description: This identifier profile defines a Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescriber number in an Australian context (see [PBS](https://www.pbs.gov.au/info/healthpro/explanatory-notes/section1/Section_1_2_Explanatory_Notes) for further information). A PBS prescriber number, previously referred to as Medicare prescriber number in earlier versions of this implementation guide, is assigned by Services Australia under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to practitioners who are approved to prescribe PBS medicines under the National Health Act 1953.
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: 4.2.1-preview
class: complex-type
kind: complex-type
url: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-pbsprescribernumber
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Identifier
version: 4.2.1-preview
required: [value, type, system]