description: This identifier profile defines a Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescriber number([[1]](https://www.pbs.gov.au/info/healthpro/explanatory-notes/section1/Section_1_2_Explanatory_Notes), [[2]](https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/600762)} in an Australian context.
package_name: hl7.fhir.au.base
derivation: constraint
name: AUPBSPrescriberNumber
type: Identifier
elements:
  type:
    pattern:
      type: CodeableConcept
      value:
        coding:
        - {code: PRES, system: 'http://terminology.hl7.org.au/CodeSystem/v2-0203'}
    index: 0
  system:
    pattern: {type: Uri, value: 'http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/medicare-prescriber-number'}
    index: 1
  value: {short: PBS prescriber number, index: 2}
package_version: 4.1.0-ballot
class: complex-type
kind: complex-type
url: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-pbsprescribernumber
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Identifier
version: 4.1.0-ballot
required: [value, type, system]