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| Official URL: http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/EN | Version: 2.0.1-sd-202510-matchbox-patch | |||
| Active as of 2025-10-29 | Computable Name: EN | |||
A name for a person, organization, place or thing. A sequence of name parts, such as given name or family name, prefix, suffix, etc. Examples for entity name values are "Jim Bob Walton, Jr.", "Health Level Seven, Inc.", "Lake Tahoe", etc. An entity name may be as simple as a character string or may consist of several entity name parts, such as, "Jim", "Bob", "Walton", and "Jr.", "Health Level Seven" and "Inc.", "Lake" and "Tahoe".
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Description of Template, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work.
This structure is derived from ANY
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints    Filter:  ![]() ![]()  | 
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1..* | ANY | XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3 Base for all types and resources Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)  | |
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0..* | cs | Binding: CDAEntityNameUse (required) | |
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C | 0..* | Base | Choice Group: This is a repeating choice group that does not appear directly in the instance Constraints: EN-1  | 
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..1 | st | Allows for mixed text content | |
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0..1 | IVL_TS | ||
  Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source | 
| EN.use | Base | required | CDAEntityNameUse | 📦2.0.1-sd-202510-matchbox-patch | This IG | 
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression | 
| EN-1 | error | EN.item | Can only have only one of the possible item elements in each choice | 
      (delimiter | family | given | prefix | suffix | xmlText).count() = 1
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1..* | ANY | XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3 Base for all types and resources Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)  | |
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0..1 | cs | Binding: CDANullFlavor (required) | |
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0..* | cs | Binding: CDAEntityNameUse (required) | |
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C | 0..* | Base | Choice Group: This is a repeating choice group that does not appear directly in the instance Constraints: EN-1  | 
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1..1 | |||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..1 | st | Allows for mixed text content | |
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0..1 | IVL_TS | ||
  Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source | 
| EN.nullFlavor | Base | required | CDANullFlavor | 📦2.0.1-sd-202510-matchbox-patch | This IG | 
| EN.use | Base | required | CDAEntityNameUse | 📦2.0.1-sd-202510-matchbox-patch | This IG | 
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression | 
| EN-1 | error | EN.item | Can only have only one of the possible item elements in each choice | 
      (delimiter | family | given | prefix | suffix | xmlText).count() = 1
     | 
  
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints    Filter:  ![]() ![]()  | 
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1..* | ANY | XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3 Base for all types and resources Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)  | |
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0..1 | cs | Binding: CDANullFlavor (required) | |
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0..* | cs | Binding: CDAEntityNameUse (required) | |
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C | 0..* | Base | Choice Group: This is a repeating choice group that does not appear directly in the instance Constraints: EN-1  | 
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1..1 | |||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..1 | st | Allows for mixed text content | |
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0..1 | IVL_TS | ||
  Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source | 
| EN.nullFlavor | Base | required | CDANullFlavor | 📦2.0.1-sd-202510-matchbox-patch | This IG | 
| EN.use | Base | required | CDAEntityNameUse | 📦2.0.1-sd-202510-matchbox-patch | This IG | 
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression | 
| EN-1 | error | EN.item | Can only have only one of the possible item elements in each choice | 
      (delimiter | family | given | prefix | suffix | xmlText).count() = 1
     | 
  
This structure is derived from ANY
Differential View
This structure is derived from ANY
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints    Filter:  ![]() ![]()  | 
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1..* | ANY | XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3 Base for all types and resources Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)  | |
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0..* | cs | Binding: CDAEntityNameUse (required) | |
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C | 0..* | Base | Choice Group: This is a repeating choice group that does not appear directly in the instance Constraints: EN-1  | 
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1..1 | |||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..1 | st | Allows for mixed text content | |
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0..1 | IVL_TS | ||
  Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source | 
| EN.use | Base | required | CDAEntityNameUse | 📦2.0.1-sd-202510-matchbox-patch | This IG | 
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression | 
| EN-1 | error | EN.item | Can only have only one of the possible item elements in each choice | 
      (delimiter | family | given | prefix | suffix | xmlText).count() = 1
     | 
  
Key Elements View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints    Filter:  ![]() ![]()  | 
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1..* | ANY | XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3 Base for all types and resources Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)  | |
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0..1 | cs | Binding: CDANullFlavor (required) | |
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0..* | cs | Binding: CDAEntityNameUse (required) | |
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C | 0..* | Base | Choice Group: This is a repeating choice group that does not appear directly in the instance Constraints: EN-1  | 
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1..1 | |||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..1 | st | Allows for mixed text content | |
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0..1 | IVL_TS | ||
  Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source | 
| EN.nullFlavor | Base | required | CDANullFlavor | 📦2.0.1-sd-202510-matchbox-patch | This IG | 
| EN.use | Base | required | CDAEntityNameUse | 📦2.0.1-sd-202510-matchbox-patch | This IG | 
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression | 
| EN-1 | error | EN.item | Can only have only one of the possible item elements in each choice | 
      (delimiter | family | given | prefix | suffix | xmlText).count() = 1
     | 
  
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints    Filter:  ![]() ![]()  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1..* | ANY | XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3 Base for all types and resources Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)  | |
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0..1 | cs | Binding: CDANullFlavor (required) | |
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0..* | cs | Binding: CDAEntityNameUse (required) | |
![]() ![]()  | 
C | 0..* | Base | Choice Group: This is a repeating choice group that does not appear directly in the instance Constraints: EN-1  | 
![]() ![]() ![]()  | 
1..1 | |||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()  | 
0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..* | ENXP | ||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()  | 
0..* | ENXP | ||
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0..1 | st | Allows for mixed text content | |
![]() ![]()  | 
0..1 | IVL_TS | ||
  Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source | 
| EN.nullFlavor | Base | required | CDANullFlavor | 📦2.0.1-sd-202510-matchbox-patch | This IG | 
| EN.use | Base | required | CDAEntityNameUse | 📦2.0.1-sd-202510-matchbox-patch | This IG | 
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression | 
| EN-1 | error | EN.item | Can only have only one of the possible item elements in each choice | 
      (delimiter | family | given | prefix | suffix | xmlText).count() = 1
     | 
  
This structure is derived from ANY