description: This extension applies to the Patient resource and is used to represent ethnic identity. This extension is to support the provision of healthcare services to patients with specific cultural identities. This extension provides further information about a person’s cultural values and practices which can be significant in determining service type, support required and possible needs.
package_name: at.unofficial.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: 2.2.0-ballot2
class: extension
kind: complex-type
url: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/ethnicity
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension
version: 2.2.0
required: [value, valueCodeableConcept]