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Example StructureDefinition/Patient (XML)

Patient Administration Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

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StructureDefinition for patient

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="Patient"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2024-03-27T11:56:58.316+00:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align:
       top;">
        <tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align:
         top">
          <th class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="The logical name of the element">Name</a> 
          </th> 
          <th class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Information about the use of the element">Flags</a> 
          </th> 
          <th class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Minimum and Maximum # of times the the element can appear in the instance">Card.</a> 
          </th> 
          <th class="hierarchy" style="width: 100px">
            <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Reference to the type of the element">Type</a> 
          </th> 
          <th class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Additional information about the element">Description &amp; Constraints</a> 
            <span style="float: right">
              <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Legend for this format">
                <img alt="doco" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
              </a> 
            </span> 
          </th> 
        </tr> 
        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAJUlEQVR4Xu3IIQEAAAgDsHd9/w4EQIOamFnaBgAA4M
          MKAACAKwNp30CqZFfFmwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Resource"/>  
            <span title="Patient : Demographics and other administrative information about an individual
             or animal that is the subject of potential, past, current, or future health-related
             care, services, or processes.">Patient</span> 
            <a name="Patient"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="versions.html#std-process" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px grey solid; font-weight: bold;
             color: black; background-color: #e6ffe6" title="Standards Status = Normative">N</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="domainresource.html">DomainResource</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Information about an individual or animal receiving health care services
            <br/>  
            <br/>  Elements defined in Ancestors: 
            <a href="resource.html#Resource" title="The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned,
             this value never changes.">id</a> , 
            <a href="resource.html#Resource" title="The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure.
             Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the
             resource.">meta</a> , 
            <a href="resource.html#Resource" title="A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed,
             and which must be understood when processing the content. Often, this is a reference
             to an implementation guide that defines the special rules along with other profiles
             etc.">implicitRules</a> , 
            <a href="resource.html#Resource" title="The base language in which the resource is written.">language</a> , 
            <a href="domainresource.html#DomainResource" title="A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used
             to represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode
             all the structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it
             &quot;clinically safe&quot; for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions
             may define what content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical
             safety.">text</a> , 
            <a href="domainresource.html#DomainResource" title="These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that
             contains them - they cannot be identified independently, nor can they have their
             own independent transaction scope. This is allowed to be a Parameters resource
             if and only if it is referenced by a resource that provides context/meaning.">contained</a> , 
            <a href="domainresource.html#DomainResource" title="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition
             of the resource. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, there is a strict
             set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer
             can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part
             of the definition of the extension.">extension</a> , 
            <a href="domainresource.html#DomainResource" title="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition
             of the resource and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains
             it and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier
             elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe
             and managable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and
             use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there
             is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
             Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.

Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or
             DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself).">modifierExtension</a> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAw
          EwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.identifier : An identifier for this patient.">identifier</span> 
            <a name="Patient.identifier"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..*</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#Identifier">Identifier</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">An identifier for this patient
            <br/>  
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAwEwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj
          9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.active : Whether this patient record is in active use. 
Many systems use this property to mark as non-current patients, such as those that
             have not been seen for a period of time based on an organization's business rules.

