Identifier
Identifier
activeComplex Type9 elementsv4.0.1
Base StructureDefinition for Identifier Type: An identifier - identifies some entity uniquely and unambiguously. Typically this is used for business identifiers.
Metadata
hl7.org/fhir- Canonical URL
- http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Identifier
- ID
- Identifier
- Type
- Base Definition
- Derivation
- specialization
- Publisher
- HL7 FHIR Standard
- Version
- 4.0.1
- Purpose
- Need to be able to identify things with confidence and be sure that the identification is not subject to misinterpretation.
| Path | Card. | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Identifier | 0..* | An identifier intended for computation | |
id | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
extension | 0..* | Additional content defined by implementations | |
use | 0..1 | code | usual | official | temp | secondary | old (If known)required: identifier-use |
type | 0..1 | Description of identifierextensible: identifier-type | |
system | 0..1 | uri | The namespace for the identifier value |
value | 0..1 | string | The value that is unique |
period | 0..1 | Time period when id is/was valid for use | |
assigner | 0..1 | Organization that issued id (may be just text) |