description: Details and position information for a place where services are provided and resources and participants may be stored, found, contained, or accommodated.
package_name: hl7.fhir.r6.core
derivation: specialization
name: Location
type: Location
elements:
  description: {isModifier: false, short: Additional details about the location that could be displayed as further information to identify the location beyond its name, type: markdown, mustSupport: false, isSummary: true, index: 6}
  address: {isModifier: false, short: Physical location, type: Address, mustSupport: false, isSummary: false, index: 10}
  managingOrganization:
    isModifier: false
    short: Organization responsible for provisioning and upkeep
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization']
    type: Reference
    mustSupport: false
    isSummary: true
    index: 16
  name: {isModifier: false, short: Name of the location as used by humans, type: string, mustSupport: false, isSummary: true, index: 4}
  mode:
    isModifier: false
    short: instance | kind
    type: code
    mustSupport: false
    binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/location-mode|6.0.0-ballot4'}
    isSummary: true
    index: 7
  type:
    isModifier: false
    short: Types of services available at this location
    type: CodeableConcept
    mustSupport: false
    array: true
    binding: {strength: preferred, valueSet: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/service-type'}
    isSummary: true
    index: 8
  characteristic:
    isModifier: false
    short: Collection of characteristics (attributes)
    type: CodeableConcept
    mustSupport: false
    array: true
    binding: {strength: example, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/location-characteristic'}
    isSummary: false
    index: 18
  virtualService: {isModifier: false, short: Connection details of a virtual service (e.g. conference call), type: VirtualServiceDetail, mustSupport: false, array: true, isSummary: false, index: 20}
  alias: {isModifier: false, short: 'A list of alternate names that the location is known as, or was known as, in the past', type: string, mustSupport: false, array: true, isSummary: false, index: 5}
  status:
    isModifier: true
    short: active | suspended | inactive
    type: code
    mustSupport: false
    binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/location-status|6.0.0-ballot4'}
    isModifierReason: This element is labeled as a modifier because the status contains codes that mark the resource as not currently valid
    isSummary: true
    index: 1
  code:
    isModifier: false
    short: Codes that identify this location
    type: CodeableConcept
    mustSupport: false
    array: true
    binding: {strength: example, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/iso3166-1-2'}
    isSummary: true
    index: 3
  identifier: {isModifier: false, short: Unique code or number identifying the location to its users, type: Identifier, mustSupport: false, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 0}
  hoursOfOperation: {isModifier: false, short: What days/times during a week is this location usually open (including exceptions), type: Availability, mustSupport: false, isSummary: false, index: 19}
  position:
    isModifier: false
    short: The absolute geographic location
    type: BackboneElement
    mustSupport: false
    isSummary: false
    index: 12
    elements:
      longitude: {isModifier: false, short: Longitude with WGS84 datum, type: decimal, mustSupport: false, isSummary: false, index: 13}
      latitude: {isModifier: false, short: Latitude with WGS84 datum, type: decimal, mustSupport: false, isSummary: false, index: 14}
      altitude: {isModifier: false, short: Altitude with WGS84 datum, type: decimal, mustSupport: false, isSummary: false, index: 15}
    required: [longitude, latitude]
  form:
    isModifier: false
    short: Physical form of the location
    type: CodeableConcept
    mustSupport: false
    binding: {strength: example, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/location-form'}
    isSummary: true
    index: 11
  operationalStatus:
    isModifier: false
    short: The operational status of the location (typically only for a bed/room)
    type: Coding
    mustSupport: false
    binding: {strength: preferred, valueSet: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v2-0116'}
    isSummary: true
    index: 2
  partOf:
    isModifier: false
    short: Another Location this one is physically a part of
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Location']
    type: Reference
    mustSupport: false
    isSummary: false
    index: 17
  endpoint:
    isModifier: false
    short: Technical endpoints providing access to services operated for the location
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Endpoint']
    type: Reference
    mustSupport: false
    array: true
    isSummary: false
    index: 21
  contact: {isModifier: false, short: Official contact details for the location, type: ExtendedContactDetail, mustSupport: false, array: true, isSummary: false, index: 9}
package_version: 6.0.0-ballot4
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Location
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: 6.0.0-ballot4