It is often used to filter patient lists to exclude inactive patients

Deceased patients may also be marked as inactive for the same reasons, but may
             be active for some time after death.">active</span> 
            <a name="Patient.active"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="conformance-rules.html#isModifier" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This element is a modifier element">?!</a> 
            <a href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#boolean">boolean</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Whether this patient's record is in active use
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAw
          EwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.name : A name associated with the individual.">name</span> 
            <a name="Patient.name"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..*</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#HumanName">HumanName</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">A name associated with the patient
            <br/>  
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAwEwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj
          9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.telecom : A contact detail (e.g. a telephone number or an email address)
             by which the individual may be contacted.">telecom</span> 
            <a name="Patient.telecom"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..*</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#ContactPoint">ContactPoint</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">A contact detail for the individual
            <br/>  
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAw
          EwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.gender : Administrative Gender - the gender that the patient is considered
             to have for administration and record keeping purposes.">gender</span> 
            <a name="Patient.gender"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#code">code</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">male | female | other | unknown
            <br/>  Binding: 
            <a href="valueset-administrative-gender.html">AdministrativeGender</a>  (
            <a href="terminologies.html#required" title="To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value
             set.">Required</a> )
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAwEwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj
          9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.birthDate : The date of birth for the individual.">birthDate</span> 
            <a name="Patient.birthDate"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#date">date</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">The date of birth for the individual
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAw
          EwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Choice of Types"/>  
            <span title="Patient.deceased[x] : Indicates if the individual is deceased or not.">deceased[x]</span> 
            <a name="Patient.deceased_x_"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="conformance-rules.html#isModifier" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This element is a modifier element">?!</a> 
            <a href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Indicates if the individual is deceased or not
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAMUlEQVR4Xu3LMQoAIBADwftr/v8GtdbqEAthAtMspJ
          JUx9rYW8ftHwAA+NcRAAAAXplLq0BWj/rZigAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Value of &quot;true&quot; or &quot;false&quot;">deceasedBoolean</span> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#boolean">boolean</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAw
          EwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type"/>  
            <span title="A date, date-time or partial date (e.g. just year or year + month).  If hours and
             minutes are specified, a UTC offset SHALL be populated. The format is a union of
             the schema types gYear, gYearMonth, date and dateTime. Seconds must be provided
             due to schema type constraints but may be zero-filled and may be ignored.     
                        Dates SHALL be valid dates.">deceasedDateTime</span> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#dateTime">dateTime</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAwEwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj
          9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.address : An address for the individual.">address</span> 
            <a name="Patient.address"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..*</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#Address">Address</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">An address for the individual
            <br/>  
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAw
          EwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.maritalStatus : This field contains a patient's most recent marital (civil)
             status.">maritalStatus</span> 
            <a name="Patient.maritalStatus"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#CodeableConcept">CodeableConcept</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Marital (civil) status of a patient
            <br/>  Binding: 
            <a href="valueset-marital-status.html">Marital Status Codes</a>  (
            <a href="terminologies.html#extensible" title="To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value
             set if any of the codes within the value set can apply to the concept being communicated.
              If the value set does not cover the concept (based on human review), alternate
             codings (or, data type allowing, text) may be included instead.">Extensible</a> )
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAwEwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj
          9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Choice of Types"/>  
            <span title="Patient.multipleBirth[x] : Indicates whether the patient is part of a multiple
             (boolean) or indicates the actual birth order (integer).  This count is relative
             to the total of live births and fetal losses.">multipleBirth[x]</span> 
            <a name="Patient.multipleBirth_x_"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Whether patient is part of a multiple birth
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAMUlEQVR4Xu3LMQoAIBA
          Dwftr/v8GtdbqEAthAtMspJJUx9rYW8ftHwAA+NcRAAAAXplLq0BWj/rZigAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Value of &quot;true&quot; or &quot;false&quot;">multipleBirthBoolean</span> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#boolean">boolean</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAwEwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj
          9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type"/>  
            <span title="A whole number">multipleBirthInteger</span> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#integer">integer</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAw
          EwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.photo : Image of the patient.">photo</span> 
            <a name="Patient.photo"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..*</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#Attachment">Attachment</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Image of the patient
            <br/>  
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAwEwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj
          9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Element"/>  
            <span title="Patient.contact : A contact party (e.g. guardian, partner, friend) for the patient.">contact</span> 
            <a name="Patient.contact"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="conformance-rules.html#constraints" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px maroon solid; font-weight: bold;
             color: #301212; background-color: #fdf4f4;" title="This element has or is affected by some invariants">C</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..*</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="types.html#BackBoneElement">BackboneElement</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">A contact party (e.g. guardian, partner, friend) for the patient
            <br/>  
            <span style="font-style: italic" title="pat-1">+ Rule: SHALL at least contain a contact's details or a reference to an organization</span> 
            <br/>  
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAMUlEQVR4Xu3LMQoAIBA
          Dwftr/v8GtdbqEAthAtMspJJUx9rYW8ftHwAA+NcRAAAAXplLq0BWj/rZigAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.contact.relationship : The nature of the relationship between the patient
             and the contact person.">relationship</span> 
            <a name="Patient.contact.relationship"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..*</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#CodeableConcept">CodeableConcept</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">The kind of relationship
            <br/>  Binding: 
            <a href="valueset-patient-contactrelationship.html">Patient Contact Relationship </a>  (
            <a href="terminologies.html#extensible" title="To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value
             set if any of the codes within the value set can apply to the concept being communicated.
              If the value set does not cover the concept (based on human review), alternate
             codings (or, data type allowing, text) may be included instead.">Extensible</a> )
            <br/>  
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAMUlEQVR4Xu3LMQoAIBADwftr/v8GtdbqEAthAtMspJ
          JUx9rYW8ftHwAA+NcRAAAAXplLq0BWj/rZigAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.contact.name : A name associated with the contact person.">name</span> 
            <a name="Patient.contact.name"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="conformance-rules.html#constraints" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px maroon solid; font-weight: bold;
             color: #301212; background-color: #fdf4f4;" title="This element has or is affected by some invariants">C</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#HumanName">HumanName</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">A name associated with the contact person
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAMUlEQVR4Xu3LMQoAIBA
          Dwftr/v8GtdbqEAthAtMspJJUx9rYW8ftHwAA+NcRAAAAXplLq0BWj/rZigAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.contact.telecom : A contact detail for the person, e.g. a telephone number
             or an email address.">telecom</span> 
            <a name="Patient.contact.telecom"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="conformance-rules.html#constraints" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px maroon solid; font-weight: bold;
             color: #301212; background-color: #fdf4f4;" title="This element has or is affected by some invariants">C</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..*</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#ContactPoint">ContactPoint</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">A contact detail for the person
            <br/>  
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAMUlEQVR4Xu3LMQoAIBADwftr/v8GtdbqEAthAtMspJ
          JUx9rYW8ftHwAA+NcRAAAAXplLq0BWj/rZigAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.contact.address : Address for the contact person.">address</span> 
            <a name="Patient.contact.address"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="conformance-rules.html#constraints" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px maroon solid; font-weight: bold;
             color: #301212; background-color: #fdf4f4;" title="This element has or is affected by some invariants">C</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#Address">Address</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Address for the contact person
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAMUlEQVR4Xu3LMQoAIBA
          Dwftr/v8GtdbqEAthAtMspJJUx9rYW8ftHwAA+NcRAAAAXplLq0BWj/rZigAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.contact.gender : Administrative Gender - the gender that the contact person
             is considered to have for administration and record keeping purposes.">gender</span> 
            <a name="Patient.contact.gender"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#code">code</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">male | female | other | unknown
            <br/>  Binding: 
            <a href="valueset-administrative-gender.html">AdministrativeGender</a>  (
            <a href="terminologies.html#required" title="To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value
             set.">Required</a> )
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAMUlEQVR4Xu3LMQoAIBADwftr/v8GtdbqEAthAtMspJ
          JUx9rYW8ftHwAA+NcRAAAAXplLq0BWj/rZigAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Reference to another Resource"/>  
            <span title="Patient.contact.organization : Organization on behalf of which the contact is acting
             or for which the contact is working.">organization</span> 
            <a name="Patient.contact.organization"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="conformance-rules.html#constraints" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px maroon solid; font-weight: bold;
             color: #301212; background-color: #fdf4f4;" title="This element has or is affected by some invariants">C</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="references.html#Reference">Reference</a> (
            <a href="organization.html">Organization</a> )
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Organization that is associated with the contact
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAw
          EwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.contact.period : The period during which this contact person or organization
             is valid to be contacted relating to this patient.">period</span> 
            <a name="Patient.contact.period"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#Period">Period</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">The period during which this contact person or organization is valid to be contacted
             relating to this patient
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAwEwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj
          9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Element"/>  
            <span title="Patient.communication : A language which may be used to communicate with the patient
             about his or her health.">communication</span> 
            <a name="Patient.communication"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..*</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="types.html#BackBoneElement">BackboneElement</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">A language which may be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health
            <br/>  
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAMUlEQVR4Xu3LMQoAIBA
          Dwftr/v8GtdbqEAthAtMspJJUx9rYW8ftHwAA+NcRAAAAXplLq0BWj/rZigAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.communication.language : The language which may be used to communicate
             with the individual.">language</span> 
            <a name="Patient.communication.language"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">1..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#CodeableConcept">CodeableConcept</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">The language which can be used to communicate with the patient about his or her
             health
            <br/>  Binding: 
            <a href="valueset-all-languages.html">All Languages</a>  (
            <a href="terminologies.html#required" title="To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value
             set.">Required</a> )
            <table class="grid">
              <tr> 
                <td style="font-size: 11px">
                  <b> Additional Bindings</b> 
                </td> 
                <td style="font-size: 11px">Purpose</td> 
              </tr> 
              <tr> 
                <td style="font-size: 11px">
                  <a href="valueset-languages.html">Common Languages</a> 
                </td> 
                <td style="font-size: 11px">
                  <a href="valueset-additional-binding-purpose.html#additional-binding-purpose-starter" title="This value set is a good set of codes to start with when designing your system">Starter Set</a> 
                </td> 
              </tr> 
            </table> 
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAwEwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj
          9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.communication.preferred : Indicates whether or not the patient prefers
             this language (over other languages he masters up a certain level).">preferred</span> 
            <a name="Patient.communication.preferred"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#boolean">boolean</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Language preference indicator
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAw
          EwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Reference to another Resource"/>  
            <span title="Patient.generalPractitioner : Patient's nominated care provider.">generalPractitioner</span> 
            <a name="Patient.generalPractitioner"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..*</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="references.html#Reference">Reference</a> (
            <a href="organization.html">Organization</a>  | 
            <a href="practitioner.html">Practitioner</a>  | 
            <a href="practitionerrole.html">PractitionerRole</a> )
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Patient's nominated primary care provider
            <br/>  
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAwEwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj
          9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Reference to another Resource"/>  
            <span title="Patient.managingOrganization : Organization that is the custodian of the patient
             record.">managingOrganization</span> 
            <a name="Patient.managingOrganization"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="references.html#Reference">Reference</a> (
            <a href="organization.html">Organization</a> )
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Organization that is the custodian of the patient record
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAJUlEQVR4Xu3IIQEAAAg
          DsHd9/w4EQIOamFnaBgAA4MMKAACAKwNp30CqZFfFmwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Element"/>  
            <span title="Patient.link : Link to a Patient or RelatedPerson resource that concerns the same
             actual individual.">link</span> 
            <a name="Patient.link"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="conformance-rules.html#isModifier" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This element is a modifier element">?!</a> 
            <a href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">0..*</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="types.html#BackBoneElement">BackboneElement</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Link to a Patient or RelatedPerson resource that concerns the same actual individual
            <br/>  
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALElEQVR4Xu3IsQ0AIAwEsez6+89AqKGGJj7JzVWS+m
          m3zgcAAMxwDQAAgFcaYAVAgNGLTjgAAAAASUVORK5CYII=)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Reference to another Resource"/>  
            <span title="Patient.link.other : Link to a Patient or RelatedPerson resource that concerns
             the same actual individual.">other</span> 
            <a name="Patient.link.other"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">1..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="references.html#Reference">Reference</a> (
            <a href="patient.html">Patient</a>  | 
            <a href="relatedperson.html">RelatedPerson</a> )
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">The other patient or related person resource that the link refers to
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAJUlEQVR4Xu3IIQEAAAg
          DsHd9/w4EQIOamFnaBgAA4MMKAACAKwNp30CqZFfFmwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> 
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type"/>  
            <span title="Patient.link.type : The type of link between this patient resource and another
             patient resource.">type</span> 
            <a name="Patient.link.type"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">1..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#code">code</a> 
          </td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px
           #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">replaced-by | replaces | refer | seealso
            <br/>  Binding: 
            <a href="valueset-link-type.html">Link Type</a>  (
            <a href="terminologies.html#required" title="To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value
             set.">Required</a> )
            <br/>  
          </td> 
        </tr> 

