AU Base Implementation Guide
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This page is part of the Australian Base IG (v4.2.1-preview: QA Preview) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. The current version which supersedes this version is 4.1.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Data Type Profile: AU Medical Record Number

Official URL: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-medicalrecordnumber Version: 4.2.1-preview
Standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 2 Computable Name: AUMedicalRecordNumber

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This identifier profile defines a (MRN) (sometimes referred to as unit record number (URN) or (UR)) in an Australian context. An MRN is an institution’s identifier for a patient’s record at that institution. A patient may have more than one MRN for a single institution due to organisational restructures.

Usage Notes

Profile specific implementation guidance:

  • An organisation should use their own local system identifier namespace but if that is not available then see the guidance on Business Identifiers on using an HPI-O or ABN to construct a legal globally unique identifier system for local identifiers.

Usage:

Formal Views of Profile Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work.

This structure is derived from Identifier

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Identifier 0..* Identifier Medical Record Number (MRN)
... type 1..1 CodeableConcept Description of identifier
Required Pattern: At least the following
.... coding 1..* Coding Code defined by a terminology system
Fixed Value: (complex)
..... system 1..1 uri Identity of the terminology system
Fixed Value: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203
..... code 1..1 code Symbol in syntax defined by the system
Fixed Value: MR
... system 1..1 uri System identifier namespace for the institution that assigned the MRN
... value 1..1 string MRN
.... display 1..1 string Name of the assigning institution

doco Documentation for this format

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron