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Extension: Periods of Life

Official URL: http://hl7.eu/fhir/extensions/StructureDefinition/periods-of-life				Version: 0.1.1-ci-build
Draft as of 2025-09-29				Computable Name: PeriodsOfLife
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Extensions used to indicate a time period in a person's life as a reference to a coded value for that life period.

Context of Use

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

• Element ID: Age
• Element ID: Period
• Element ID: Range.low
• Element ID: Range.high

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.

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

Terminology Bindings

Path	Conformance	ValueSet	URI
Extension.value[x]	preferred	PeriodsOfLifeVS http://hl7.eu/fhir/extensions/ValueSet/periods-of-life-vs From this IG

Constraints

Id	Grade	Path(s)	Details	Requirements
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()