        <tr> 
          <td class="hierarchy" colspan="5">
            <br/>  
            <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Legend for this format">
              <img alt="doco" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/>  Documentation for this format
            </a> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version">
    <valueCode value="4.0.0"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pa"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="5"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-security-category">
    <valueCode value="patient"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient"/> 
  <version value="6.0.0-cibuild"/> 
  <name value="Patient"/> 
  <status value="active"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2024-03-27T11:56:58+00:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 International / Patient Administration"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/pafm"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="Demographics and other administrative information about an individual or animal
   that is the subject of potential, past, current, or future health-related care,
   services, or processes."/> 
  <jurisdiction> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/> 
      <code value="001"/> 
      <display value="World"/> 
    </coding> 
  </jurisdiction> 
  <purpose value="Tracking patient is the center of the healthcare process."/> 
  <fhirVersion value="6.0.0-cibuild"/> 
  <mapping> 
    <identity value="w5"/> 
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews"/> 
    <name value="FiveWs Pattern Mapping"/> 
  </mapping> 
  <mapping> 
    <identity value="rim"/> 
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/v3"/> 
    <name value="RIM Mapping"/> 
  </mapping> 
  <mapping> 
    <identity value="interface"/> 
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/interface"/> 
    <name value="Interface Pattern"/> 
  </mapping> 
  <mapping> 
    <identity value="cda"/> 
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/v3/cda"/> 
    <name value="CDA (R2)"/> 
  </mapping> 
  <mapping> 
    <identity value="v2"/> 
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/v2"/> 
    <name value="HL7 V2 Mapping"/> 
  </mapping> 
  <mapping> 
    <identity value="loinc"/> 
    <uri value="http://loinc.org"/> 
    <name value="LOINC code for the element"/> 
  </mapping> 
  <kind value="resource"/> 
  <abstract value="false"/> 
  <type value="Patient"/> 
  <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource"/> 
  <derivation value="specialization"/> 
  <snapshot> 
    <element id="Patient">
      <path value="Patient"/> 
      <short value="Information about an individual or animal receiving health care services"/> 
      <definition value="Demographics and other administrative information about an individual or animal
       that is the subject of potential, past, current, or future health-related care,
       services, or processes."/> 
      <alias value="SubjectOfCare Client Resident"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="dom-2"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT contain nested Resources"/> 
        <expression value="contained.contained.empty()"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="dom-3"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="If the resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL be referred to from
         elsewhere in the resource or SHALL refer to the containing resource"/> 
        <expression value="contained.where((('#'+id in (%resource.descendants().reference | %resource.descendants().ofTy
        pe(canonical) | %resource.descendants().ofType(uri) | %resource.descendants().ofType(url)))
         or descendants().where(reference = '#').exists() or descendants().where(ofType(canonical)
         = '#').exists() or descendants().where(ofType(canonical) = '#').exists()).not()).trace('unmat
        ched', id).empty()"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="dom-4"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a meta.versionId
         or a meta.lastUpdated"/> 
        <expression value="contained.meta.versionId.empty() and contained.meta.lastUpdated.empty()"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="dom-5"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="If a resource is contained in another resource, it SHALL NOT have a security label"/> 
        <expression value="contained.meta.security.empty()"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <constraint> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bestpractice">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/> 
        </extension> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bestpractice-explanation">
          <valueMarkdown value="When a resource has no narrative, only systems that fully understand the data can
           display the resource to a human safely. Including a human readable representation
           in the resource makes for a much more robust eco-system and cheaper handling of
           resources by intermediary systems. Some ecosystems restrict distribution of resources
           to only those systems that do fully understand the resources, and as a consequence
           implementers may believe that the narrative is superfluous. However experience
           shows that such eco-systems often open up to new participants over time."/> 
        </extension> 
        <key value="dom-6"/> 
        <severity value="warning"/> 
        <human value="A resource should have narrative for robust management"/> 
        <expression value="text.`div`.exists()"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="Entity, Role, or Act,Patient[classCode=PAT]"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="w5"/> 
        <map value="administrative.individual"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="ParticipantLiving"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="ClinicalDocument.recordTarget.patientRole"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.id">
      <path value="Patient.id"/> 
      <short value="Logical id of this artifact"/> 
      <definition value="The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned,
       this value never changes."/> 
      <comment value="Within the context of the FHIR RESTful interactions, the resource has an id except
       for cases like the create and conditional update. Otherwise, the use of the resouce
       id depends on the given use case."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Resource.id"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <!--  Note: special primitive values have a FHIRPath system type. e.g. this is compiler
       magic (j)  -->
      <type> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
          <valueUrl value="id"/> 
        </extension> 
        <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.meta">
      <path value="Patient.meta"/> 
      <short value="Metadata about the resource"/> 
      <definition value="The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure.
       Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the
       resource."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Resource.meta"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Meta"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.implicitRules">
      <path value="Patient.implicitRules"/> 
      <short value="A set of rules under which this content was created"/> 
      <definition value="A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed,
       and which must be understood when processing the content. Often, this is a reference
       to an implementation guide that defines the special rules along with other profiles
       etc."/> 
      <comment value="Asserting this rule set restricts the content to be only understood by a limited
       set of trading partners. This inherently limits the usefulness of the data in the
       long term. However, the existing health eco-system is highly fractured, and not
       yet ready to define, collect, and exchange data in a generally computable sense.
       Wherever possible, implementers and/or specification writers should avoid using
       this element. Often, when used, the URL is a reference to an implementation guide
       that defines these special rules as part of its narrative along with other profiles,
       value sets, etc."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Resource.implicitRules"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="uri"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="true"/> 
      <isModifierReason value="This element is labeled as a modifier because the implicit rules may provide additional
       knowledge about the resource that modifies its meaning or interpretation"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.language">
      <path value="Patient.language"/> 
      <short value="Language of the resource content"/> 
      <definition value="The base language in which the resource is written."/> 
      <comment value="Language is provided to support indexing and accessibility (typically, services
       such as text to speech use the language tag). The html language tag in the narrative
       applies  to the narrative. The language tag on the resource may be used to specify
       the language of other presentations generated from the data in the resource. Not
       all the content has to be in the base language. The Resource.language should not
       be assumed to apply to the narrative automatically. If a language is specified,
       it should it also be specified on the div element in the html (see rules in HTML5
       for information about the relationship between xml:lang and the html lang attribute)."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Resource.language"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="code"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="Language"/> 
        </extension> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="required"/> 
        <description value="IETF language tag for a human language"/> 
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/all-languages|6.0.0-cibuild"/> 
        <additional> 
          <purpose value="starter"/> 
          <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languages"/> 
        </additional> 
      </binding> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.text">
      <path value="Patient.text"/> 
      <short value="Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation"/> 
      <definition value="A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used
       to represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode
       all the structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it
       &quot;clinically safe&quot; for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions
       may define what content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical
       safety."/> 
      <comment value="Contained resources do not have a narrative. Resources that are not contained SHOULD
       have a narrative. In some cases, a resource may only have text with little or no
       additional discrete data (as long as all minOccurs=1 elements are satisfied). 
       This may be necessary for data from legacy systems where information is captured
       as a &quot;text blob&quot; or where text is additionally entered raw or narrated
       and encoded information is added later."/> 
      <alias value="narrative"/> 
      <alias value="html"/> 
      <alias value="xhtml"/> 
      <alias value="display"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="DomainResource.text"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Narrative"/> 
      </type> 
      <condition value="dom-6"/> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="Act.text?"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contained">
      <path value="Patient.contained"/> 
      <short value="Contained, inline Resources"/> 
      <definition value="These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that
       contains them - they cannot be identified independently, nor can they have their
       own independent transaction scope. This is allowed to be a Parameters resource
       if and only if it is referenced by a resource that provides context/meaning."/> 
      <comment value="This should never be done when the content can be identified properly, as once
       identification is lost, it is extremely difficult (and context dependent) to restore
       it again. Contained resources may have profiles and tags in their meta elements,
       but SHALL NOT have security labels."/> 
      <alias value="inline resources"/> 
      <alias value="anonymous resources"/> 
      <alias value="contained resources"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="DomainResource.contained"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Resource"/> 
      </type> 
      <condition value="dom-2"/> 
      <condition value="dom-4"/> 
      <condition value="dom-3"/> 
      <condition value="dom-5"/> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="N/A"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.extension">
      <path value="Patient.extension"/> 
      <short value="Additional content defined by implementations"/> 
      <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition
       of the resource. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, there is a strict
       set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer
       can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part
       of the definition of the extension."/> 
      <comment value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application,
       project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses
       or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification
       to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/> 
      <alias value="extensions"/> 
      <alias value="user content"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="DomainResource.extension"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Extension"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="N/A"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.modifierExtension">
      <path value="Patient.modifierExtension"/> 
      <short value="Extensions that cannot be ignored"/> 
      <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition
       of the resource and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains
       it and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier
       elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe
       and managable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and
       use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there
       is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
       Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.

Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or
       DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself)."/> 
      <comment value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application,
       project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses
       or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification
       to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/> 
      <requirements value="Modifier extensions allow for extensions that *cannot* be safely ignored to be
       clearly distinguished from the vast majority of extensions which can be safely
       ignored.  This promotes interoperability by eliminating the need for implementers
       to prohibit the presence of extensions. For further information, see the [definition
       of modifier extensions](extensibility.html#modifierExtension)."/> 
      <alias value="extensions"/> 
      <alias value="user content"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="DomainResource.modifierExtension"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Extension"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="true"/> 
      <isModifierReason value="Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the
       resource that contains them"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="N/A"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.identifier">
      <path value="Patient.identifier"/> 
      <short value="An identifier for this patient"/> 
      <definition value="An identifier for this patient."/> 
      <requirements value="Patients are almost always assigned specific numerical identifiers."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.identifier"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Identifier"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="w5"/> 
        <map value="FiveWs.identifier"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-3"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="id"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="Participant.identifier"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".id"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.active">
      <path value="Patient.active"/> 
      <short value="Whether this patient's record is in active use"/> 
      <definition value="Whether this patient record is in active use. 
Many systems use this property to mark as non-current patients, such as those that
       have not been seen for a period of time based on an organization's business rules.

It is often used to filter patient lists to exclude inactive patients

Deceased patients may also be marked as inactive for the same reasons, but may
       be active for some time after death."/> 
      <comment value="If a record is inactive, and linked to an active record, then future patient/record
       updates should occur on the other patient."/> 
      <requirements value="Need to be able to mark a patient record as not to be used because it was created
       in error."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.active"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="boolean"/> 
      </type> 
      <meaningWhenMissing value="This resource is generally assumed to be active if no value is provided for the
       active element"/> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="true"/> 
      <isModifierReason value="This element is labelled as a modifier because it is a status element that can
       indicate that a record should not be treated as valid"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="w5"/> 
        <map value="FiveWs.status"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="statusCode"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="Participant.active"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.name">
      <path value="Patient.name"/> 
      <short value="A name associated with the patient"/> 
      <definition value="A name associated with the individual."/> 
      <comment value="A patient may have multiple names with different uses or applicable periods. For
       animals, the name is a &quot;HumanName&quot; in the sense that is assigned and
       used by humans and has the same patterns. Animal names may be communicated as given
       names, and optionally may include a family name."/> 
      <requirements value="Need to be able to track the patient by multiple names. Examples are your official
       name and a partner name."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.name"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="HumanName"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-5, PID-9"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="name"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="Participant.name"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".patient.name"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.telecom">
      <path value="Patient.telecom"/> 
      <short value="A contact detail for the individual"/> 
      <definition value="A contact detail (e.g. a telephone number or an email address) by which the individual
       may be contacted."/> 
      <comment value="A Patient may have multiple ways to be contacted with different uses or applicable
       periods.  May need to have options for contacting the person urgently and also
       to help with identification. The address might not go directly to the individual,
       but may reach another party that is able to proxy for the patient (i.e. home phone,
       or pet owner's phone)."/> 
      <requirements value="People have (primary) ways to contact them in some way such as phone, email."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.telecom"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="ContactPoint"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-13, PID-14, PID-40"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="telecom"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="ParticipantContactable.telecom"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".telecom"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.gender">
      <path value="Patient.gender"/> 
      <short value="male | female | other | unknown"/> 
      <definition value="Administrative Gender - the gender that the patient is considered to have for administration
       and record keeping purposes."/> 
      <comment value="The gender might not match the biological sex as determined by genetics or the
       individual's preferred identification. Note that for both humans and particularly
       animals, there are other legitimate possibilities than male and female, though
       the vast majority of systems and contexts only support male and female.  Systems
       providing decision support or enforcing business rules should ideally do this on
       the basis of Observations dealing with the specific sex or gender aspect of interest
       (anatomical, chromosomal, social, etc.)  However, because these observations are
       infrequently recorded, defaulting to the administrative gender is common practice.
        Where such defaulting occurs, rule enforcement should allow for the variation
       between administrative and biological, chromosomal and other gender aspects.  For
       example, an alert about a hysterectomy on a male should be handled as a warning
       or overridable error, not a &quot;hard&quot; error.  See the Patient Gender and
       Sex section for additional information about communicating patient gender and sex."/> 
      <requirements value="Needed for identification of the individual, in combination with (at least) name
       and birth date."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.gender"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="code"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="AdministrativeGender"/> 
        </extension> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="required"/> 
        <description value="The gender of a person used for administrative purposes."/> 
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/administrative-gender|6.0.0-cibuild"/> 
      </binding> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-8"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/administrativeGender"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="ParticipantLiving.gender"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".patient.administrativeGenderCode"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.birthDate">
      <path value="Patient.birthDate"/> 
      <short value="The date of birth for the individual"/> 
      <definition value="The date of birth for the individual."/> 
      <comment value="Partial dates are allowed if the specific date of birth is unknown. There is a
       standard extension &quot;patient-birthTime&quot; available that should be used
       where Time is required (such as in maternity/infant care systems)."/> 
      <requirements value="Age of the individual drives many clinical processes."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.birthDate"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="date"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-7"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/birthTime"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="ParticipantLiving.birthDate"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".patient.birthTime"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="loinc"/> 
        <map value="21112-8"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.deceased[x]">
      <path value="Patient.deceased[x]"/> 
      <short value="Indicates if the individual is deceased or not"/> 
      <definition value="Indicates if the individual is deceased or not."/> 
      <comment value="If there's no value in the instance, it means there is no statement on whether
       or not the individual is deceased. Most systems will interpret the absence of a
       value as a sign of the person being alive."/> 
      <requirements value="The fact that a patient is deceased influences the clinical process. Also, in human
       communication and relation management it is necessary to know whether the person
       is alive."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.deceased[x]"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="boolean"/> 
      </type> 
      <type> 
        <code value="dateTime"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="true"/> 
      <isModifierReason value="This element is labeled as a modifier because once a patient is marked as deceased,
       the actions that are appropriate to perform on the patient may be significantly
       different."/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-30  (bool) and PID-29 (datetime)"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/deceasedInd, player[classCode=PSN|ANM
         and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/deceasedTime"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.address">
      <path value="Patient.address"/> 
      <short value="An address for the individual"/> 
      <definition value="An address for the individual."/> 
      <comment value="Patient may have multiple addresses with different uses or applicable periods."/> 
      <requirements value="May need to keep track of patient addresses for contacting, billing or reporting
       requirements and also to help with identification."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.address"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Address"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-11"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="addr"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="ParticipantContactable.address"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".addr"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.maritalStatus">
      <path value="Patient.maritalStatus"/> 
      <short value="Marital (civil) status of a patient"/> 
      <definition value="This field contains a patient's most recent marital (civil) status."/> 
      <requirements value="Most, if not all systems capture it."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.maritalStatus"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="MaritalStatus"/> 
        </extension> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="extensible"/> 
        <description value="The domestic partnership status of a person."/> 
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/marital-status"/> 
      </binding> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-16"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN]/maritalStatusCode"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".patient.maritalStatusCode"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.multipleBirth[x]">
      <path value="Patient.multipleBirth[x]"/> 
      <short value="Whether patient is part of a multiple birth"/> 
      <definition value="Indicates whether the patient is part of a multiple (boolean) or indicates the
       actual birth order (integer).  This count is relative to the total of live births
       and fetal losses."/> 
      <comment value="Where the valueInteger is provided, the number is the birth number in the sequence.
       E.g. The middle birth in triplets would be valueInteger=2 and the third born would
       have valueInteger=3 If a boolean value was provided for this triplets example,
       then all 3 patient records would have valueBoolean=true (the ordering is not indicated)."/> 
      <requirements value="For disambiguation of multiple-birth children, especially relevant where the care
       provider doesn't meet the patient, such as labs."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.multipleBirth[x]"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="boolean"/> 
      </type> 
      <type> 
        <code value="integer"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-24 (bool), PID-25 (integer)"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/multipleBirthInd,  player[classCode=PSN
        |ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/multipleBirthOrderNumber"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.photo">
      <path value="Patient.photo"/> 
      <short value="Image of the patient"/> 
      <definition value="Image of the patient."/> 
      <comment value="Guidelines:
* Use id photos, not clinical photos.
* Limit dimensions to thumbnail.
* Keep byte count low to ease resource updates."/> 
      <requirements value="Many EHR systems have the capability to capture an image of the patient. Fits with
       newer social media usage too."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.photo"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Attachment"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="OBX-5 - needs a profile"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/desc"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="ParticipantLiving.photo"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name">
        <valueString value="Contact"/> 
      </extension> 
      <path value="Patient.contact"/> 
      <short value="A contact party (e.g. guardian, partner, friend) for the patient"/> 
      <definition value="A contact party (e.g. guardian, partner, friend) for the patient."/> 
      <comment value="Contact covers all kinds of contact parties: family members, business contacts,
       guardians, caregivers. Not applicable to register pedigree and family ties beyond
       use of having contact."/> 
      <requirements value="Need to track people you can contact about the patient."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.contact"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="BackboneElement"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="pat-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="SHALL at least contain a contact's details or a reference to an organization"/> 
        <expression value="name.exists() or telecom.exists() or address.exists() or organization.exists()"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/scopedRole[classCode=CON]"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.id">
      <path value="Patient.contact.id"/> 
      <representation value="xmlAttr"/> 
      <short value="Unique id for inter-element referencing"/> 
      <definition value="Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may
       be any string value that does not contain spaces."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Element.id"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <!--  Note: special primitive values have a FHIRPath system type. e.g. this is compiler
       magic (j)  -->
      <type> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
          <valueUrl value="string"/> 
        </extension> 
        <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/> 
      </type> 
      <condition value="ele-1"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.extension">
      <path value="Patient.contact.extension"/> 
      <short value="Additional content defined by implementations"/> 
      <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition
       of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, there is a strict
       set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer
       can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part
       of the definition of the extension."/> 
      <comment value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application,
       project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses
       or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification
       to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/> 
      <alias value="extensions"/> 
      <alias value="user content"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Element.extension"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Extension"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.modifierExtension">
      <path value="Patient.contact.modifierExtension"/> 
      <short value="Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized"/> 
      <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition
       of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element in which it is
       contained and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually
       modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions
       safe and managable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition
       and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is
       a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
       Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.

Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or
       DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself)."/> 
      <comment value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application,
       project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses
       or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification
       to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/> 
      <requirements value="Modifier extensions allow for extensions that *cannot* be safely ignored to be
       clearly distinguished from the vast majority of extensions which can be safely
       ignored.  This promotes interoperability by eliminating the need for implementers
       to prohibit the presence of extensions. For further information, see the [definition
       of modifier extensions](extensibility.html#modifierExtension)."/> 
      <alias value="extensions"/> 
      <alias value="user content"/> 
      <alias value="modifiers"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="BackboneElement.modifierExtension"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Extension"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <isModifier value="true"/> 
      <isModifierReason value="Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the
       element that contains them"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="N/A"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.relationship">
      <path value="Patient.contact.relationship"/> 
      <short value="The kind of relationship"/> 
      <definition value="The nature of the relationship between the patient and the contact person."/> 
      <requirements value="Used to determine which contact person is the most relevant to approach, depending
       on circumstances."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.contact.relationship"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="ContactRelationship"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="extensible"/> 
        <description value="The nature of the relationship between a patient and a contact person for that
         patient."/> 
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/patient-contactrelationship"/> 
      </binding> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="NK1-7, NK1-3"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="code"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.name">
      <path value="Patient.contact.name"/> 
      <short value="A name associated with the contact person"/> 
      <definition value="A name associated with the contact person."/> 
      <requirements value="Contact persons need to be identified by name, but it is uncommon to need details
       about multiple other names for that contact person."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.contact.name"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="HumanName"/> 
      </type> 
      <condition value="pat-1"/> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="NK1-2"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="name"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.telecom">
      <path value="Patient.contact.telecom"/> 
      <short value="A contact detail for the person"/> 
      <definition value="A contact detail for the person, e.g. a telephone number or an email address."/> 
      <comment value="Contact may have multiple ways to be contacted with different uses or applicable
       periods.  May need to have options for contacting the person urgently, and also
       to help with identification."/> 
      <requirements value="People have (primary) ways to contact them in some way such as phone, email."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.contact.telecom"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="ContactPoint"/> 
      </type> 
      <condition value="pat-1"/> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="NK1-5, NK1-6, NK1-40"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="telecom"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.address">
      <path value="Patient.contact.address"/> 
      <short value="Address for the contact person"/> 
      <definition value="Address for the contact person."/> 
      <requirements value="Need to keep track where the contact person can be contacted per postal mail or
       visited."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.contact.address"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Address"/> 
      </type> 
      <condition value="pat-1"/> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="NK1-4"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="addr"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.gender">
      <path value="Patient.contact.gender"/> 
      <short value="male | female | other | unknown"/> 
      <definition value="Administrative Gender - the gender that the contact person is considered to have
       for administration and record keeping purposes."/> 
      <requirements value="Needed to address the person correctly."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.contact.gender"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="code"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="AdministrativeGender"/> 
        </extension> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="required"/> 
        <description value="The gender of a person used for administrative purposes."/> 
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/administrative-gender|6.0.0-cibuild"/> 
      </binding> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="NK1-15"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/administrativeGender"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.organization">
      <path value="Patient.contact.organization"/> 
      <short value="Organization that is associated with the contact"/> 
      <definition value="Organization on behalf of which the contact is acting or for which the contact
       is working."/> 
      <requirements value="For guardians or business related contacts, the organization is relevant."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.contact.organization"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Reference"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization"/> 
      </type> 
      <condition value="pat-1"/> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="NK1-13, NK1-30, NK1-31, NK1-32, NK1-41"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="scoper"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.period">
      <path value="Patient.contact.period"/> 
      <short value="The period during which this contact person or organization is valid to be contacted
       relating to this patient"/> 
      <definition value="The period during which this contact person or organization is valid to be contacted
       relating to this patient."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.contact.period"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Period"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="effectiveTime"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.communication">
      <path value="Patient.communication"/> 
      <short value="A language which may be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health"/> 
      <definition value="A language which may be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health."/> 
      <comment value="If no language is specified, this *implies* that the default local language is
       spoken.  If you need to convey proficiency for multiple modes, then you need multiple
       Patient.Communication associations.   For animals, language is not a relevant field,
       and should be absent from the instance. If the Patient does not speak the default
       local language, then the Interpreter Required Standard can be used to explicitly
       declare that an interpreter is required."/> 
      <requirements value="If a patient does not speak the local language, interpreters may be required, so
       languages spoken and proficiency are important things to keep track of both for
       patient and other persons of interest."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.communication"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="BackboneElement"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="LanguageCommunication"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="ParticipantLiving.communication"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="patient.languageCommunication"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.communication.id">
      <path value="Patient.communication.id"/> 
      <representation value="xmlAttr"/> 
      <short value="Unique id for inter-element referencing"/> 
      <definition value="Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may
       be any string value that does not contain spaces."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Element.id"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <!--  Note: special primitive values have a FHIRPath system type. e.g. this is compiler
       magic (j)  -->
      <type> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
          <valueUrl value="string"/> 
        </extension> 
        <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/> 
      </type> 
      <condition value="ele-1"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.communication.extension">
      <path value="Patient.communication.extension"/> 
      <short value="Additional content defined by implementations"/> 
      <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition
       of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, there is a strict
       set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer
       can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part
       of the definition of the extension."/> 
      <comment value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application,
       project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses
       or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification
       to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/> 
      <alias value="extensions"/> 
      <alias value="user content"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Element.extension"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Extension"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.communication.modifierExtension">
      <path value="Patient.communication.modifierExtension"/> 
      <short value="Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized"/> 
      <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition
       of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element in which it is
       contained and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually
       modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions
       safe and managable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition
       and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is
       a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
       Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.

Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or
       DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself)."/> 
      <comment value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application,
       project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses
       or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification
       to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/> 
      <requirements value="Modifier extensions allow for extensions that *cannot* be safely ignored to be
       clearly distinguished from the vast majority of extensions which can be safely
       ignored.  This promotes interoperability by eliminating the need for implementers
       to prohibit the presence of extensions. For further information, see the [definition
       of modifier extensions](extensibility.html#modifierExtension)."/> 
      <alias value="extensions"/> 
      <alias value="user content"/> 
      <alias value="modifiers"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="BackboneElement.modifierExtension"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Extension"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <isModifier value="true"/> 
      <isModifierReason value="Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the
       element that contains them"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="N/A"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.communication.language">
      <path value="Patient.communication.language"/> 
      <short value="The language which can be used to communicate with the patient about his or her
       health"/> 
      <definition value="The language which may be used to communicate with the individual."/> 
      <comment value="The language is commonly represented using the ISO-639-1 alpha code in lower case
       for the language, optionally followed by a hyphen and the ISO-3166-1 alpha code
       for the region in upper case.  For example, &quot;en&quot; for English, or &quot;en-US&quot;
       for American English versus &quot;en-AU&quot; for Australian English, sgn-US for
       American Sign Language, sgn-NL for Dutch Sign Language, etc.

Not all systems actually code this but instead have it as free text. Hence CodeableConcept
       instead of code as the data type."/> 
      <requirements value="Most systems in multilingual countries will want to convey language. Not all systems
       actually need the regional dialect."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.communication.language"/> 
        <min value="1"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="Language"/> 
        </extension> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="required"/> 
        <description value="IETF language tag for a human language"/> 
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/all-languages|6.0.0-cibuild"/> 
        <additional> 
          <purpose value="starter"/> 
          <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languages"/> 
        </additional> 
      </binding> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-15, LAN-2"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/languageCommunication/code"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".languageCode"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.communication.preferred">
      <path value="Patient.communication.preferred"/> 
      <short value="Language preference indicator"/> 
      <definition value="Indicates whether or not the patient prefers this language (over other languages
       he masters up a certain level)."/> 
      <comment value="This language is specifically identified for communicating healthcare information."/> 
      <requirements value="People that master multiple languages up to certain level may prefer one or more,
       i.e. feel more confident in communicating in a particular language making other
       languages sort of a fall back method."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.communication.preferred"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="boolean"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-15"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="preferenceInd"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".preferenceInd"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.generalPractitioner">
      <path value="Patient.generalPractitioner"/> 
      <short value="Patient's nominated primary care provider"/> 
      <definition value="Patient's nominated care provider."/> 
      <comment value="This may be the primary care provider (in a GP context), or it may be a patient
       nominated care manager in a community/disability setting, or even organization
       that will provide people to perform the care provider roles.  It is not to be used
       to record Care Teams, these should be in a CareTeam resource that may be linked
       to the CarePlan or EpisodeOfCare resources.
Multiple GPs may be recorded against the patient for various reasons, such as a
       student that has his home GP listed along with the GP at university during the
       school semesters, or a &quot;fly-in/fly-out&quot; worker that has the onsite GP
       also included with his home GP to remain aware of medical issues.

Jurisdictions may decide that they can profile this down to 1 if desired, or 1
       per type."/> 
      <alias value="careProvider"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.generalPractitioner"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Reference"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/PractitionerRole"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PD1-4"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="subjectOf.CareEvent.performer.AssignedEntity"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.managingOrganization">
      <path value="Patient.managingOrganization"/> 
      <short value="Organization that is the custodian of the patient record"/> 
      <definition value="Organization that is the custodian of the patient record."/> 
      <comment value="There is only one managing organization for a specific patient record. Other organizations
       will have their own Patient record, and may use the Link property to join the records
       together (or a Person resource which can include confidence ratings for the association)."/> 
      <requirements value="Need to know who recognizes this patient record, manages and updates it."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.managingOrganization"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Reference"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="scoper"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".providerOrganization"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.link">
      <path value="Patient.link"/> 
      <short value="Link to a Patient or RelatedPerson resource that concerns the same actual individual"/> 
      <definition value="Link to a Patient or RelatedPerson resource that concerns the same actual individual."/> 
      <comment value="There is no assumption that linked patient records have mutual links."/> 
      <requirements value="There are multiple use cases:   

* Duplicate patient records due to the clerical errors associated with the difficulties
       of identifying humans consistently, and 
* Distribution of patient information across multiple servers."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.link"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="BackboneElement"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="true"/> 
      <isModifierReason value="This element is labeled as a modifier because it might not be the main Patient
       resource, and the referenced patient should be used instead of this Patient record.
       This is when the link.type value is 'replaced-by'"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="outboundLink"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.link.id">
      <path value="Patient.link.id"/> 
      <representation value="xmlAttr"/> 
      <short value="Unique id for inter-element referencing"/> 
      <definition value="Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may
       be any string value that does not contain spaces."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Element.id"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <!--  Note: special primitive values have a FHIRPath system type. e.g. this is compiler
       magic (j)  -->
      <type> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
          <valueUrl value="string"/> 
        </extension> 
        <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/> 
      </type> 
      <condition value="ele-1"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.link.extension">
      <path value="Patient.link.extension"/> 
      <short value="Additional content defined by implementations"/> 
      <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition
       of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, there is a strict
       set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer
       can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part
       of the definition of the extension."/> 
      <comment value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application,
       project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses
       or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification
       to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/> 
      <alias value="extensions"/> 
      <alias value="user content"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Element.extension"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Extension"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.link.modifierExtension">
      <path value="Patient.link.modifierExtension"/> 
      <short value="Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized"/> 
      <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition
       of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element in which it is
       contained and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually
       modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions
       safe and managable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition
       and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is
       a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.
       Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.

Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or
       DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself)."/> 
      <comment value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application,
       project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses
       or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification
       to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/> 
      <requirements value="Modifier extensions allow for extensions that *cannot* be safely ignored to be
       clearly distinguished from the vast majority of extensions which can be safely
       ignored.  This promotes interoperability by eliminating the need for implementers
       to prohibit the presence of extensions. For further information, see the [definition
       of modifier extensions](extensibility.html#modifierExtension)."/> 
      <alias value="extensions"/> 
      <alias value="user content"/> 
      <alias value="modifiers"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="BackboneElement.modifierExtension"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Extension"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <isModifier value="true"/> 
      <isModifierReason value="Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the
       element that contains them"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="N/A"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.link.other">
      <path value="Patient.link.other"/> 
      <short value="The other patient or related person resource that the link refers to"/> 
      <definition value="Link to a Patient or RelatedPerson resource that concerns the same actual individual."/> 
      <comment value="Referencing a RelatedPerson here removes the need to use a Person record to associate
       a Patient and RelatedPerson as the same individual."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.link.other"/> 
        <min value="1"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-hierarchy">
          <valueBoolean value="false"/> 
        </extension> 
        <code value="Reference"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-3, MRG-1"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="id"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.link.type">
      <path value="Patient.link.type"/> 
      <short value="replaced-by | replaces | refer | seealso"/> 
      <definition value="The type of link between this patient resource and another patient resource."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Patient.link.type"/> 
        <min value="1"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="code"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="LinkType"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="required"/> 
        <description value="The type of link between this patient resource and another Patient resource, or
         Patient/RelatedPerson when using the `seealso` code"/> 
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/link-type|6.0.0-cibuild"/> 
      </binding> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="typeCode"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
  </snapshot> 
  <differential> 
    <element id="Patient">
      <path value="Patient"/> 
      <short value="Information about an individual or animal receiving health care services"/> 
      <definition value="Demographics and other administrative information about an individual or animal
       that is the subject of potential, past, current, or future health-related care,
       services, or processes."/> 
      <alias value="SubjectOfCare Client Resident"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="w5"/> 
        <map value="administrative.individual"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="Patient[classCode=PAT]"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="ParticipantLiving"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="ClinicalDocument.recordTarget.patientRole"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.identifier">
      <path value="Patient.identifier"/> 
      <short value="An identifier for this patient"/> 
      <definition value="An identifier for this patient."/> 
      <requirements value="Patients are almost always assigned specific numerical identifiers."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Identifier"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="w5"/> 
        <map value="FiveWs.identifier"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-3"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="id"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="Participant.identifier"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".id"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.active">
      <path value="Patient.active"/> 
      <short value="Whether this patient's record is in active use"/> 
      <definition value="Whether this patient record is in active use. 
Many systems use this property to mark as non-current patients, such as those that
       have not been seen for a period of time based on an organization's business rules.

