# AU Base Procedure - AU Base Implementation Guide v7.0.0-ballot1

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**FHIR Artefacts**](fhirartefacts.md)
* [**Artefacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **AU Base Procedure**

## Resource Profile: AU Base Procedure 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-procedure | *Version*:7.0.0-ballot1 | |
| * Standards status: *[Trial-use](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](generalguidance.md#maturity-levels): 1 | *Computable Name*:AUBaseProcedure |
| **Copyright/Legal**: HL7 Australia© 2018+; Licensed Under Creative Commons No Rights Reserved. | | |

 
This profile defines a procedure structure that localises core concepts, including terminology, for use in an Australian context. The purpose of this profile is to provide national level agreement on core localised concepts. This profile does not force conformance to core localised concepts. It enables implementers and modellers to make their own rules, i.e. [profiling](http://hl7.org/fhir/profiling.html), about how to support these concepts for specific implementation needs. 

### Usage Notes

**Profile specific implementation guidance:**

* The [targetBodyStructure](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extension-procedure-targetbodystructure.html) extension may be suitable for use where 
* the body site is not implicit in the code found in `Procedure.code` and
* body site information is to be handled as a separate resource (e.g. to identify and track separately) instead of an inline coded element in `Procedure.bodySite`.
 
* This profile supports the sex, gender, and related concept of Sex Parameter for Clinical Use: 
* When exchanging concepts of sex or gender, refer to the guidance in [Sex and Gender](sexgender.md) and the [Gender Harmony Implementation Guide](http://hl7.org/xprod/ig/uv/gender-harmony/).
 
* See the [Representing Body Site, Which May Include Laterality](generalguidance.md#representing-body-site-which-may-include-laterality) section for guidance on representing a relevant body site and associated laterality.

**Usages:**

* Examples for this Profile: [Procedure/example0](Procedure-example0.md), [Procedure/example1](Procedure-example1.md) and [Procedure/example2](Procedure-example2.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/resource/hl7.fhir.au.base|current/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition-au-procedure.json)

**Changes since version 6.0.0:**

* No changes

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-au-procedure.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-au-procedure.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-au-procedure.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "au-procedure",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 1
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use",
    "_valueCode" : {
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
        "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.au.base"
      }]
    }
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-procedure",
  "version" : "7.0.0-ballot1",
  "name" : "AUBaseProcedure",
  "title" : "AU Base Procedure",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-07-27T20:52:57+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Australia",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Australia FHIR Working Group",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "https://confluence.hl7.org/display/HAFWG",
      "use" : "work"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This profile defines a procedure structure that localises core concepts, including terminology, for use in an Australian context. The purpose of this profile is to provide national level agreement on core localised concepts. This profile does not force conformance to core localised concepts. It enables implementers and modellers to make their own rules, i.e. [profiling](http://hl7.org/fhir/profiling.html), about how to support these concepts for specific implementation needs.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "AU"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "HL7 Australia© 2018+; Licensed Under Creative Commons No Rights Reserved.",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "workflow",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/workflow",
    "name" : "Workflow Pattern"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Procedure",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Procedure",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Procedure",
      "path" : "Procedure",
      "short" : "A procedure in an Australian healthcare context"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.extension",
      "path" : "Procedure.extension",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "value",
          "path" : "url"
        }],
        "rules" : "open"
      },
      "min" : 0
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.extension:sexParameterForClinicalUse",
      "path" : "Procedure.extension",
      "sliceName" : "sexParameterForClinicalUse",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-sexParameterForClinicalUse|5.3.0"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.extension:targetBodyStructure",
      "path" : "Procedure.extension",
      "sliceName" : "targetBodyStructure",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/procedure-targetBodyStructure|5.3.0"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.code",
      "path" : "Procedure.code",
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "preferred",
        "valueSet" : "https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/procedure-1"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.bodySite",
      "path" : "Procedure.bodySite",
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "preferred",
        "valueSet" : "https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/body-site-1"
      }
    }]
  }
}

```
