description: Demographics and other administrative information about an individual or animal receiving care or other health-related services.
package_name: hl7.fhir.r5.core
derivation: specialization
name: Patient
type: Patient
elements:
  multipleBirthBoolean: {short: Whether patient is part of a multiple birth, type: boolean, choiceOf: multipleBirth, index: 14}
  address: {short: An address for the individual, type: Address, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 10}
  deceasedDateTime: {isModifier: true, short: Indicates if the individual is deceased or not, type: dateTime, isModifierReason: 'This element is labeled as a modifier because once a patient is marked as deceased, the actions that are appropriate to perform on the patient may be significantly different.', choiceOf: deceased, isSummary: true, index: 9}
  managingOrganization:
    short: Organization that is the custodian of the patient record
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization']
    type: Reference
    isSummary: true
    index: 29
  deceasedBoolean: {isModifier: true, short: Indicates if the individual is deceased or not, type: boolean, isModifierReason: 'This element is labeled as a modifier because once a patient is marked as deceased, the actions that are appropriate to perform on the patient may be significantly different.', choiceOf: deceased, isSummary: true, index: 8}
  name: {short: A name associated with the patient, type: HumanName, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 2}
  birthDate: {short: The date of birth for the individual, type: date, isSummary: true, index: 5}
  multipleBirthInteger: {short: Whether patient is part of a multiple birth, type: integer, choiceOf: multipleBirth, index: 15}
  multipleBirth:
    short: Whether patient is part of a multiple birth
    choices: [multipleBirthBoolean, multipleBirthInteger]
    index: 13
  deceased:
    isModifier: true
    short: Indicates if the individual is deceased or not
    choices: [deceasedBoolean, deceasedDateTime]
    isModifierReason: This element is labeled as a modifier because once a patient is marked as deceased, the actions that are appropriate to perform on the patient may be significantly different.
    isSummary: true
    index: 7
  photo: {short: Image of the patient, type: Attachment, array: true, index: 16}
  link:
    isModifier: true
    short: Link to another patient resource that concerns the same actual person
    index: 30
    type: BackboneElement
    array: true
    elements:
      other:
        short: The other patient or related person resource that the link refers to
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson']
        type: Reference
        isSummary: true
        index: 31
      type:
        short: replaced-by | replaces | refer | seealso
        type: code
        binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/link-type|4.2.0'}
        isSummary: true
        index: 32
    isModifierReason: This element is labeled as a modifier because it might not be the main Patient resource, and the referenced patient should be used instead of this Patient record. This is when the link.type value is 'replaced-by'
    required: [type, other]
    isSummary: true
  active: {isModifier: true, short: Whether this patient's record is in active use, type: boolean, meaningWhenMissing: This resource is generally assumed to be active if no value is provided for the active element, isModifierReason: This element is labelled as a modifier because it is a status element that can indicate that a record should not be treated as valid, isSummary: true, index: 1}
  communication:
    short: A language which may be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health
    type: BackboneElement
    array: true
    index: 25
    elements:
      language:
        short: The language which can be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health
        type: CodeableConcept
        binding: {strength: preferred, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languages'}
        index: 26
      preferred: {short: Language preference indicator, type: boolean, index: 27}
    required: [language]
  identifier: {short: An identifier for this patient, type: Identifier, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 0}
  telecom: {short: A contact detail for the individual, type: ContactPoint, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 3}
  generalPractitioner:
    short: Patient's nominated primary care provider
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/PractitionerRole']
    type: Reference
    array: true
    index: 28
  gender:
    short: male | female | other | unknown
    type: code
    binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/administrative-gender|4.2.0'}
    isSummary: true
    index: 4
  maritalStatus:
    short: Marital (civil) status of a patient
    type: CodeableConcept
    binding: {strength: extensible, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/marital-status'}
    index: 11
  contact:
    constraint:
      pat-1: {human: SHALL at least contain a contact's details or a reference to an organization, severity: error, expression: name.exists() or telecom.exists() or address.exists() or organization.exists()}
    short: A contact party (e.g. guardian, partner, friend) for the patient
    type: BackboneElement
    array: true
    index: 17
    elements:
      relationship:
        short: The kind of relationship
        type: CodeableConcept
        array: true
        binding: {strength: extensible, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/patient-contactrelationship'}
        index: 18
      name: {short: A name associated with the contact person, type: HumanName, index: 19}
      telecom: {short: A contact detail for the person, type: ContactPoint, array: true, index: 20}
      address: {short: Address for the contact person, type: Address, index: 21}
      gender:
        short: male | female | other | unknown
        type: code
        binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/administrative-gender|4.2.0'}
        index: 22
      organization:
        short: Organization that is associated with the contact
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization']
        type: Reference
        index: 23
      period: {type: Period, short: The period during which this contact person or organization is valid to be contacted relating to this patient, index: 24}
package_version: 4.2.0
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: 4.2.0