description: This identifier profile defines a pharmacy approval number in an Australian context (see [Department of Health and Aged Care](https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/pharmaceutical-benefits-scheme-approved-supplier-administrative-functions) for further information). A pharmacy approval number, also known as a PBS approval number, is assigned by the Department of Health to pharmacies that are approved to supply pharmaceutical benefits at particular premises under the National Health Act 1953.
package_name: hl7.fhir.au.base
derivation: constraint
name: AUPharmacyApprovalNumber
type: Identifier
elements:
  type:
    pattern:
      type: CodeableConcept
      value:
        coding:
        - {code: PAN, system: 'http://terminology.hl7.org.au/CodeSystem/v2-0203'}
    index: 0
  system:
    pattern: {type: Uri, value: 'http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/pharmacy-approval-number'}
    index: 1
  value: {short: Pharmacy approval number, index: 2}
package_version: 4.2.1-preview
class: complex-type
kind: complex-type
url: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-pharmacyapprovalnumber
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Identifier
version: 4.2.1-preview
required: [value, type, system]