description: '**Concept**\r\nMarital status is a person’s formal position as defined by the Belgium civil code. There is a distinction between marriage and civil union.\r\n\r\n**Purpose**\r\nThe marital status is recorded for administrative purposes.\r\n\r\n**Instructions**\r\nMarital status at the time of entering the information as reported by the patient.' package_name: healthdata.be.r4.cbb derivation: specialization name: HdBeMaritalStatus abstract: true type: https://fhir.healthdata.be/StructureDefinition/LogicalModel/MaritalStatus elements: MaritalStatus: short: MaritalStatus _definition: extension: - url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/translation extension: - {url: lang, valueCode: nl-NL} - {url: content, valueMarkdown: De burgerlijke staat van een mens in de zin en betekenis van het burgerlijk wetboek.} type: CodeableConcept _short: extension: - url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/translation extension: - {url: lang, valueCode: nl-NL} - {url: content, valueMarkdown: BurgerlijkeStaat} binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'https://fhir.healthdata.be/ValueSet/MaritalStatus'} index: 0 package_version: 0.7.0-alpha class: logical kind: logical url: https://fhir.healthdata.be/StructureDefinition/LogicalModel/HdBe-MaritalStatus base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element version: null