It is often used to filter patient lists to exclude inactive patients

Deceased patients may also be marked as inactive for the same reasons, but may
       be active for some time after death."/> 
      <comment value="If a record is inactive, and linked to an active record, then future patient/record
       updates should occur on the other patient."/> 
      <requirements value="Need to be able to mark a patient record as not to be used because it was created
       in error."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="boolean"/> 
      </type> 
      <meaningWhenMissing value="This resource is generally assumed to be active if no value is provided for the
       active element"/> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="true"/> 
      <isModifierReason value="This element is labelled as a modifier because it is a status element that can
       indicate that a record should not be treated as valid"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="w5"/> 
        <map value="FiveWs.status"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="statusCode"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="Participant.active"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.name">
      <path value="Patient.name"/> 
      <short value="A name associated with the patient"/> 
      <definition value="A name associated with the individual."/> 
      <comment value="A patient may have multiple names with different uses or applicable periods. For
       animals, the name is a &quot;HumanName&quot; in the sense that is assigned and
       used by humans and has the same patterns. Animal names may be communicated as given
       names, and optionally may include a family name."/> 
      <requirements value="Need to be able to track the patient by multiple names. Examples are your official
       name and a partner name."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="HumanName"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-5, PID-9"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="name"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="Participant.name"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".patient.name"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.telecom">
      <path value="Patient.telecom"/> 
      <short value="A contact detail for the individual"/> 
      <definition value="A contact detail (e.g. a telephone number or an email address) by which the individual
       may be contacted."/> 
      <comment value="A Patient may have multiple ways to be contacted with different uses or applicable
       periods.  May need to have options for contacting the person urgently and also
       to help with identification. The address might not go directly to the individual,
       but may reach another party that is able to proxy for the patient (i.e. home phone,
       or pet owner's phone)."/> 
      <requirements value="People have (primary) ways to contact them in some way such as phone, email."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="ContactPoint"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-13, PID-14, PID-40"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="telecom"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="ParticipantContactable.telecom"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".telecom"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.gender">
      <path value="Patient.gender"/> 
      <short value="male | female | other | unknown"/> 
      <definition value="Administrative Gender - the gender that the patient is considered to have for administration
       and record keeping purposes."/> 
      <comment value="The gender might not match the biological sex as determined by genetics or the
       individual's preferred identification. Note that for both humans and particularly
       animals, there are other legitimate possibilities than male and female, though
       the vast majority of systems and contexts only support male and female.  Systems
       providing decision support or enforcing business rules should ideally do this on
       the basis of Observations dealing with the specific sex or gender aspect of interest
       (anatomical, chromosomal, social, etc.)  However, because these observations are
       infrequently recorded, defaulting to the administrative gender is common practice.
        Where such defaulting occurs, rule enforcement should allow for the variation
       between administrative and biological, chromosomal and other gender aspects.  For
       example, an alert about a hysterectomy on a male should be handled as a warning
       or overridable error, not a &quot;hard&quot; error.  See the Patient Gender and
       Sex section for additional information about communicating patient gender and sex."/> 
      <requirements value="Needed for identification of the individual, in combination with (at least) name
       and birth date."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="code"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="AdministrativeGender"/> 
        </extension> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="required"/> 
        <description value="The gender of a person used for administrative purposes."/> 
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/administrative-gender|6.0.0-cibuild"/> 
      </binding> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-8"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/administrativeGender"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="ParticipantLiving.gender"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".patient.administrativeGenderCode"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.birthDate">
      <path value="Patient.birthDate"/> 
      <short value="The date of birth for the individual"/> 
      <definition value="The date of birth for the individual."/> 
      <comment value="Partial dates are allowed if the specific date of birth is unknown. There is a
       standard extension &quot;patient-birthTime&quot; available that should be used
       where Time is required (such as in maternity/infant care systems)."/> 
      <requirements value="Age of the individual drives many clinical processes."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="date"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-7"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/birthTime"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="ParticipantLiving.birthDate"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".patient.birthTime"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="loinc"/> 
        <map value="21112-8"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.deceased[x]">
      <path value="Patient.deceased[x]"/> 
      <short value="Indicates if the individual is deceased or not"/> 
      <definition value="Indicates if the individual is deceased or not."/> 
      <comment value="If there's no value in the instance, it means there is no statement on whether
       or not the individual is deceased. Most systems will interpret the absence of a
       value as a sign of the person being alive."/> 
      <requirements value="The fact that a patient is deceased influences the clinical process. Also, in human
       communication and relation management it is necessary to know whether the person
       is alive."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="boolean"/> 
      </type> 
      <type> 
        <code value="dateTime"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="true"/> 
      <isModifierReason value="This element is labeled as a modifier because once a patient is marked as deceased,
       the actions that are appropriate to perform on the patient may be significantly
       different."/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-30  (bool) and PID-29 (datetime)"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/deceasedInd, player[classCode=PSN|ANM
         and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/deceasedTime"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.address">
      <path value="Patient.address"/> 
      <short value="An address for the individual"/> 
      <definition value="An address for the individual."/> 
      <comment value="Patient may have multiple addresses with different uses or applicable periods."/> 
      <requirements value="May need to keep track of patient addresses for contacting, billing or reporting
       requirements and also to help with identification."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Address"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-11"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="addr"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="ParticipantContactable.address"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".addr"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.maritalStatus">
      <path value="Patient.maritalStatus"/> 
      <short value="Marital (civil) status of a patient"/> 
      <definition value="This field contains a patient's most recent marital (civil) status."/> 
      <requirements value="Most, if not all systems capture it."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="MaritalStatus"/> 
        </extension> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="extensible"/> 
        <description value="The domestic partnership status of a person."/> 
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/marital-status"/> 
      </binding> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-16"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN]/maritalStatusCode"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".patient.maritalStatusCode"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.multipleBirth[x]">
      <path value="Patient.multipleBirth[x]"/> 
      <short value="Whether patient is part of a multiple birth"/> 
      <definition value="Indicates whether the patient is part of a multiple (boolean) or indicates the
       actual birth order (integer).  This count is relative to the total of live births
       and fetal losses."/> 
      <comment value="Where the valueInteger is provided, the number is the birth number in the sequence.
       E.g. The middle birth in triplets would be valueInteger=2 and the third born would
       have valueInteger=3 If a boolean value was provided for this triplets example,
       then all 3 patient records would have valueBoolean=true (the ordering is not indicated)."/> 
      <requirements value="For disambiguation of multiple-birth children, especially relevant where the care
       provider doesn't meet the patient, such as labs."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="boolean"/> 
      </type> 
      <type> 
        <code value="integer"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-24 (bool), PID-25 (integer)"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/multipleBirthInd,  player[classCode=PSN
        |ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/multipleBirthOrderNumber"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.photo">
      <path value="Patient.photo"/> 
      <short value="Image of the patient"/> 
      <definition value="Image of the patient."/> 
      <comment value="Guidelines:
* Use id photos, not clinical photos.
* Limit dimensions to thumbnail.
* Keep byte count low to ease resource updates."/> 
      <requirements value="Many EHR systems have the capability to capture an image of the patient. Fits with
       newer social media usage too."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Attachment"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="OBX-5 - needs a profile"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/desc"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="ParticipantLiving.photo"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name">
        <valueString value="Contact"/> 
      </extension> 
      <path value="Patient.contact"/> 
      <short value="A contact party (e.g. guardian, partner, friend) for the patient"/> 
      <definition value="A contact party (e.g. guardian, partner, friend) for the patient."/> 
      <comment value="Contact covers all kinds of contact parties: family members, business contacts,
       guardians, caregivers. Not applicable to register pedigree and family ties beyond
       use of having contact."/> 
      <requirements value="Need to track people you can contact about the patient."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="BackboneElement"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="pat-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="SHALL at least contain a contact's details or a reference to an organization"/> 
        <expression value="name.exists() or telecom.exists() or address.exists() or organization.exists()"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/scopedRole[classCode=CON]"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.relationship">
      <path value="Patient.contact.relationship"/> 
      <short value="The kind of relationship"/> 
      <definition value="The nature of the relationship between the patient and the contact person."/> 
      <requirements value="Used to determine which contact person is the most relevant to approach, depending
       on circumstances."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="ContactRelationship"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="extensible"/> 
        <description value="The nature of the relationship between a patient and a contact person for that
         patient."/> 
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/patient-contactrelationship"/> 
      </binding> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="NK1-7, NK1-3"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="code"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.name">
      <path value="Patient.contact.name"/> 
      <short value="A name associated with the contact person"/> 
      <definition value="A name associated with the contact person."/> 
      <requirements value="Contact persons need to be identified by name, but it is uncommon to need details
       about multiple other names for that contact person."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="HumanName"/> 
      </type> 
      <condition value="pat-1"/> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="NK1-2"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="name"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.telecom">
      <path value="Patient.contact.telecom"/> 
      <short value="A contact detail for the person"/> 
      <definition value="A contact detail for the person, e.g. a telephone number or an email address."/> 
      <comment value="Contact may have multiple ways to be contacted with different uses or applicable
       periods.  May need to have options for contacting the person urgently, and also
       to help with identification."/> 
      <requirements value="People have (primary) ways to contact them in some way such as phone, email."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="ContactPoint"/> 
      </type> 
      <condition value="pat-1"/> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="NK1-5, NK1-6, NK1-40"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="telecom"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.address">
      <path value="Patient.contact.address"/> 
      <short value="Address for the contact person"/> 
      <definition value="Address for the contact person."/> 
      <requirements value="Need to keep track where the contact person can be contacted per postal mail or
       visited."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Address"/> 
      </type> 
      <condition value="pat-1"/> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="NK1-4"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="addr"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.gender">
      <path value="Patient.contact.gender"/> 
      <short value="male | female | other | unknown"/> 
      <definition value="Administrative Gender - the gender that the contact person is considered to have
       for administration and record keeping purposes."/> 
      <requirements value="Needed to address the person correctly."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="code"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="AdministrativeGender"/> 
        </extension> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="required"/> 
        <description value="The gender of a person used for administrative purposes."/> 
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/administrative-gender|6.0.0-cibuild"/> 
      </binding> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="NK1-15"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/administrativeGender"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.organization">
      <path value="Patient.contact.organization"/> 
      <short value="Organization that is associated with the contact"/> 
      <definition value="Organization on behalf of which the contact is acting or for which the contact
       is working."/> 
      <requirements value="For guardians or business related contacts, the organization is relevant."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Reference"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization"/> 
      </type> 
      <condition value="pat-1"/> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="NK1-13, NK1-30, NK1-31, NK1-32, NK1-41"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="scoper"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.contact.period">
      <path value="Patient.contact.period"/> 
      <short value="The period during which this contact person or organization is valid to be contacted
       relating to this patient"/> 
      <definition value="The period during which this contact person or organization is valid to be contacted
       relating to this patient."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Period"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="effectiveTime"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.communication">
      <path value="Patient.communication"/> 
      <short value="A language which may be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health"/> 
      <definition value="A language which may be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health."/> 
      <comment value="If no language is specified, this *implies* that the default local language is
       spoken.  If you need to convey proficiency for multiple modes, then you need multiple
       Patient.Communication associations.   For animals, language is not a relevant field,
       and should be absent from the instance. If the Patient does not speak the default
       local language, then the Interpreter Required Standard can be used to explicitly
       declare that an interpreter is required."/> 
      <requirements value="If a patient does not speak the local language, interpreters may be required, so
       languages spoken and proficiency are important things to keep track of both for
       patient and other persons of interest."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="BackboneElement"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="LanguageCommunication"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="interface"/> 
        <map value="ParticipantLiving.communication"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="patient.languageCommunication"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.communication.language">
      <path value="Patient.communication.language"/> 
      <short value="The language which can be used to communicate with the patient about his or her
       health"/> 
      <definition value="The language which may be used to communicate with the individual."/> 
      <comment value="The language is commonly represented using the ISO-639-1 alpha code in lower case
       for the language, optionally followed by a hyphen and the ISO-3166-1 alpha code
       for the region in upper case.  For example, &quot;en&quot; for English, or &quot;en-US&quot;
       for American English versus &quot;en-AU&quot; for Australian English, sgn-US for
       American Sign Language, sgn-NL for Dutch Sign Language, etc.

