# NDH Endpoint IHE Specific Connection Type - National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services (NDH) Implementation Guide v2.0.0-current

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **NDH Endpoint IHE Specific Connection Type**

## Extension: NDH Endpoint IHE Specific Connection Type 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/StructureDefinition/base-ext-endpoint-ihe-specific-connection-type | *Version*:2.0.0-current | |
| * Standards status: *[Trial-use](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 4 | *Computable Name*:EndpointIheSpecificConnectionType |

Endpoint IHE Specific Connection Type. This is to be used when the connectionType cannot be used. Such as when the endpoint support is more specific than a code in the connectionType ValueSet.

**Context of Use**

**Usage info**

**Usages:**

* Use this Extension: [NDH Endpoint Profile](StructureDefinition-ndh-Endpoint.md)
* Examples for this Extension: [Endpoint for IHE](Endpoint-IheEndpoint.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/hl7.fhir.us.ndh|current/StructureDefinition/base-ext-endpoint-ihe-specific-connection-type)

### 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-base-ext-endpoint-ihe-specific-connection-type.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-base-ext-endpoint-ihe-specific-connection-type.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-base-ext-endpoint-ihe-specific-connection-type.sch) 

#### Terminology Bindings

#### Constraints



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "base-ext-endpoint-ihe-specific-connection-type",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "pa"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 4,
    "_valueInteger" : {
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
        "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.ndh"
      }]
    }
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use",
    "_valueCode" : {
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
        "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.ndh"
      }]
    }
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/StructureDefinition/base-ext-endpoint-ihe-specific-connection-type",
  "version" : "2.0.0-current",
  "name" : "EndpointIheSpecificConnectionType",
  "title" : "NDH Endpoint IHE Specific Connection Type",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-03-23T21:58:05+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International / Patient Administration",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 International / Patient Administration",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/pafm"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "pafm@lists.hl7.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Endpoint IHE Specific Connection Type. This is to be used when the connectionType cannot be used. Such as when the endpoint support is more specific than a code in the connectionType ValueSet.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "US",
      "display" : "United States of America"
    }]
  }],
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "context" : [{
    "type" : "element",
    "expression" : "Endpoint"
  }],
  "type" : "Extension",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Extension",
      "path" : "Extension",
      "short" : "NDH Endpoint IHE Specific Connection Type",
      "definition" : "Endpoint IHE Specific Connection Type. This is to be used when the connectionType cannot be used. Such as when the endpoint support is more specific than a code in the connectionType ValueSet."
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension",
      "path" : "Extension.extension",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.url",
      "path" : "Extension.url",
      "fixedUri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/StructureDefinition/base-ext-endpoint-ihe-specific-connection-type"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "CodeableConcept"
      }],
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "preferred",
        "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/ValueSet/EndpointIheSpecificConnectionTypeVS"
      }
    }]
  }
}

```
