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AU Australian Business Number [FMM Level 0]
This identifier profile defines an employee number[1] [2] for an individual staff member or service provider as issued by an employing organisation in an Australian context.
Examples
Pathologist with ABN-scoped employee number
The official URL for this profile is:
http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-employeenumber
This identifier profile defines an employee number for an individual staff member or service provider as issued by an employing organisation in an Australian context.
This profile builds on Identifier.
This profile was published on Wed Jul 15 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![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0..* | Identifier | Employee Number | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded identifier type for employee number Binding: V2 Identifier Type - AU Extended (required) Required Pattern: At least the following | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..* | Coding | Code defined by a terminology system Fixed Value: (complex) | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | Identity of the terminology system Fixed Value: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203 | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | code | Symbol in syntax defined by the system Fixed Value: EI | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept Fixed Value: Employee Number | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | The namespace for the identifier value | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | string | Employee number | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | Reference(Organization) | Employing organisation | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | string | Employing organisation name | |
Documentation for this format | ||||
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..* | Identifier | Employee Number |
![]() ![]() | 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 | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded identifier type for employee number Binding: V2 Identifier Type - AU Extended (required) Required Pattern: At least the following |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..* | Coding | Code defined by a terminology system Fixed Value: (complex) | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | Identity of the terminology system Fixed Value: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203 | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Version of the system - if relevant | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | code | Symbol in syntax defined by the system Fixed Value: EI | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Representation defined by the system | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | boolean | If this coding was chosen directly by the user | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 | 1..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept Fixed Value: Employee Number |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | uri | The namespace for the identifier value Example General: http://www.acme.com/identifiers/patient |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | string | Employee number Example General: 123456 |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..1 | Period | Time period when id is/was valid for use |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | Reference(Organization) | Employing organisation |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 | string | Literal reference, Relative, internal or absolute URL |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..1 | uri | Type the reference refers to (e.g. "Patient") Binding: ResourceType (extensible) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..1 | Identifier | Logical reference, when literal reference is not known |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | string | Employing organisation name |
Documentation for this format | ||||
Differential View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0..* | Identifier | Employee Number | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded identifier type for employee number Binding: V2 Identifier Type - AU Extended (required) Required Pattern: At least the following | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..* | Coding | Code defined by a terminology system Fixed Value: (complex) | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | Identity of the terminology system Fixed Value: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203 | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | code | Symbol in syntax defined by the system Fixed Value: EI | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept Fixed Value: Employee Number | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | The namespace for the identifier value | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | string | Employee number | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | Reference(Organization) | Employing organisation | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | string | Employing organisation name | |
Documentation for this format | ||||
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..* | Identifier | Employee Number |
![]() ![]() | 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 | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded identifier type for employee number Binding: V2 Identifier Type - AU Extended (required) Required Pattern: At least the following |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..* | Coding | Code defined by a terminology system Fixed Value: (complex) | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | Identity of the terminology system Fixed Value: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203 | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Version of the system - if relevant | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | code | Symbol in syntax defined by the system Fixed Value: EI | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Representation defined by the system | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | boolean | If this coding was chosen directly by the user | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 | 1..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept Fixed Value: Employee Number |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | uri | The namespace for the identifier value Example General: http://www.acme.com/identifiers/patient |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | string | Employee number Example General: 123456 |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..1 | Period | Time period when id is/was valid for use |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | Reference(Organization) | Employing organisation |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 | string | Literal reference, Relative, internal or absolute URL |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..1 | uri | Type the reference refers to (e.g. "Patient") Binding: ResourceType (extensible) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ΣI | 0..1 | Identifier | Logical reference, when literal reference is not known |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | string | Employing organisation name |
Documentation for this format | ||||
Downloads: StructureDefinition: (XML, JSON), Schema: XML Schematron

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