description: This identifier profile defines a Medicare card number in an Australian context. A Medicare card is provided to individuals who are enrolled in Medicare. This definition supports sending either the 10 digit Medicare card number or the 11 digit number (includes the individual reference number (IRN)).
package_name: at.unofficial.au.base
derivation: constraint
name: AUMedicareCardNumber
type: Identifier
elements:
  type:
    pattern:
      type: CodeableConcept
      value:
        coding:
        - {code: MC, system: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203'}
    index: 0
  system:
    pattern: {type: Uri, value: 'http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/medicare-number'}
    index: 1
  value: {short: Medicare card number, maxLength: 11, index: 2}
  period:
    index: 3
    elements:
      end: {short: Medicare card expiry date, index: 4}
package_version: 2.2.0-ballot2
class: complex-type
kind: complex-type
url: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-medicarecardnumber
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Identifier
version: 2.2.0
required: [value, type, system]