# AU Pensioner Concession Card Number - AU Base Implementation Guide v7.0.0-ballot1

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**FHIR Artefacts**](fhirartefacts.md)
* [**Artefacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **AU Pensioner Concession Card Number**

## Data Type Profile: AU Pensioner Concession Card Number 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-pensionerconcessioncardnumber | *Version*:7.0.0-ballot1 | |
| * Standards status: *[Trial-use](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](generalguidance.md#maturity-levels): 2 | *Computable Name*:AUPensionerConcessionCardNumber |
| **Copyright/Legal**: HL7 Australia© 2018+; Licensed Under Creative Commons No Rights Reserved. | | |

 
This identifier profile defines a Pensioner Concession Card number in an Australian context (see [Services Australia](https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/pensioner-concession-card) or [Department of Veterans' Affairs](https://www.dva.gov.au/health-and-treatment/veteran-healthcare-cards/pensioner-concession-card)). 
This definition supports sending the Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN) (also referred to as unique identifier number (UIN) in the Centrelink Confirmation eServices (CCeS)) as displayed on the individual's Pensioner Concession Card (see [Services Australia](https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/subjects/centrelink-customer-reference-number-crn) for further information). An individual's CRN is present as the primary identifier on different concession cards and is used to confirm concessions by most government agencies and utility providers. 
A Pensioner Concession Card may be issued by Services Australia or Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) to pensioners and selected benefit recipients to assist them with certain living costs, by allowing access to specific goods and services at a concessional rate. 

### Usage Notes

**Profile specific implementation guidance:**

* The value of the identifier is the CRN. Implementers should be aware that a DVA-issued card will also include an individual's state-based DVA file number but only the CRN should be sent as the Pensioner Concession Card number.

**Usages:**

* Use this DataType Profile: [AU Base Coverage](StructureDefinition-au-coverage.md), [AU Base Patient](StructureDefinition-au-patient.md) and [AU Base RelatedPerson](StructureDefinition-au-relatedperson.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-pensionerconcessioncardnumber.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-pensionerconcessioncardnumber.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-au-pensionerconcessioncardnumber.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-au-pensionerconcessioncardnumber.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "au-pensionerconcessioncardnumber",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 2
  },
  {
    "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-pensionerconcessioncardnumber",
  "version" : "7.0.0-ballot1",
  "name" : "AUPensionerConcessionCardNumber",
  "title" : "AU Pensioner Concession Card Number",
  "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 identifier profile defines a Pensioner Concession Card number in an Australian context (see [Services Australia](https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/pensioner-concession-card) or [Department of Veterans' Affairs](https://www.dva.gov.au/health-and-treatment/veteran-healthcare-cards/pensioner-concession-card)).\n\nThis definition supports sending the Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN) (also referred to as unique identifier number (UIN) in the Centrelink Confirmation eServices (CCeS)) as displayed on the individual's Pensioner Concession Card (see [Services Australia](https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/subjects/centrelink-customer-reference-number-crn) for further information). An individual's CRN is present as the primary identifier on different concession cards and is used to confirm concessions by most government agencies and utility providers.\n\nA Pensioner Concession Card may be issued by Services Australia or Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) to pensioners and selected benefit recipients to assist them with certain living costs, by allowing access to specific goods and services at a concessional rate.",
  "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" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "servd",
    "uri" : "http://www.omg.org/spec/ServD/1.0/",
    "name" : "ServD"
  }],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Identifier",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Identifier",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Identifier",
      "path" : "Identifier",
      "short" : "Pensioner Concession Card Number",
      "definition" : "Pensioner Concession Card number as the Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN) (also referred to as unique identifier number (UIN) in the Centrelink Confirmation eServices (CCeS)) displayed on the individual's Pensioner Concession Card."
    },
    {
      "id" : "Identifier.type",
      "path" : "Identifier.type",
      "min" : 1,
      "patternCodeableConcept" : {
        "coding" : [{
          "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203",
          "code" : "PEN"
        }]
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "Identifier.system",
      "path" : "Identifier.system",
      "min" : 1,
      "fixedUri" : "http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/centrelink-customer-reference-number"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Identifier.value",
      "path" : "Identifier.value",
      "short" : "Centrelink CRN as displayed on the Pensioner Concession Card",
      "comment" : "A Centrelink CRN is a 10 character identifier in the format of 9 digits ending with a letter. This concept is equivalent to Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data element 690579 [Person—government funding identifier, Centrelink customer reference number N(9)A](https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/690579).",
      "min" : 1,
      "example" : [{
        "label" : "Centrelink CRN",
        "valueString" : "307111942H"
      }],
      "maxLength" : 10
    }]
  }
}

```
