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AU DVA Number [FMM Level 0]
This identifier profile defines a Departement of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) Number[1] [2] in an Australian healthcare context.
Examples
Patient with IHI and DVA Number
The official URL for this profile is:
http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-dvanumber
This identifier profile defines a Departement of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) Number in an Australian healthcare context.
This profile builds on Identifier.
This profile was published on Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 AEDT 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 | Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) Number inv-dva-number-unspecified: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number' when colour is not specified inv-dva-number-gold: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (Gold)' when colour coding is DVG. inv-dva-number-white: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (White)' when colour coding is DVW. inv-dva-number-orange: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (Orange)' when colour coding is DVO. inv-dva-number-lilac: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (Lilac)' when colour coding is DVL. inv-dva-number-text: DVA number identifier type text must be one of 'DVA Number', 'DVA Number (Gold)', 'DVA Number (White), 'DVA Number (Orange), 'DVA Number (Lilac)' |
![]() ![]() | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded identifier type for DVA number Binding: V2 Identifier Type - AU Extended (required) | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | Namespace for DVA number Fixed Value: http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/dva | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | string | DVA number Example Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) number: NBUR9080 Max Length: 9 | |
Documentation for this format | ||||
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..* | Identifier | Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) Number inv-dva-number-unspecified: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number' when colour is not specified inv-dva-number-gold: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (Gold)' when colour coding is DVG. inv-dva-number-white: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (White)' when colour coding is DVW. inv-dva-number-orange: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (Orange)' when colour coding is DVO. inv-dva-number-lilac: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (Lilac)' when colour coding is DVL. inv-dva-number-text: DVA number identifier type text must be one of 'DVA Number', 'DVA Number (Gold)', 'DVA Number (White), 'DVA Number (Orange), 'DVA Number (Lilac)' |
![]() ![]() | 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 DVA number Binding: V2 Identifier Type - AU Extended (required) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | uri | Namespace for DVA number Fixed Value: http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/dva |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | string | DVA number Example General: 123456 Example Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) number: NBUR9080 Max Length: 9 |
![]() ![]() | 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 | Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) Number inv-dva-number-unspecified: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number' when colour is not specified inv-dva-number-gold: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (Gold)' when colour coding is DVG. inv-dva-number-white: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (White)' when colour coding is DVW. inv-dva-number-orange: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (Orange)' when colour coding is DVO. inv-dva-number-lilac: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (Lilac)' when colour coding is DVL. inv-dva-number-text: DVA number identifier type text must be one of 'DVA Number', 'DVA Number (Gold)', 'DVA Number (White), 'DVA Number (Orange), 'DVA Number (Lilac)' |
![]() ![]() | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded identifier type for DVA number Binding: V2 Identifier Type - AU Extended (required) | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | Namespace for DVA number Fixed Value: http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/dva | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | string | DVA number Example Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) number: NBUR9080 Max Length: 9 | |
Documentation for this format | ||||
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..* | Identifier | Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) Number inv-dva-number-unspecified: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number' when colour is not specified inv-dva-number-gold: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (Gold)' when colour coding is DVG. inv-dva-number-white: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (White)' when colour coding is DVW. inv-dva-number-orange: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (Orange)' when colour coding is DVO. inv-dva-number-lilac: DVA number identifier type text must be 'DVA Number (Lilac)' when colour coding is DVL. inv-dva-number-text: DVA number identifier type text must be one of 'DVA Number', 'DVA Number (Gold)', 'DVA Number (White), 'DVA Number (Orange), 'DVA Number (Lilac)' |
![]() ![]() | 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 DVA number Binding: V2 Identifier Type - AU Extended (required) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | uri | Namespace for DVA number Fixed Value: http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/dva |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | string | DVA number Example General: 123456 Example Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) number: NBUR9080 Max Length: 9 |
![]() ![]() | 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

Below is an overview of the required search and read operations.
Summary of Search Criteria for StructureDefinition-au-dvanumber
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