "26.0.0",
  "name" : "Referral_Information_For_Referrer",
  "title" : "Referral Information for Referrer",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-07-14T04:17:55+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" : "email",
      "value" : "mailto:help@digitalhealth.gov.au",
      "use" : "work"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Referral instructions and information for healthcare service providers that may wish to refer patients / clients to the healthcare service. ",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "AU",
      "display" : "Australia"
    }]
  }],
  "purpose" : "Provides referrers with the instructions and information needed to refer patients to a healthcare service, supporting informed referral decisions and efficient care coordination.",
  "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" : "Referral Information for Referrer",
      "definition" : "Referral instructions and information for healthcare service providers that may wish to refer patients / clients to the healthcare service. "
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension",
      "path" : "Extension.extension",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.url",
      "path" : "Extension.url",
      "fixedUri" : "http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/referral-information-for-referrer"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "short" : "Referral information for referrer",
      "definition" : "Information for referrers about referral requirements for this healthcare service.",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "markdown"
      }]
    }]
  }
}

```