description: This profile sets minimum expectations for CommunicationRequest resources that are used to record, search, and fetch information about a communication request to be performed.  It is based on the [CommunicationRequest](https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/communicationrequest.html) resource and identifies the additional constraints, extensions, vocabularies and value sets that **SHALL** be present in the CommunicationRequest when conforming to this profile.
package_name: hl7.fhir.au.ereq
derivation: constraint
name: AUeRequestingCommunicationRequest
abstract: true
type: CommunicationRequest
elements:
  category:
    binding: {strength: extensible, valueSet: 'http://terminology.hl7.org.au/ValueSet/au-erequesting-communicationrequest-category'}
    mustSupport: true
    index: 3
  recipient:
    type: Reference
    mustSupport: true
    refers: ['http://hl7.org.au/fhir/ereq/StructureDefinition/au-erequesting-patient', 'http://hl7.org.au/fhir/ereq/StructureDefinition/au-erequesting-practitionerrole']
    index: 8
  authoredOn: {mustSupport: true, index: 6}
  requester:
    type: Reference
    short: Provider, Patient, or Organisation requesting the communication
    mustSupport: true
    refers: ['http://hl7.org.au/fhir/ereq/StructureDefinition/au-erequesting-organization', 'http://hl7.org.au/fhir/ereq/StructureDefinition/au-erequesting-patient', 'http://hl7.org.au/fhir/ereq/StructureDefinition/au-erequesting-practitionerrole']
    index: 7
  status:
    pattern: {type: Code, value: active}
    mustSupport: true
    index: 2
  groupIdentifier:
    type: Identifier
    mustSupport: true
    index: 0
    elements:
      type:
        pattern:
          type: CodeableConcept
          value:
            coding:
            - {code: PGN, system: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203'}
        index: 1
  sender:
    type: Reference
    short: Organisation sending the communication
    mustSupport: true
    refers: ['http://hl7.org.au/fhir/ereq/StructureDefinition/au-erequesting-organization']
    index: 9
  subject:
    type: Reference
    short: Patient that is the subject of the communication request
    mustSupport: true
    refers: ['http://hl7.org.au/fhir/ereq/StructureDefinition/au-erequesting-patient']
    index: 4
  about:
    type: Reference
    mustSupport: true
    refers: ['http://hl7.org.au/fhir/ereq/StructureDefinition/au-erequesting-servicerequest-imag', 'http://hl7.org.au/fhir/ereq/StructureDefinition/au-erequesting-servicerequest-path']
    index: 5
package_version: 1.0.0-preview
class: profile
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/ereq/StructureDefinition/au-erequesting-communicationrequest
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/CommunicationRequest
version: 1.0.0-preview
required: [authoredOn, requester, recipient, about, groupIdentifier, subject, category]