description: This extension applies to the Patient resource and is used to represent ethnic identity [[1]](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/australian-standard-classification-cultural-and-ethnic-groups-ascceg/2019).
package_name: hl7.fhir.au.base
derivation: constraint
name: Ethnicity
type: Extension
elements:
  url:
    pattern: {type: Uri, value: 'http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/ethnicity'}
    index: 0
  value:
    short: Coded ethnicity
    choices: [valueCodeableConcept]
    index: 2
  valueCodeableConcept: {type: CodeableConcept, short: Coded ethnicity, choiceOf: value, index: 3}
package_version: 4.1.0-ballot
class: extension
kind: complex-type
url: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/ethnicity
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension
version: 4.1.0-ballot
required: [value, valueCodeableConcept]