StructureDefinition Extension-UKCore-AdditionalContact

Canonical_URLDescriptionProfile_Purpose
https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-AdditionalContact

An extension to support recording of additional contacts, who should be contacted regarding questions arising from the service request. This differs from the requester and responsibleClinician.

This is a Genomics use case to record who should be contacted regarding questions arising from a Genomics Test Order, along with their contact details, which differs from requester and responsibleClinician.

Context of Use ServiceRequest

Tree View

id0..1string
extensionI0..*Extension
url1..1uriFixed Value
valueReferenceReference(Organization | Practitioner | PractitionerRole)

Table View

Extension0..*
Extension.idstring0..1
Extension.extensionExtension0..*
Extension.urluri1..1
Extension.value[x]Reference(Organization | Practitioner | PractitionerRole)1..1

XML View

<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
    <id value="Extension-UKCore-AdditionalContact" />
    <url value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-AdditionalContact" />
    <version value="1.1.0" />
    <name value="ExtensionUKCoreAdditionalContact" />
    <title value="Extension UK Core Additional Contact" />
    <status value="active" />
    <date value="2023-12-12" />
    <publisher value="HL7 UK" />
    <contact>
        <name value="HL7 UK" />
        <telecom>
            <system value="email" />
            <value value="ukcore@hl7.org.uk" />
            <use value="work" />
            <rank value="1" />
        </telecom>
    </contact>
    <description value="An extension to support recording of additional contacts, who should be contacted regarding questions arising from the service request. This differs from the requester and responsibleClinician." />
    <purpose value="This is a Genomics use case to record who should be contacted regarding questions arising from a Genomics Test Order, along with their contact details, which differs from requester and responsibleClinician." />
    <copyright value="Copyright &#169; 2021+ HL7 UK Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the &quot;License&quot;); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an &quot;AS IS&quot; BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. HL7&#174; FHIR&#174; standard Copyright &#169; 2011+ HL7 The HL7&#174; FHIR&#174; standard is used under the FHIR license. You may obtain a copy of the FHIR license at  https://www.hl7.org/fhir/license.html." />
    <fhirVersion value="4.0.1" />
    <mapping>
        <identity value="rim" />
        <uri value="http://hl7.org/v3" />
        <name value="RIM Mapping" />
    </mapping>
    <kind value="complex-type" />
    <abstract value="false" />
    <context>
        <type value="element" />
        <expression value="ServiceRequest" />
    </context>
    <type value="Extension" />
    <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" />
    <derivation value="constraint" />
    <snapshot>
        <element id="Extension">
            <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
                <valueCode value="normative" />
            </extension>
            <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version">
                <valueCode value="4.0.0" />
            </extension>
            <path value="Extension" />
            <short value="Details of an additional contact" />
            <definition value="Details of an additional contact, who should be contacted regarding questions arising from the service request." />
            <min value="0" />
            <max value="*" />
            <base>
                <path value="Extension" />
                <min value="0" />
                <max value="*" />
            </base>
            <condition value="ele-1" />
            <constraint>
                <key value="ele-1" />
                <severity value="error" />
                <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children" />
                <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())" />
                <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div" />
                <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" />
            </constraint>
            <constraint>
                <key value="ext-1" />
                <severity value="error" />
                <human value="Must have either extensions or value[x], not both" />
                <expression value="extension.exists() != value.exists()" />
                <xpath value="exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), &#39;value&#39;)])" />
                <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" />
            </constraint>
            <mapping>
                <identity value="rim" />
                <map value="n/a" />
            </mapping>
            <mapping>
                <identity value="rim" />
                <map value="N/A" />
            </mapping>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.id">
            <path value="Extension.id" />
            <representation value="xmlAttr" />
            <short value="Unique id for inter-element referencing" />
            <definition value="Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces." />
            <min value="0" />
            <max value="1" />
            <base>
                <path value="Element.id" />
                <min value="0" />
                <max value="1" />
            </base>
            <type>
                <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
                    <valueUrl value="string" />
                </extension>
                <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String" />
            </type>
            <mapping>
                <identity value="rim" />
                <map value="n/a" />
            </mapping>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.extension">
            <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
                <valueCode value="normative" />
            </extension>
            <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version">
                <valueCode value="4.0.0" />
            </extension>
            <path value="Extension.extension" />
            <slicing>
                <discriminator>
                    <type value="value" />
