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Source1
{
"resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
"id": "medcom-core-identifier-extension",
"text": {
"status": "extensions",
"div": "<!-- snip (see above) -->"
},
"url": "http://medcomfhir.dk/ig/core/StructureDefinition/medcom-core-identifier-extension",
"version": "4.0.0",
"name": "MedComCoreIdentifierExtension",
"title": "IdentifierExtension",
"status": "active",
"date": "2026-01-13T13:58:36+00:00",
"publisher": "MedCom",
"contact": [
{
"name": "MedCom",
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "http://www.medcom.dk"
}
]
}
],
"description": "An extension holding a specific identifier datatype",
"jurisdiction": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
"code": "DK",
"display": "Denmark"
}
]
}
],
"fhirVersion": "4.0.1",
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"uri": "http://hl7.org/v3",
"name": "RIM Mapping"
}
],
"kind": "complex-type",
"abstract": false,
"context": [
{
"type": "element",
"expression": "Element"
}
],
"type": "Extension",
"baseDefinition": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
"derivation": "constraint",
"snapshot": {
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/snapshot-base-version",
"valueString": "4.0.1"
}
],
"element": [
{
"id": "Extension",
"path": "Extension",
"short": "IdentifierExtension",
"definition": "An extension holding a specific identifier datatype",
"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"
}
],
"isModifier": false
},
{
"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"
}
],
"isModifier": false,
"isSummary": false,
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "n/a"
}
]
},
{
"id": "Extension.extension",
"path": "Extension.extension",
"slicing": {
"discriminator": [
{
"type": "value",
"path": "url"
}
],
"description": "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
"rules": "open"
},
"short": "Extension",
"definition": "An Extension",
"min": 0,
"max": "0",
"base": {
"path": "Element.extension",
"min": 0,
"max": "*"
},
"type": [
{
"code": "Extension"
}
],
"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"
}
],
"isModifier": false,
"isSummary": false
},
{
"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": "http://medcomfhir.dk/ig/core/StructureDefinition/medcom-core-identifier-extension",
"isModifier": false,
"isSummary": false,
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "N/A"
}
]
},
{
"id": "Extension.value[x]",
"path": "Extension.value[x]",
"slicing": {
"discriminator": [
{
"type": "type",
"path": "$this"
}
],
"ordered": false,
"rules": "closed"
},
"short": "Value of extension",
"definition": "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html) for a list).",
"min": 1,
"max": "1",
"base": {
"path": "Extension.value[x]",
"min": 0,
"max": "1"
},
"type": [
{
"code": "Identifier"
}
],
"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"
}
],
"isModifier": false,
"isSummary": false,
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "N/A"
}
]
},
{
"id": "Extension.value[x]:valueIdentifier",
"path": "Extension.value[x]",
"sliceName": "valueIdentifier",
"short": "Value of extension",
"definition": "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html) for a list).",
"min": 1,
"max": "1",
"base": {
"path": "Extension.value[x]",
"min": 0,
"max": "1"
},
"type": [
{
"code": "Identifier",
"profile": [
"http://medcomfhir.dk/ig/core/StructureDefinition/medcom-assigned-identifier"
]
}
],
"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"
}
],
"mustSupport": true,
"isModifier": false,
"isSummary": false,
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "N/A"
}
]
}
]
},
"differential": {
"element": [
{
"id": "Extension",
"path": "Extension",
"short": "IdentifierExtension",
"definition": "An extension holding a specific identifier datatype"
},
{
"id": "Extension.extension",
"path": "Extension.extension",
"max": "0"
},
{
"id": "Extension.url",
"path": "Extension.url",
"fixedUri": "http://medcomfhir.dk/ig/core/StructureDefinition/medcom-core-identifier-extension"
},
{
"id": "Extension.value[x]",
"path": "Extension.value[x]",
"slicing": {
"discriminator": [
{
"type": "type",
"path": "$this"
}
],
"ordered": false,
"rules": "open"
},
"min": 1
},
{
"id": "Extension.value[x]:valueIdentifier",
"path": "Extension.value[x]",
"sliceName": "valueIdentifier",
"min": 1,
"max": "1",
"type": [
{
"code": "Identifier",
"profile": [
"http://medcomfhir.dk/ig/core/StructureDefinition/medcom-assigned-identifier"
]
}
],
"mustSupport": true
}
]
}
}
Extension 
extension 
Slices for value[x] 
value[x]:valueIdentifier 
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