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Extension: Contact Purpose [FMM Level 1]
This extension applies to the ContactPoint data type and is used to represent the purpose for which a contact can be reached, e.g. after hours or billing.
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The official URL for this profile is:
http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/contact-purpose
This extension applies to the ContactPoint data type and is used to represent the purpose for which a contact can be reached, e.g. after hours or billing.
This profile builds on Extension.
This profile was published on Tue Jul 06 00:00:00 AEST 2021 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..1 | Extension | Contact purpose | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/contact-purpose" | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Contact purpose Binding: Contact Purpose (extensible) | |
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| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0..1 | Extension | Contact purpose | |
![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/contact-purpose" | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Slice: Unordered, Closed by type:$this | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Contact purpose Binding: Contact Purpose (extensible) | |
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Differential View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0..1 | Extension | Contact purpose | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/contact-purpose" | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Contact purpose Binding: Contact Purpose (extensible) | |
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Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0..1 | Extension | Contact purpose | |
![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/contact-purpose" | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Slice: Unordered, Closed by type:$this | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Contact purpose Binding: Contact Purpose (extensible) | |
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-contact-purpose