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AU Health Care Card Number [FMM Level 0]
This identifier profile defines a Health Care Card number[1] [2] in an Australian context. A health care card is a concession card assigned by Services Australia to benefit recipients, low income earners and selected other groups (e.g. foster children) to assist with certain health costs, by allowing access to specific services at a concessional rate.
Examples
Patient with IHI, Medicare Number, and Health Care Card
The official URL for this profile is:
http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-healthcarecardnumber
This identifier profile defines Health Care Card number, assigned by Services Australia to benefit recipients, low income earners and selected other groups (e.g. foster children) to assist with certain health costs, by allowing access to specific services at a concessional rate.
This profile builds on Identifier.
This profile was published on Tue Jul 21 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 | Health Care Card Number | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded identifier type for health care card 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: HC | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept Fixed Value: Health Care Card Number | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | Namespace for Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN) Fixed Value: http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/centrelink-customer-reference-number | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | string | Centrelink CRN Example DHS CRN: 307111942H Max Length: 10 | |
Documentation for this format | ||||
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..* | Identifier | Health Care Card 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 health care card 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: HC | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 | 0..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept Fixed Value: Health Care Card Number |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | uri | Namespace for Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN) Fixed Value: http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/centrelink-customer-reference-number |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | string | Centrelink CRN Example General: 123456 Example DHS CRN: 307111942H Max Length: 10 |
![]() ![]() | 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![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0..* | Identifier | Health Care Card Number | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Coded identifier type for health care card 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: HC | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept Fixed Value: Health Care Card Number | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | Namespace for Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN) Fixed Value: http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/centrelink-customer-reference-number | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | string | Centrelink CRN Example DHS CRN: 307111942H Max Length: 10 | |
Documentation for this format | ||||
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..* | Identifier | Health Care Card 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 health care card 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: HC | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 | 0..1 | string | Plain text representation of the concept Fixed Value: Health Care Card Number |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | uri | Namespace for Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN) Fixed Value: http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/centrelink-customer-reference-number |
![]() ![]() | ΣI | 1..1 | string | Centrelink CRN Example General: 123456 Example DHS CRN: 307111942H Max Length: 10 |
![]() ![]() | 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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