                    <path value="url" />
                </discriminator>
                <description value="Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url" />
                <rules value="open" />
            </slicing>
            <short value="Additional content defined by implementations" />
            <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance  applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension." />
            <comment value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone." />
            <alias value="extensions" />
            <alias value="user content" />
            <min value="0" />
            <max value="*" />
            <base>
                <path value="Element.extension" />
                <min value="0" />
                <max value="*" />
            </base>
            <type>
                <code value="Extension" />
            </type>
            <condition value="ele-1" />
            <constraint>
                <key value="ele-1" />
                <severity value="error" />
                <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children" />
                <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())" />
                <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div" />
                <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" />
            </constraint>
            <constraint>
                <key value="ext-1" />
                <severity value="error" />
                <human value="Must have either extensions or value[x], not both" />
                <expression value="extension.exists() != value.exists()" />
                <xpath value="exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), &#39;value&#39;)])" />
                <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension" />
            </constraint>
            <mapping>
                <identity value="rim" />
                <map value="n/a" />
            </mapping>
            <mapping>
                <identity value="rim" />
                <map value="N/A" />
            </mapping>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.url">
            <path value="Extension.url" />
            <representation value="xmlAttr" />
            <short value="identifies the meaning of the extension" />
            <definition value="Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL." />
            <comment value="The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension." />
            <min value="1" />
            <max value="1" />
            <base>
                <path value="Extension.url" />
                <min value="1" />
                <max value="1" />
            </base>
            <type>
                <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
                    <valueUrl value="uri" />
                </extension>
                <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String" />
            </type>
            <fixedUri value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-AdditionalContact" />
            <mapping>
                <identity value="rim" />
                <map value="N/A" />
            </mapping>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.value[x]">
            <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
                <valueCode value="normative" />
            </extension>
            <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version">
                <valueCode value="4.0.0" />
            </extension>
            <path value="Extension.value[x]" />
            <short value="A link to a the resource to be contacted." />
            <definition value="A link to the Organization, Practitioner, or PractitionerRole resource to be contacted." />
            <min value="1" />
            <max value="1" />
            <base>
                <path value="Extension.value[x]" />
                <min value="0" />
                <max value="1" />
            </base>
            <type>
                <code value="Reference" />
                <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization" />
                <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner" />
                <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/PractitionerRole" />
            </type>
            <condition value="ele-1" />
            <constraint>
                <key value="ele-1" />
                <severity value="error" />
                <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children" />
                <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())" />
                <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div" />
                <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element" />
            </constraint>
            <mapping>
                <identity value="rim" />
                <map value="n/a" />
            </mapping>
            <mapping>
                <identity value="rim" />
                <map value="N/A" />
            </mapping>
        </element>
    </snapshot>
    <differential>
        <element id="Extension">
            <path value="Extension" />
            <short value="Details of an additional contact" />
            <definition value="Details of an additional contact, who should be contacted regarding questions arising from the service request." />
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.url">
            <path value="Extension.url" />
            <fixedUri value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-AdditionalContact" />
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.value[x]">
            <path value="Extension.value[x]" />
            <short value="A link to a the resource to be contacted." />
            <definition value="A link to the Organization, Practitioner, or PractitionerRole resource to be contacted." />
            <min value="1" />
            <type>
                <code value="Reference" />
                <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization" />
                <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner" />
                <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/PractitionerRole" />
            </type>
        </element>
    </differential>
</StructureDefinition>

