HL7 Europe Patient Summary
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HL7 Europe Patient Summary, published by HL7 Europe. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0-ci-build built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/hl7-eu/eps/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## Extension: Supporting Information

Official URL: http://hl7.eu/fhir/eps/StructureDefinition/supportingInformation | Version: 1.0.0-ci-build
Draft as of 2025-12-26 | Computable Name: SupportingInformation
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This extension refers other resources from the patient record that may be relevant to the event. The information from these resources was either used to create the instance or is provided to help with its interpretation. This extension should not be used if more specific inline elements or extensions are available.

Context of Use

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

- Element ID: `Condition`

Usage info

Usages:

- This Extension is not used by any profiles in this Implementation Guide

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 Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Supporting Information
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.eu/fhir/eps/StructureDefinition/supportingInformation"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | Reference(DocumentReference) | Value of extension
Documentation for this format

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Supporting Information
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.eu/fhir/eps/StructureDefinition/supportingInformation"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | Reference(DocumentReference) | Value of extension
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type Reference: This extension refers other resources from the patient record that may be relevant to the event. The information from these resources was either used to create the instance or is provided to help with its interpretation. This extension should not be used if more specific inline elements or extensions are available.

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Supporting Information
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.eu/fhir/eps/StructureDefinition/supportingInformation"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | Reference(DocumentReference) | Value of extension
Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Supporting Information
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.eu/fhir/eps/StructureDefinition/supportingInformation"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | Reference(DocumentReference) | Value of extension
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type Reference: This extension refers other resources from the patient record that may be relevant to the event. The information from these resources was either used to create the instance or is provided to help with its interpretation. This extension should not be used if more specific inline elements or extensions are available.

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()`