TEHIK FHIR IG Encounter and Episode of Care
0.1.0 - draft EE

TEHIK FHIR IG Encounter and Episode of Care, published by TEHIK. 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/TEHIK-EE/ig-ee-encounter-episode/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## Extension: EoC or Encounter reference

Official URL: https://fhir.ee/encounter-episode/StructureDefinition/ee-tis-eoc-or-encounter-reference | Version: 0.1.0
Draft as of 2026-05-15 | Computable Name: ExtensionEETISEoCorEncounterReference

Extension for the need of referencing episode of care or encounter

Context of Use

This extension may be used on the following element(s)

- Element ID: `EpisodeOfCare` (FHIR versions up to R4B )
- Element ID: `Encounter`
- Element ID: `Encounter`
- Element ID: `Observation`
- Element ID: `CommunicationRequest`

Usage info

Usages:

- Use this Extension: EE TIS Encounter and EE TIS Episode of Care
- Examples for this Extension: EpisodeOfCare/episodeofcare1

You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics

### Formal Views of Extension Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

- Differential Table
- Snapshot Table
- Statistics/References
- All

This structure is derived from SupportingInfo

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | SupportingInfo(5.3.0) | Used when there is a need to reference encounter or episode of care
value[x] |  | 1..1 | Reference(EE TIS Encounter | EE TIS Episode of Care) | Value of extension
Documentation for this format

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | SupportingInfo(5.3.0) | Used when there is a need to reference encounter or episode of care
id |  | 0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/workflow-supportingInfo"
value[x] |  | 1..1 | Reference(EE TIS Encounter | EE TIS Episode of Care) | Value of extension
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from SupportingInfo

Summary

Simple Extension with the type Reference: Extension for the need of referencing episode of care or encounter

Differential View

This structure is derived from SupportingInfo

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | SupportingInfo(5.3.0) | Used when there is a need to reference encounter or episode of care
value[x] |  | 1..1 | Reference(EE TIS Encounter | EE TIS Episode of Care) | Value of extension
Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | SupportingInfo(5.3.0) | Used when there is a need to reference encounter or episode of care
id |  | 0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/workflow-supportingInfo"
value[x] |  | 1..1 | Reference(EE TIS Encounter | EE TIS Episode of Care) | Value of extension
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from SupportingInfo

Summary

Simple Extension with the type Reference: Extension for the need of referencing episode of care or encounter

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

#### Constraints

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()`