AU Base Implementation Guide
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Data Type Profile: AU Medicare Provider Number

Official URL: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-medicareprovidernumber Version: 5.0.0
Standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 2 Computable Name: AUMedicareProviderNumber

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This identifier profile defines a Medicare provider number assigned by Services Australia to practitioners who provide services covered by the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) at a specific location. A practitioner may have more than one Medicare provider number if they deliver health services in different locations or are registered in multiple health professions.

Usage Notes

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 Medicare Provider Number
... 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.au/CodeSystem/v2-0203
..... code 1..1 code Symbol in syntax defined by the system
Fixed Value: UPIN
... system 1..1 uri The namespace for the identifier value
Fixed Value: http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/medicare-provider-number
... value 1..1 string Medicare provider number
Example Medicare provider number: 2426621B

doco Documentation for this format

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron