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| Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/sdc/StructureDefinition/ProfileExample | Version: 4.0.0 | |||
| Standards status: Trial-use Active as of 2025-10-22 | Maturity Level: 4 | Computable Name: SDCExample | ||
| Other Identifiers: http://example.org/nlm/some_other_text/data_element_identifier#DE42AHRQ, OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.17.42.74 | ||||
Data element SDC Profile Example
Usages:
You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics
Description Differentials, Snapshots, and other representations.
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints    Filter:  ![]() ![]()  | 
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0..* | Element | Patient Gender Elements defined in Ancestors:@id, extension  | |
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0..1 | CodeableConcept | The gender (i.e., the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex) of a living subject as defined for administrative purposes. Binding: AdministrativeGender (required)  | |
  Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source | 
| ProfileExample.gender | Base | required | AdministrativeGender | 📦4.0.1 | FHIR Std. | 
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints    Filter:  ![]() ![]()  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
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0..* | Element | Patient Gender Elements defined in Ancestors:@id, extension  | |
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0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
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0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url  | |
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0..1 | CodeableConcept | The gender (i.e., the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex) of a living subject as defined for administrative purposes. Binding: AdministrativeGender (required)  | |
  Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source | 
| ProfileExample.gender | Base | required | AdministrativeGender | 📦4.0.1 | FHIR Std. | 
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression | 
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children | 
      hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
     | 
  
| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both | 
      extension.exists() != value.exists()
     | 
  
Differential View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints    Filter:  ![]() ![]()  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]()  | 
0..* | Element | Patient Gender Elements defined in Ancestors:@id, extension  | |
![]() ![]()  | 
0..1 | CodeableConcept | The gender (i.e., the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex) of a living subject as defined for administrative purposes. Binding: AdministrativeGender (required)  | |
  Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source | 
| ProfileExample.gender | Base | required | AdministrativeGender | 📦4.0.1 | FHIR Std. | 
Snapshot ViewView
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints    Filter:  ![]() ![]()  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]()  | 
0..* | Element | Patient Gender Elements defined in Ancestors:@id, extension  | |
![]() ![]()  | 
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]()  | 
0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url  | |
![]() ![]()  | 
0..1 | CodeableConcept | The gender (i.e., the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex) of a living subject as defined for administrative purposes. Binding: AdministrativeGender (required)  | |
  Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source | 
| ProfileExample.gender | Base | required | AdministrativeGender | 📦4.0.1 | FHIR Std. | 
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression | 
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children | 
      hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
     | 
  
| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both | 
      extension.exists() != value.exists()
     |