US Quality Core Implementation Guide
0.1.0 - cibuild
US Quality Core Implementation Guide
0.1.0 - cibuild
US Quality Core Implementation Guide, published by ASTP. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/FHIR/us-quality-core/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
| Active as of 2026-03-25 |
XML representation of the uscdiplusquality extension.
<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="uscdiplusquality"/>
<text>
<status value="extensions"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">US Quality Core USCDI+ Quality Extension</div>
</text>
<url
value="http://fhir.org/guides/astp/us-quality-core/StructureDefinition/uscdiplusquality"/>
<version value="0.1.0"/>
<name value="USQualityCoreUSCDIQualityExtension"/>
<title value="US Quality Core USCDI+ Quality Extension"/>
<status value="active"/>
<date value="2026-03-25T17:42:33+00:00"/>
<publisher value="ASTP"/>
<contact>
<telecom>
<system value="url"/>
<value value="https://www.healthit.gov/"/>
</telecom>
</contact>
<description
value="This extension is only used in the US Quality Core Implementation Guide's Profile StructureDefinition elements."/>
<jurisdiction>
<coding>
<system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
<code value="US"/>
<display value="United States of America"/>
</coding>
<text value="USA"/>
</jurisdiction>
<fhirVersion value="4.0.1"/>
<mapping>
<identity value="rim"/>
<uri value="http://hl7.org/v3"/>
<name value="RIM Mapping"/>
</mapping>
<kind value="complex-type"/>
<abstract value="false"/>
<context>
<type value="element"/>
<expression value="ElementDefinition"/>
</context>
<context>
<type value="element"/>
<expression value="ElementDefinition.type.targetProfile"/>
</context>
<context>
<type value="element"/>
<expression value="ElementDefinition.type"/>
</context>
<type value="Extension"/>
<baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"/>
<derivation value="constraint"/>
<snapshot>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/snapshot-base-version">
<valueString value="4.0.1"/>
</extension>
<element id="Extension">
<path value="Extension"/>
<short
value="USCDI+ Quality Element Flag: ONLY USED FOR US Quality Core Profile StructureDefinitions"/>
<definition
value="**This extension is only used on US Quality Core Profile StructureDefinition elements**."/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="1"/>
<base>
<path value="Extension"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="*"/>
</base>
<condition value="ele-1"/>
<constraint>
<key value="ele-1"/>
<severity value="error"/>
<human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
<expression
value="hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())"/>
<xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/>
<source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
</constraint>
<constraint>
<key value="ext-1"/>
<severity value="error"/>
<human value="Must have either extensions or value[x], not both"/>
<expression value="extension.exists() != value.exists()"/>
<xpath
value="exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])"/>
<source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"/>
</constraint>
<isModifier value="false"/>
<mapping>
<identity value="v2"/>
<map value="No v2 equivalent"/>
</mapping>
<mapping>
<identity value="rim"/>
<map value="No RIM equivalent"/>
</mapping>
</element>
<element id="Extension.id">
<path value="Extension.id"/>
<representation value="xmlAttr"/>
<short value="Unique id for inter-element referencing"/>
<definition
value="Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces."/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="1"/>
<base>
<path value="Element.id"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="1"/>
</base>
<type>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
<valueUrl value="string"/>
</extension>
<code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/>
</type>
<isModifier value="false"/>
<isSummary value="false"/>
<mapping>
<identity value="rim"/>
<map value="n/a"/>
</mapping>
</element>
<element id="Extension.extension">
<path value="Extension.extension"/>
<slicing>
<discriminator>
<type value="value"/>
<path value="url"/>
</discriminator>
<description value="Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url"/>
<rules value="open"/>
</slicing>
<short value="Additional content defined by implementations"/>
<definition
value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension."/>
<comment
value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/>
<alias value="extensions"/>
<alias value="user content"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="*"/>
<base>
<path value="Element.extension"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="*"/>
</base>
<type>
<code value="Extension"/>
</type>
<constraint>
<key value="ele-1"/>
<severity value="error"/>
<human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
<expression
value="hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())"/>
<xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/>
<source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
</constraint>
<constraint>
<key value="ext-1"/>
<severity value="error"/>
<human value="Must have either extensions or value[x], not both"/>
<expression value="extension.exists() != value.exists()"/>
<xpath
value="exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), "value")])"/>
<source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"/>
</constraint>
<isModifier value="false"/>
<isSummary value="false"/>
<mapping>
<identity value="rim"/>
<map value="n/a"/>
</mapping>
</element>
<element id="Extension.url">
<path value="Extension.url"/>
<representation value="xmlAttr"/>
<short value="identifies the meaning of the extension"/>
<definition
value="Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL."/>
<comment
value="The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension."/>
<min value="1"/>
<max value="1"/>
<base>
<path value="Extension.url"/>
<min value="1"/>
<max value="1"/>
</base>
<type>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
<valueUrl value="uri"/>
</extension>
<code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/>
</type>
<fixedUri
value="http://fhir.org/guides/astp/us-quality-core/StructureDefinition/uscdiplusquality"/>
<isModifier value="false"/>
<isSummary value="false"/>
<mapping>
<identity value="rim"/>
<map value="N/A"/>
</mapping>
</element>
<element id="Extension.value[x]">
<path value="Extension.value[x]"/>
<short value="Value of extension"/>
<definition
value="Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html) for a list)."/>
<min value="1"/>
<max value="1"/>
<base>
<path value="Extension.value[x]"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="1"/>
</base>
<type>
<code value="boolean"/>
</type>
<constraint>
<key value="ele-1"/>
<severity value="error"/>
<human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
<expression
value="hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())"/>
<xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/>
<source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
</constraint>
<isModifier value="false"/>
<isSummary value="false"/>
<mapping>
<identity value="rim"/>
<map value="N/A"/>
</mapping>
</element>
</snapshot>
<differential>
<element id="Extension">
<path value="Extension"/>
<short
value="USCDI+ Quality Element Flag: ONLY USED FOR US Quality Core Profile StructureDefinitions"/>
<definition
value="**This extension is only used on US Quality Core Profile StructureDefinition elements**."/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="1"/>
<isModifier value="false"/>
<mapping>
<identity value="v2"/>
<map value="No v2 equivalent"/>
</mapping>
<mapping>
<identity value="rim"/>
<map value="No RIM equivalent"/>
</mapping>
</element>
<element id="Extension.url">
<path value="Extension.url"/>
<fixedUri
value="http://fhir.org/guides/astp/us-quality-core/StructureDefinition/uscdiplusquality"/>
</element>
<element id="Extension.value[x]">
<path value="Extension.value[x]"/>
<min value="1"/>
<max value="1"/>
<type>
<code value="boolean"/>
</type>
</element>
</differential>
</StructureDefinition>