base · PatientIdentityUSCDI · Patient Demographics

US Core Patient

Demographics for a person receiving care. Adds Must Support for race, ethnicity, birth sex, gender identity, and tribal affiliation extensions.

Must Support elements

Producers must be able to populate these when data exists; consumers must process them.

MSidentifier
MSidentifier.system
MSidentifier.value
MSname
MSname.family
MSname.given
MStelecom
MSgender
MSbirthDate
MSaddress
MScommunication.language
MSextension:us-core-race
MSextension:us-core-ethnicity
MSextension:us-core-birthsex

Terminology bindings

Required bindings constrain instance values; extensible allows additional codes when needed.

communication.languageextensible
urn:ietf:bcp:47
extension:us-core-race.ombCategoryrequired
OMB Race Categories

Example resource

json

{
  "resourceType": "Patient",
  "id": "example",
  "meta": {
    "profile": [
      "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-patient"
    ]
  },
  "extension": [
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-race",
      "extension": [
        {
          "url": "ombCategory",
          "valueCoding": {
            "system": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.238",
            "code": "2106-3",
            "display": "White"
          }
        },
        {
          "url": "text",
          "valueString": "White"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-ethnicity",
      "extension": [
        {
          "url": "ombCategory",
          "valueCoding": {
            "system": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.238",
            "code": "2186-5",
            "display": "Not Hispanic or Latino"
          }
        },
        {
          "url": "text",
          "valueString": "Not Hispanic or Latino"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "identifier": [
    {
      "system": "http://hospital.example.org/mrn",
      "value": "12345"
    }
  ],
  "name": [
    {
      "family": "Smith",
      "given": [
        "Amy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "gender": "female",
  "birthDate": "1987-02-20"
}