AU Base Implementation Guide
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This page is part of the Australian Base IG (v5.1.0-preview: QA Preview) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. This version is a pre-release. The current official version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Example Patient: Patient - with Birth Date Accuracy Indicator of AAA

Page standards status: Informative

This example demonstrates a birth date and deceased date with an accurate day, month and year.

Note that this is a valid FHIR date.

Details include:

  • An accurate FHIR date example for birth or deceased date is "1956-08-23".
  • A date accuracy indicator of "AAA" indicates all components are accurate.
  • When a code value contains "A", the corresponding date components (individual or combination) for birth or deceased dates must be accurate.