International Patient Summary Implementation Guide
2.0.0 - STU 2

International Patient Summary Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Patient Care. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhir-ips/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## Logical Model: DocumentSection - JSON Profile

Page standards status: Trial-use | Maturity Level: 2

JSON representation of the DocumentSection logical model.

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    {
      "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
      "id" : "DocumentSection",
      "text" : {
        "status" : "extensions",
        "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition DocumentSection</b></p><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top;\"><tr style=\"border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top\"><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"The logical name of the element\">Name</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Information about the use of the element\">Flags</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Minimum and Maximum # of times the element can appear in the instance\">Card.</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; width: 100px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Reference to the type of the element\">Type</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Additional information about the element\">Description &amp; Constraints</a><span style=\"float: right\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64, \" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/></a></span></th></tr><tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck0.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-DocumentSection-definitions.html#DocumentSection\" title=\"DocumentSection\">DocumentSection</a><a name=\"DocumentSection\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">0</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">*</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://build.fhir.org/types.html#Base\">Base</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">DocumentSection<br/><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Instances of this logical model can be the target of a Reference</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr><td colspan=\"5\" class=\"hierarchy\"><br/><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64, \" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/> Documentation for this format</a></td></tr></table></div>"
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          "valueCode" : "can-be-target"
        },
        {
          "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
          "valueCode" : "pc"
        },
        {
          "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
          "valueInteger" : 2,
          "_valueInteger" : {
            "extension" : [
              {
                "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
                "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.uv.ips"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
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          "valueCode" : "trial-use",
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            "extension" : [
              {
                "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
                "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.uv.ips"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/StructureDefinition/DocumentSection",
      "version" : "2.0.0",
      "name" : "DocumentSection",
      "status" : "active",
      "date" : "2025-09-04T16:56:27+00:00",
      "publisher" : "HL7 International / Patient Care",
      "contact" : [
        {
          "name" : "HL7 International / Patient Care",
          "telecom" : [
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              "system" : "url",
              "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/patientcare"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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              "code" : "001",
              "display" : "World"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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      "kind" : "logical",
      "abstract" : false,
      "type" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/StructureDefinition/DocumentSection",
      "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Base",
      "derivation" : "specialization",
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            "valueString" : "4.0.1"
          }
        ],
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            "id" : "DocumentSection",
            "path" : "DocumentSection",
            "short" : "DocumentSection",
            "definition" : "DocumentSection",
            "min" : 0,
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            "base" : {
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              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "*"
            },
            "isModifier" : false
          }
        ]
      },
      "differential" : {
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          {
            "id" : "DocumentSection",
            "path" : "DocumentSection",
            "short" : "DocumentSection",
            "definition" : "DocumentSection"
          }
        ]
      }
    }