description: This identifier profile defines an Individual Healthcare Identifier in an Australian context (see [Australian Digital Health Agency](https://developer.digitalhealth.gov.au/specifications/national-infrastructure/ep-1826-2014/nehta-1163-2010) for further information). An IHI is assigned under the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service to a patient.
package_name: hl7.fhir.au.base
derivation: constraint
name: AUIHI
type: Identifier
elements:
  extension:
    index: 0
    slicing:
      rules: open
      discriminator:
      - {path: url, type: value}
      min: null
      slices:
        ihiStatus:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/ihi-status', index: 1}
          max: 1
        ihiRecordStatus:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/ihi-record-status', index: 2}
          max: 1
        ihiVerifiedDate:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/ihi-verified-date', index: 3}
          max: 1
  type:
    pattern:
      type: CodeableConcept
      value:
        coding:
        - {code: NI, system: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203'}
    index: 4
  system:
    pattern: {type: Uri, value: 'http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/hi/ihi/1.0'}
    index: 5
  value: {short: IHI, maxLength: 16, index: 6}
package_version: 4.2.1-preview
extensions:
  ihiStatus: {url: 'http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/ihi-status', max: 1, type: Extension, index: 1}
  ihiRecordStatus: {url: 'http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/ihi-record-status', max: 1, type: Extension, index: 2}
  ihiVerifiedDate: {url: 'http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/ihi-verified-date', max: 1, type: Extension, index: 3}
class: complex-type
kind: complex-type
url: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-ihi
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Identifier
version: 4.2.1-preview
required: [value, type, system]