description: Simple concise instructions to be read by the patient.  For example  “twice a day” rather than “BID.”.
package_name: hl7.fhir.r5.core
derivation: constraint
name: patientInstruction
type: Extension
elements:
  extension:
    type: Extension
    short: Language
    index: 0
    slicing:
      slices:
        lang:
          match: {}
          schema:
            type: Extension
            short: Language
            _required: true
            index: 0
            extensions: {}
            elements:
              extension: {index: 1}
              url:
                type: uri
                pattern: {type: Uri, value: lang}
                index: 2
              value:
                choices: [valueCode]
                index: 4
              valueCode: {type: code, choiceOf: value, index: 5}
            required: [valueCode, value]
        content:
          match: {}
          schema:
            type: Extension
            short: Text
            _required: true
            index: 6
            extensions: {}
            elements:
              extension: {index: 7}
              url:
                type: uri
                pattern: {type: Uri, value: content}
                index: 8
              value:
                choices: [valueString]
                index: 10
              valueString: {type: string, choiceOf: value, index: 11}
            required: [valueString, value]
  url:
    pattern: {type: Uri, value: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/devicerequest-patientInstruction'}
    index: 12
  value:
    choices: []
    index: 14
package_version: 4.2.0
extensions:
  lang:
    url: null
    type: Extension
    short: Language
    _required: true
    index: 0
    extensions: {}
    elements:
      extension: {index: 1}
      url:
        type: uri
        pattern: {type: Uri, value: lang}
        index: 2
      value:
        choices: [valueCode]
        index: 4
      valueCode: {type: code, choiceOf: value, index: 5}
    required: [valueCode, value]
  content:
    url: null
    type: Extension
    short: Text
    _required: true
    index: 6
    extensions: {}
    elements:
      extension: {index: 7}
      url:
        type: uri
        pattern: {type: Uri, value: content}
        index: 8
      value:
        choices: [valueString]
        index: 10
      valueString: {type: string, choiceOf: value, index: 11}
    required: [valueString, value]
class: extension
kind: complex-type
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/devicerequest-patientInstruction
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension
version: 4.2.0
required: [extension]