description: A financial tool for tracking value accrued for a particular purpose.  In the healthcare field, used to track charges for a patient, cost centers, etc.
package_name: hl7.fhir.core
derivation: specialization
name: Account
type: Account
elements:
  description: {short: Explanation of purpose/use, type: string, isSummary: true, index: 11}
  name: {short: Human-readable label, type: string, isSummary: true, index: 3}
  coverage:
    short: The party(s) that are responsible for covering the payment of this account, and what order should they be applied to the account
    type: BackboneElement
    array: true
    isSummary: true
    index: 7
    elements:
      coverage:
        short: The party(s) that are responsible for covering the payment of this account
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Coverage']
        type: Reference
        isSummary: true
        index: 8
      priority: {short: The priority of the coverage in the context of this account, type: positiveInt, isSummary: true, index: 9}
    required: [coverage]
  type: {short: 'E.g. patient, expense, depreciation', type: CodeableConcept, isSummary: true, index: 2}
  guarantor:
    short: Responsible for the account
    type: BackboneElement
    array: true
    index: 12
    elements:
      party:
        short: Responsible entity
        refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson']
        type: Reference
        index: 13
      onHold: {type: boolean, short: Credit or other hold applied, index: 14}
      period: {type: Period, short: Guarantee account during, index: 15}
    required: [party]
  status: {isModifier: true, short: active | inactive | entered-in-error, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 1}
  active: {short: Time window that transactions may be posted to this account, type: Period, isSummary: true, index: 6}
  identifier: {short: Account number, type: Identifier, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 0}
  period: {short: Transaction window, type: Period, isSummary: true, index: 5}
  partOf:
    type: Reference
    short: Reference to a parent Account
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Account']
    index: 16
  subject:
    short: What is account tied to?
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/HealthcareService', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Location', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner']
    type: Reference
    isSummary: true
    index: 4
  owner:
    short: Who is responsible?
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization']
    type: Reference
    isSummary: true
    index: 10
package_version: 3.2.0
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Account
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: null