description: 'A physical thing, group of physical things or an organization capable of participating in Acts while in a role.\nAn entity is a physical object that has, had or will have existence. The only exception to this is Organization, which while not having a physical presence, fulfills the other characteristics of an Entity. Entity stipulates the thing itself, not the Roles it may play: the Role of Patient, e.g., is played by the Person Entity.\nLiving subjects (including human beings), organizations, materials, places and their specializations.'
package_name: hl7.cda.uv.core
derivation: specialization
name: Entity
type: http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Entity
elements:
  classCode:
    type: code
    binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-EntityClassRoot'}
    representation: [xmlAttr]
    defaultValueCode: ENT
    index: 0
  determinerCode:
    type: code
    binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-EntityDeterminer'}
    pattern: {type: Code, value: INSTANCE}
    representation: [xmlAttr]
    index: 1
  id: {type: 'http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/II', array: true, index: 2}
  code:
    type: http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/CE
    binding: {strength: example, valueSet: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-EntityCode'}
    index: 3
  desc: {type: 'http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/ED', index: 4}
package_version: 2.0.0-sd-snapshot1
class: logical
kind: logical
url: http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Entity
base: http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/InfrastructureRoot
version: 2.0.0-sd-snapshot1
required: [classCode]