Not all systems actually code this but instead have it as free text. Hence CodeableConcept
       instead of code as the data type."/> 
      <requirements value="Most systems in multilingual countries will want to convey language. Not all systems
       actually need the regional dialect."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="Language"/> 
        </extension> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="required"/> 
        <description value="IETF language tag for a human language"/> 
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/all-languages|6.0.0-cibuild"/> 
        <additional> 
          <purpose value="starter"/> 
          <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languages"/> 
        </additional> 
      </binding> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-15, LAN-2"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/languageCommunication/code"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".languageCode"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.communication.preferred">
      <path value="Patient.communication.preferred"/> 
      <short value="Language preference indicator"/> 
      <definition value="Indicates whether or not the patient prefers this language (over other languages
       he masters up a certain level)."/> 
      <comment value="This language is specifically identified for communicating healthcare information."/> 
      <requirements value="People that master multiple languages up to certain level may prefer one or more,
       i.e. feel more confident in communicating in a particular language making other
       languages sort of a fall back method."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="boolean"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-15"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="preferenceInd"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".preferenceInd"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.generalPractitioner">
      <path value="Patient.generalPractitioner"/> 
      <short value="Patient's nominated primary care provider"/> 
      <definition value="Patient's nominated care provider."/> 
      <comment value="This may be the primary care provider (in a GP context), or it may be a patient
       nominated care manager in a community/disability setting, or even organization
       that will provide people to perform the care provider roles.  It is not to be used
       to record Care Teams, these should be in a CareTeam resource that may be linked
       to the CarePlan or EpisodeOfCare resources.
Multiple GPs may be recorded against the patient for various reasons, such as a
       student that has his home GP listed along with the GP at university during the
       school semesters, or a &quot;fly-in/fly-out&quot; worker that has the onsite GP
       also included with his home GP to remain aware of medical issues.

Jurisdictions may decide that they can profile this down to 1 if desired, or 1
       per type."/> 
      <alias value="careProvider"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Reference"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/PractitionerRole"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PD1-4"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="subjectOf.CareEvent.performer.AssignedEntity"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.managingOrganization">
      <path value="Patient.managingOrganization"/> 
      <short value="Organization that is the custodian of the patient record"/> 
      <definition value="Organization that is the custodian of the patient record."/> 
      <comment value="There is only one managing organization for a specific patient record. Other organizations
       will have their own Patient record, and may use the Link property to join the records
       together (or a Person resource which can include confidence ratings for the association)."/> 
      <requirements value="Need to know who recognizes this patient record, manages and updates it."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Reference"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="scoper"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value=".providerOrganization"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.link">
      <path value="Patient.link"/> 
      <short value="Link to a Patient or RelatedPerson resource that concerns the same actual individual"/> 
      <definition value="Link to a Patient or RelatedPerson resource that concerns the same actual individual."/> 
      <comment value="There is no assumption that linked patient records have mutual links."/> 
      <requirements value="There are multiple use cases:   

* Duplicate patient records due to the clerical errors associated with the difficulties
       of identifying humans consistently, and 
* Distribution of patient information across multiple servers."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="BackboneElement"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="true"/> 
      <isModifierReason value="This element is labeled as a modifier because it might not be the main Patient
       resource, and the referenced patient should be used instead of this Patient record.
       This is when the link.type value is 'replaced-by'"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="outboundLink"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.link.other">
      <path value="Patient.link.other"/> 
      <short value="The other patient or related person resource that the link refers to"/> 
      <definition value="Link to a Patient or RelatedPerson resource that concerns the same actual individual."/> 
      <comment value="Referencing a RelatedPerson here removes the need to use a Person record to associate
       a Patient and RelatedPerson as the same individual."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-hierarchy">
          <valueBoolean value="false"/> 
        </extension> 
        <code value="Reference"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient"/> 
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="v2"/> 
        <map value="PID-3, MRG-1"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="id"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Patient.link.type">
      <path value="Patient.link.type"/> 
      <short value="replaced-by | replaces | refer | seealso"/> 
      <definition value="The type of link between this patient resource and another patient resource."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="code"/> 
      </type> 
      <mustSupport value="false"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="LinkType"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="required"/> 
        <description value="The type of link between this patient resource and another Patient resource, or
         Patient/RelatedPerson when using the `seealso` code"/> 
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/link-type|6.0.0-cibuild"/> 
      </binding> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="typeCode"/> 
      </mapping> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="cda"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
  </differential> 
</StructureDefinition> 

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.