description: Defines constraints and extensions on the patient resource for the minimal set of data to query and retrieve patient demographic information.
package_name: hl7.fhir.us.core
derivation: constraint
name: US Core Patient Profile
type: Patient
elements:
  extension:
    isModifier: false
    type: Extension
    mustSupport: true
    url: h
    index: 0
    slicing:
      slices:
        race:
          match: {}
          schema: {isModifier: false, type: Extension, mustSupport: true, url: h, index: 0}
          min: 0
          max: 1
        ethnicity:
          match: {}
          schema: {isModifier: false, type: Extension, mustSupport: true, url: h, index: 1}
          min: 0
          max: 1
        birthsex:
          match: {}
          schema: {isModifier: false, type: Extension, mustSupport: true, url: h, index: 2}
          min: 0
          max: 1
  identifier:
    min: 1
    isModifier: false
    index: 3
    type: Identifier
    mustSupport: true
    array: true
    elements:
      system: {type: uri, isModifier: false, mustSupport: true, index: 4}
      value: {isModifier: false, short: The value that is unique within the system., type: string, mustSupport: true, index: 5}
    required: [value, system]
  name:
    min: 1
    isModifier: false
    index: 6
    type: HumanName
    mustSupport: true
    array: true
    elements:
      family: {type: string, isModifier: false, mustSupport: true, index: 7}
      given: {type: string, isModifier: false, mustSupport: true, array: true, min: 1, index: 8}
    required: [given, family]
  gender: {isModifier: false, type: code, mustSupport: true, index: 9}
  birthDate: {type: date, isModifier: false, mustSupport: true, index: 10}
  animal: {isModifier: false, type: BackboneElement, mustSupport: false, index: 11}
  communication:
    isModifier: false
    mustSupport: true
    array: true
    index: 12
    elements:
      language: {isModifier: false, type: CodeableConcept, mustSupport: true, index: 13}
    required: [language]
package_version: 2.0.0
extensions:
  race: {url: h, min: 0, max: 1, isModifier: false, type: Extension, mustSupport: true, index: 0}
  ethnicity: {url: h, min: 0, max: 1, isModifier: false, type: Extension, mustSupport: true, index: 1}
  birthsex: {url: h, min: 0, max: 1, isModifier: false, type: Extension, mustSupport: true, index: 2}
class: profile
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-patient
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient
version: 2.0.0
required: [gender, name, identifier]