CDA Examples
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Example: Patient Birth Name

Approval Status: Approved
Task Force Approval: 2016-07-07
SDWG Approval: 2016-07-07, 2017-02-02

This example illustrates how to structure Patient’s birth name, which is a special case of previous name.


<recordTarget xmlns="urn:hl7-org:v3">
  <!--  Note: several other data elements (telecom, address, etc.) are required to meet C-CDA R2.1 requirements  -->
  <patientRole>
    <id root="2.16.840.1.113883.4.1" extension="444222222"/>
    <patient>
      <!--  SDWG reviewed and approved approach for recording a birth name and legal name  -->
      <name use="L">
        <given>Alice</given>
        <given>Jones</given>
        <family>Newman</family>
      </name>
      <name>
        <given qualifier="BR">Alicia</given>
        <!--  BR = Birth name -->
        <given>Jones</given>
        <family qualifier="BR">Newman</family>
        <!--  BR = Birth name -->
        <!--  Optional valid time - best practice  -->
        <validTime>
          <low value="20010505"/>
          <high value="20210510"/>
        </validTime>
      </name>
    </patient>
  </patientRole>
</recordTarget>