{
  "resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2026-04-01T11:43:02.2015158+00:00"
  },
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ContactPoint",
  "name": "ContactPoint",
  "status": "draft",
  "date": "2019-10-24T00:53:00+00:00",
  "publisher": "HL7 FHIR Standard",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "Base StructureDefinition for ContactPoint Type",
  "purpose": "Need to track phone, fax, mobile, sms numbers, email addresses, twitter tags, etc.",
  "fhirVersion": "3.0.2",
  "mapping": [
    {
      "identity": "v2",
      "uri": "http://hl7.org/v2",
      "name": "HL7 v2 Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity": "rim",
      "uri": "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name": "RIM Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity": "servd",
      "uri": "http://www.omg.org/spec/ServD/1.0/",
      "name": "ServD"
    }
  ],
  "kind": "complex-type",
  "abstract": false,
  "type": "ContactPoint",
  "baseDefinition": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element",
  "derivation": "specialization",
  "differential": {
    "element": [
      {
        "id": "ContactPoint",
        "path": "ContactPoint",
        "short": "Details of a Technology mediated contact point (phone, fax, email, etc.)",
        "definition": "Details for all kinds of technology mediated contact points for a person or organization, including telephone, email, etc.",
        "constraint": [
          {
            "key": "cpt-2",
            "severity": "error",
            "human": "A system is required if a value is provided.",
            "expression": "value.empty() or system.exists()",
            "xpath": "not(exists(f:value)) or exists(f:system)"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "XTN"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "TEL"
          },
          {
            "identity": "servd",
            "map": "ContactPoint"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "ContactPoint.system",
        "path": "ContactPoint.system",
        "short": "phone | fax | email | pager | url | sms | other",
        "definition": "Telecommunications form for contact point - what communications system is required to make use of the contact.",
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "code"
          }
        ],
        "condition": [
          "cpt-2"
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "binding": {
          "extension": [
            {
              "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
              "valueString": "ContactPointSystem"
            }
          ],
          "strength": "required",
          "description": "Telecommunications form for contact point",
          "valueSetReference": {
            "reference": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/contact-point-system"
          }
        },
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "XTN.3"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "./scheme"
          },
          {
            "identity": "servd",
            "map": "./ContactPointType"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "ContactPoint.value",
        "path": "ContactPoint.value",
        "short": "The actual contact point details",
        "definition": "The actual contact point details, in a form that is meaningful to the designated communication system (i.e. phone number or email address).",
        "comment": "Additional text data such as phone extension numbers, or notes about use of the contact are sometimes included in the value.",
        "requirements": "Need to support legacy numbers that are not in a tightly controlled format.",
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "XTN.1 (or XTN.12)"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "./url"
          },
          {
            "identity": "servd",
            "map": "./Value"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "ContactPoint.use",
        "path": "ContactPoint.use",
        "short": "home | work | temp | old | mobile - purpose of this contact point",
        "definition": "Identifies the purpose for the contact point.",
        "comment": "This is labeled as \"Is Modifier\" because applications should not mistake a temporary or old contact etc.for a current/permanent one. Applications can assume that a contact is current unless it explicitly says that it is temporary or old.",
        "requirements": "Need to track the way a person uses this contact, so a user can choose which is appropriate for their purpose.",
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "code"
          }
        ],
        "isModifier": true,
        "isSummary": true,
        "binding": {
          "extension": [
            {
              "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
              "valueString": "ContactPointUse"
            }
          ],
          "strength": "required",
          "description": "Use of contact point",
          "valueSetReference": {
            "reference": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/contact-point-use"
          }
        },
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "XTN.2 - but often indicated by field"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "unique(./use)"
          },
          {
            "identity": "servd",
            "map": "./ContactPointPurpose"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "ContactPoint.rank",
        "path": "ContactPoint.rank",
        "short": "Specify preferred order of use (1 = highest)",
        "definition": "Specifies a preferred order in which to use a set of contacts. Contacts are ranked with lower values coming before higher values.",
        "comment": "Note that rank does not necessarily follow the order in which the contacts are represented in the instance.",
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "positiveInt"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "n/a"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "ContactPoint.period",
        "path": "ContactPoint.period",
        "short": "Time period when the contact point was/is in use",
        "definition": "Time period when the contact point was/is in use.",
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Period"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "N/A"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "./usablePeriod[type=\"IVL<TS>\"]"
          },
          {
            "identity": "servd",
            "map": "./StartDate and ./EndDate"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}