description: This profile sets minimum expectations for the Encounter resource to record, search, and fetch basic encounter information for an individual patient to promote interoperability and adoption through common implementation.  It identifies which core elements, extensions, vocabularies, and value sets **SHALL** be present in the resource and constrains the way the elements are used when using this profile.  It provides the floor for standards development for specific use cases.
package_name: hl7.fhir.us.core
derivation: constraint
name: USCoreEncounterProfile
type: Encounter
elements:
  serviceProvider:
    type: Reference
    mustSupport: true
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-organization']
    index: 18
  reasonCode: {mustSupport: true, index: 12}
  type:
    binding: {strength: extensible, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/us-core-encounter-type'}
    mustSupport: true
    index: 5
  participant:
    mustSupport: true
    index: 7
    elements:
      type: {mustSupport: true, index: 8}
      period: {mustSupport: true, index: 9}
      individual:
        type: Reference
        mustSupport: true
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-practitioner', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-practitionerrole', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-relatedperson']
        index: 10
  status: {mustSupport: true, index: 3}
  class: {mustSupport: true, index: 4}
  identifier:
    mustSupport: true
    index: 0
    elements:
      system: {type: uri, mustSupport: true, index: 1}
      value: {type: string, mustSupport: true, index: 2}
    required: [value, system]
  hospitalization:
    mustSupport: true
    index: 14
    elements:
      dischargeDisposition:
        binding: {strength: preferred, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet/us-core-discharge-disposition'}
        mustSupport: true
        index: 15
  period: {mustSupport: true, index: 11}
  location:
    mustSupport: true
    index: 16
    elements:
      location:
        type: Reference
        mustSupport: true
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-location']
        index: 17
  subject:
    type: Reference
    mustSupport: true
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Group', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-patient']
    index: 6
  reasonReference:
    type: Reference
    mustSupport: true
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ImmunizationRecommendation', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Observation', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-condition-encounter-diagnosis', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-condition-problems-health-concerns', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-procedure']
    array: true
    index: 13
package_version: 7.0.0-ballot
class: profile
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-encounter
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Encounter
version: 7.0.0-ballot
required: [subject, type]