JSON View

{
    "resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
    "id": "Extension-UKCore-AdditionalContact",
    "url": "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-AdditionalContact",
    "version": "1.1.0",
    "name": "ExtensionUKCoreAdditionalContact",
    "title": "Extension UK Core Additional Contact",
    "status": "active",
    "date": "2023-12-12",
    "publisher": "HL7 UK",
    "contact":  [
        {
            "name": "HL7 UK",
            "telecom":  [
                {
                    "system": "email",
                    "value": "ukcore@hl7.org.uk",
                    "use": "work",
                    "rank": 1
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "description": "An extension to support recording of additional contacts, who should be contacted regarding questions arising from the service request. This differs from the requester and responsibleClinician.",
    "purpose": "This is a Genomics use case to record who should be contacted regarding questions arising from a Genomics Test Order, along with their contact details, which differs from requester and responsibleClinician.",
    "copyright": "Copyright © 2021+ HL7 UK Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the \"License\"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an \"AS IS\" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. HL7® FHIR® standard Copyright © 2011+ HL7 The HL7® FHIR® standard is used under the FHIR license. You may obtain a copy of the FHIR license at  https://www.hl7.org/fhir/license.html.",
    "fhirVersion": "4.0.1",
    "mapping":  [
        {
            "identity": "rim",
            "uri": "http://hl7.org/v3",
            "name": "RIM Mapping"
        }
    ],
    "kind": "complex-type",
    "abstract": false,
    "context":  [
        {
            "type": "element",
            "expression": "ServiceRequest"
        }
    ],
    "type": "Extension",
    "baseDefinition": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
    "derivation": "constraint",
    "snapshot": {
        "element":  [
            {
                "id": "Extension",
                "extension":  [
                    {
                        "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
                        "valueCode": "normative"
                    },
                    {
                        "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version",
                        "valueCode": "4.0.0"
                    }
                ],
                "path": "Extension",
                "short": "Details of an additional contact",
                "definition": "Details of an additional contact, who should be contacted regarding questions arising from the service request.",
                "min": 0,
                "max": "*",
                "base": {
                    "path": "Extension",
                    "min": 0,
                    "max": "*"
                },
                "condition":  [
                    "ele-1"
                ],
                "constraint":  [
                    {
                        "key": "ele-1",
                        "severity": "error",
                        "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                        "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                        "xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
                        "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
                    },
                    {
                        "key": "ext-1",
                        "severity": "error",
                        "human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
                        "expression": "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
                        "xpath": "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])",
                        "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
                    }
                ],
                "mapping":  [
                    {
                        "identity": "rim",
                        "map": "n/a"
                    },
                    {
                        "identity": "rim",
                        "map": "N/A"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "id": "Extension.id",
                "path": "Extension.id",
                "representation":  [
                    "xmlAttr"
                ],
                "short": "Unique id for inter-element referencing",
                "definition": "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
                "min": 0,
                "max": "1",
                "base": {
                    "path": "Element.id",
                    "min": 0,
                    "max": "1"
                },
                "type":  [
                    {
                        "extension":  [
                            {
                                "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
                                "valueUrl": "string"
                            }
                        ],
                        "code": "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
                    }
                ],
                "mapping":  [
                    {
                        "identity": "rim",
                        "map": "n/a"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "id": "Extension.extension",
                "extension":  [
                    {
                        "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
                        "valueCode": "normative"
                    },
                    {
                        "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version",
                        "valueCode": "4.0.0"
                    }
                ],
                "path": "Extension.extension",
                "slicing": {
                    "discriminator":  [
                        {
                            "type": "value",
                            "path": "url"
                        }
                    ],
                    "description": "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
                    "rules": "open"
                },
                "short": "Additional content defined by implementations",
                "definition": "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance  applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.",
                "comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
                "alias":  [
                    "extensions",
                    "user content"
                ],
                "min": 0,
                "max": "*",
                "base": {
                    "path": "Element.extension",
                    "min": 0,
                    "max": "*"
                },
                "type":  [
                    {
                        "code": "Extension"
                    }
                ],
                "condition":  [
                    "ele-1"
                ],
                "constraint":  [
                    {
                        "key": "ele-1",
                        "severity": "error",
                        "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                        "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                        "xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
                        "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
                    },
                    {
                        "key": "ext-1",
                        "severity": "error",
                        "human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
                        "expression": "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
                        "xpath": "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])",
                        "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
                    }
                ],
                "mapping":  [
                    {
                        "identity": "rim",
                        "map": "n/a"
                    },
                    {
                        "identity": "rim",
                        "map": "N/A"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "id": "Extension.url",
                "path": "Extension.url",
                "representation":  [
                    "xmlAttr"
                ],
                "short": "identifies the meaning of the extension",
                "definition": "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
                "comment": "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.",
                "min": 1,
                "max": "1",
                "base": {
                    "path": "Extension.url",
                    "min": 1,
                    "max": "1"
                },
                "type":  [
                    {
                        "extension":  [
                            {
                                "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
                                "valueUrl": "uri"
                            }
                        ],
                        "code": "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
                    }
                ],
                "fixedUri": "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-AdditionalContact",
                "mapping":  [
                    {
                        "identity": "rim",
                        "map": "N/A"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "id": "Extension.value[x]",
                "extension":  [
                    {
                        "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
                        "valueCode": "normative"
                    },
                    {
                        "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version",
                        "valueCode": "4.0.0"
                    }
                ],
                "path": "Extension.value[x]",
                "short": "A link to a the resource to be contacted.",
                "definition": "A link to the Organization, Practitioner, or PractitionerRole resource to be contacted.",
                "min": 1,
                "max": "1",
                "base": {
                    "path": "Extension.value[x]",
                    "min": 0,
                    "max": "1"
                },
                "type":  [
                    {
                        "code": "Reference",
                        "targetProfile":  [
                            "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization",
                            "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner",
                            "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/PractitionerRole"
                        ]
                    }
                ],
                "condition":  [
                    "ele-1"
                ],
                "constraint":  [
                    {
                        "key": "ele-1",
                        "severity": "error",
                        "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
                        "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
                        "xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
                        "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
                    }
                ],
                "mapping":  [
                    {
                        "identity": "rim",
                        "map": "n/a"
                    },
                    {
                        "identity": "rim",
                        "map": "N/A"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "differential": {
        "element":  [
            {
                "id": "Extension",
                "path": "Extension",
                "short": "Details of an additional contact",
                "definition": "Details of an additional contact, who should be contacted regarding questions arising from the service request."
            },
            {
                "id": "Extension.url",
                "path": "Extension.url",
                "fixedUri": "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/Extension-UKCore-AdditionalContact"
            },
            {
                "id": "Extension.value[x]",
                "path": "Extension.value[x]",
                "short": "A link to a the resource to be contacted.",
                "definition": "A link to the Organization, Practitioner, or PractitionerRole resource to be contacted.",
                "min": 1,
                "type":  [
                    {
                        "code": "Reference",
                        "targetProfile":  [
                            "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization",
                            "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner",
                            "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/PractitionerRole"
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}

Examples

Additional Contact - An example to illustrate providing an additional contact with a service request.
Example UKCore-ServiceRequest-Extension-AdditionalContact

Guidance

The resource being referenced SHOULD conform to one of the following:


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