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AU Australian Company Number [FMM Level 0]
This identifier profile defines an Australian Company Number (ACN) [1] in an Australian context.
Examples
ACME Pathology with NATA Number, ARBN, ABN, ACN, HPI-O, PAI-O and CSP
The official URL for this profile is:
http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-australiancompanynumber
This identifier profile defines an Australian Company Number (ACN) in an Australian context.
This profile builds on Identifier.
This profile was published on Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 AEST 2020 as a draft by Health Level Seven Australia (Patient Administration WG).
Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..* | Identifier | Australian Company Number (ACN) inv-acn-0: ACN shall be 9 digits |
![]() ![]() | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded identifier type for ACN | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept Fixed Value: ACN | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | Namespace for ACN Fixed Value: http://hl7.org.au/id/acn | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | string | ACN | |
Documentation for this format | ||||
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..* | Identifier | Australian Company Number (ACN) inv-acn-0: ACN shall be 9 digits |
![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() | I | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url |
![]() ![]() | ?!ΣI | 0..1 | code | usual | official | temp | secondary | old (If known) Binding: IdentifierUse (required) |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded identifier type for ACN Binding: Identifier Type Codes (extensible) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | I | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..* | Coding | Code defined by a terminology system |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept Fixed Value: ACN |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | uri | Namespace for ACN Fixed Value: http://hl7.org.au/id/acn |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | string | ACN Example General: 123456 |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..1 | Period | Time period when id is/was valid for use |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..1 | Reference(Organization) | Organization that issued id (may be just text) |
Documentation for this format | ||||
Differential View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..* | Identifier | Australian Company Number (ACN) inv-acn-0: ACN shall be 9 digits |
![]() ![]() | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded identifier type for ACN | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept Fixed Value: ACN | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | Namespace for ACN Fixed Value: http://hl7.org.au/id/acn | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | string | ACN | |
Documentation for this format | ||||
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..* | Identifier | Australian Company Number (ACN) inv-acn-0: ACN shall be 9 digits |
![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() | I | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url |
![]() ![]() | ?!ΣI | 0..1 | code | usual | official | temp | secondary | old (If known) Binding: IdentifierUse (required) |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded identifier type for ACN Binding: Identifier Type Codes (extensible) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | I | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..* | Coding | Code defined by a terminology system |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept Fixed Value: ACN |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | uri | Namespace for ACN Fixed Value: http://hl7.org.au/id/acn |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | string | ACN Example General: 123456 |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..1 | Period | Time period when id is/was valid for use |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..1 | Reference(Organization) | Organization that issued id (may be just text) |
Documentation for this format | ||||
Downloads: StructureDefinition: (XML, JSON), Schema: XML Schematron

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